One of French writer Georges Perec's most famous pieces, "I Remember", consists of 480 numbered paragraphs - each just a few short lines recalling a memory from his childhood. The work has neither a beginning nor an end, nor does it contain any analysis. But it nonetheless revea…
Sociology of unintended consequences is commonly depicted as a framework for understanding the outcomes that run counter to the initial intentions of social actors because of factors such as ignorance, error and complexity. This conventional approach, however, is now undergoing …
Patton has created the most comprehensive, systematic, and up-to-date review of qualitative methods available. The Third Edition has retained and expanded upon the exhibits, which highlight and summarize major issues, guidelines, the summative sections, tables, and figures as we…
Marketing Research: An Integrated Approach, 3rd Edition, is invaluable for anyone studying marketing research at a degree or diploma level and is core reading for those students taking the joint module on Marketing Research and Information offered by the Chartered Institute of M…
Assessment methods for soil carbon
by Lal, R.
fromAdvances in soil science (Boca Raton, Fla.)
Presenting an understanding of how factor analysis works, this text discusses the assumptions underlying the equations and procedures of this method. It includes a chapter on the multivariate normal distribution, its general properties, and the concept of maximum-likelihood esti…
Calorimetry in Food Processing: Analysis and Design of Food Systems" introduces the basic principles of calorimetry and highlights various applications of calorimetry to characterize temperature-induced changes including starch gelatinization and crystallization, lipid transitio…