This book establishes the relevance of social science for the study of religion and promotes a particular kind of social science. Even if we confine ourselves to academic disciplines, there are very many ways of viewing religion. Certain kinds of questions about religion can onl…
This book presents the characteristics and benefits industrial organizations can reap from the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). These characteristics and benefits include enhanced competitiveness, increased proactive decision-making, improved creativity and innovation, augm…
"Balancing the "cookbook" approach of some texts with the more mathematical approach of others, Nonparametric Statistical Methods for Complete and Censored Data introduces commonly used non-parametric methods for complete data and extends those methods to right censored data ana…
This text explores how component behaviour produces system behaviour in physiological systems. Through text explanation, figures, and equations it provides the engineering student with a basic understanding of physiological principles with an emphasis on quantitative aspects.
Introduction -- "Have you assaulted a politician?" Measuring political engagement using the simple Rasch model -- Expectations and residuals -- "All we need is love (and money)!" An introduction to the rating scale Rasch model -- Relaxing the common scale: the partial credit mod…
This unique text provides a step-by-step beginner's guide to applying the Rasch model in R, a probabilistic model used by researchers across the social sciences to measure unobservable ("latent") variables. Through a freely available and user-friendly package, BlueSky Statistics…
This book presents the latest findings in the areas of data management and smart computing, machine learning, big data management, artificial intelligence, and data analytics, along with advances in network technologies. The book is a collection of peer-reviewed research papers …
'The Data Gaze' is concerned with understanding how data-led, data-driven and data-reliant forms of capitalism pervade organisational and everyday life.
