by Flournoy, Nancy, Tsutakawa, Robert K., American Mathematical Society, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, AMS-IMS-SIAM Joint Summer Research Conference on Statistical Multiple Integration
This book deals with the integration of ecology and conservation of amphibians: how amphibians can and should be sampled, marked, and followed through time; how abundance and population trends are measured; what are the robust statistical methods that can be used in ecology and …
Presents a novel approach to conducting meta-analysis using structural equation modeling. Structural equation modeling (SEM) and meta-analysis are two powerful statistical methods in the educational, social, behavioral, and medical sciences. They are often treated as two unrelat…
Deciding how to do the study; Small-scale sampling with limited resources; Simple and pseudo-simple random sampling; Cluster sampling; How big should the sample be? Stratified sampling; Multistage samples; Sampling variance estimation from complex samples; Special topics in samp…
Discusses numerous sampling methods with emphasis on the less expensive techniques.
Samples used in social and commercial surveys are usually less random than many people using them realise, or have been taught to analyse. This book, for practising researchers, introduces the challenges posed by less-than-perfect samples, giving background knowledge, practical …
by Chang, Jeff, Schloss, Joseph Glenn
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"Based on ten years of research among hip-hop producers, this book is the first work of scholarship to explore the goals, methods and values of this surprisingly insular community. Focusing on a variety of subjects - from hip-hop artists' pedagogical methods to the Afro-diaspori…
Based on ten years of research among hip-hop producers, this is a scholarly exploration of the goals, methods and values of a surprisingly insular artistic community.
