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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Oh, all the amazing things your iPad and iPad 2 can do! Lightweight, powerful, and perfect for reading and staying in touch, iPads are fun and practical for today's seniors, as long as you know how to use all the bells and whistles. That's where this helpful guide comes in. Written in the friendly For Dummies style and sporting senior-friendly larger type and full-color illustrations, this book can help you get the most out of your iPad or iPad 2, even if you don't ordinarily use a computer. This new edition includes pages of updated content, including the latest features in iOS 5 and iCloud. You'll first learn to set up your iPad, get familiar with the touchscreen interface, and explore accessibility features. Then you'll learn to browse the Internet with mobile Safari, use maps, set up and manage your e-mail, buy and read Elektronisches Buchs, download and play music and movies, work with photos, make FaceTime video calls, and discover how to extend the iPad's capability even more with apps. - Covers the iPad and iPad 2 - Includes senior-friendly larger fonts and full-color illustrations - Explains how to use the iPad in the clear, friendly, easy-to-follow language that has defined the Dummies series for two decades - Covers using maps and the calendar, video chatting with FaceTime, browsing the web, using your iPad for e-mail and Facebook, buying apps and games, reading iBooks, playing music, watching videos, viewing photos, user security and safety, and more - New edition is updated with new content on iOS 5 and iCloud features, including iMessage, Newsstand, Reminders, Reader and Reading List tools, and more The iPad combines the best of your favorite gadgets into one amazing device-whatever you want your iPad to do, the fun starts with iPad 2 For Seniors For Dummies.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A useful guide for teacher mentors as they face new and difficult challenges in their work New teachers often struggle to apply their knowledge in real-world settings, and the idea of mentoring these teachers during their first years in the classroom has captured the imagination of schools all over the world. Drawn from the experiences over the last twenty years of the New Teacher Center, the book illuminates the subtleties and struggles of becoming an excellent, effective mentor. The book discusses the five big tensions of mentoring: developing a new identity, developing trusting relationships, accelerating teacher growth, mentoring in challenging contexts, and learning leadership skills. - Describes in-depth the most common challenges of the mentor role - A wonderful guide for both new and veteran mentors - Includes engaging firsthand narratives written by mentors working in a variety of settings This book is from the New Teacher Center, an organization whose highly respected mentor training model has served over 50,000 teachers nationwide. The New Teacher Center is dedicated to improving student learning by accelerating the effectiveness of teachers and school leaders through comprehensive mentoring and professional development programs.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Everything potential landlords need to know about the UK rental market Renting Out Your Property For Dummies is the essential roadmap to successful property letting. This easy-to-read guide walks readers through every step of renting out their property - showing how to avoid legal problems, find and keep the best tenants, maintain the property and maximise their rental income. As well as lots of helpful advice, it contains a wealth of sample forms and standard letters that can be used when dealing with their own tenants. Crucially, it is fully up to date on all the latest legislation including the Tenancy Deposit Scheme and Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs). Renting Out Your Property For Dummies covers: - How to prepare a rental property for prospective tenants - Tackling rent, deposits and tenancy agreements - Deciding whether to manage the property yourself or to hire an agent - Essential information on financial management and record-keeping.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Take the mumbo jumbo out of contract law and ace your contracts course Contract law deals with the promises and agreements that law will enforce. Understanding contract law is vital for all aspiring lawyers and paralegals, and contracts courses are foundational courses within all law schools. Contract Law For Dummies tracks to a typical contracts course and assists you in understanding the foundational legal rules controlling voluntary agreements people enter into while conducting their personal and business affairs. Suitable as a supplement to introductory and advanced courses in contract law, Contract Law For Dummies gives you plain-English explanations of confusing terminology and aids in the reading and analysis of cases and statutes. Contract Law For Dummies gives you coverage of everything you need to know to score your highest in a typical contracts course. You'll get coverage of contract formation; contract defenses; contract theory and legality; agreement, consideration, restitution, and promissory estoppel; fraud and remedies; performance and breach; electronic contracts and signatures; and much more. - Tracks to a typical contracts course - Plain-English explanations demystify intimidating information - Clear, practical information helps you interpret and understand cases and statutes If you're enrolled in a contracts course or work in a profession that requires you to be up-to-speed on the subject, Contract Law For Dummies has you covered.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A practical guide to being a trusted advisor for leaders in any industryIn this hands-on successor to the popular book The Trusted Advisor, you'll find answers to pervasive questions about trust and leadership--such as how to develop business with trust, nurture trust-based relationships, build and run a trustworthy organization, and develop your trust skill set. This pragmatic workbook delivers everyday tools, exercises, resources, and actionable to-do lists for the wide range of situations a trusted advisor inevitably encounters. The authors speak in concrete terms about how to dramatically improve your results in sales, relationship management, and organizational performance.Your success as a leader will always be based on the degree to which you are trusted by your stakeholders. Each chapter offers specific ways to train your thinking and your habits in order to earn the trust that is necessary to be influential, successful, and known as someone who makes a difference.\* Self-administered worksheets and coaching questions provide immediate insights into your current business challenges\* Real-life examples demonstrate proven ways to 'walk the talk'\* Action plans bridge the gap between insights and outcomesPut the knowledge and practices in this fieldbook to work, and you'll be someone who earns trust quickly, consistently, and sustainably--in business and in life.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Based on a proven leadership model, Everybody Leads shows how leadership can be found in uncommon places and reveals how to inspire and cultivate the leadership of those focused on social change. It shows how to take responsibility to work with developing leaders to make a difference and outlines the five key leadership values. Sponsored by Public Allies, the book helps leaders to connect across cultures, facilitate collaborative action, recognize and mobilize all of a community s assets, continuously learn, and be accountable to those they work with and those they serve.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The sixth book in the Wrightbooks Made Simple series, Options Made Simple is an uncomplicated guide to trading options for beginners. This book outlines some simple, easy to understand strategies anyone can use to start trading options. The book will be a succinct paperback with lower price point, and provide the perfect first step into trading options. An option is a binding contract that gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an underlying asset at a specific price on or before a certain date it has strictly defined terms and properties. Options are very versatile and allow you to change your position according to the situation they can be speculative or conservative depending on your trading strategy, but the risk can be mitigated by having a firm basic understanding. The Made Simple series is the perfect vehicle for this content as readers are taken stepbystep through everything they need to know about trading options. Including what can go wrong and can work out which strategies they are most comfortable with.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A revised and expanded edition of the groundbreaking Edison in the Boardroom, highlighting the winning strategies today's biggest companies use to maximize the value of their intellectual propertyNow fully revised and expanded, Edison in the Boardroom, Second Edition takes an in-depth look at the revolutionary concept of intellectual asset management (IAM). Incorporating stories and teachings from some of the most successful companies in the world--such as Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Procter & Gamble, Rockwell, Dow, Ford and many others--Harrison and Sullivan have made an exhaustive study of IAM and its implications for today's businesses.\* Features updated interviews of companies, and a new treatment of the Profit Center Level\* Updates stories and teachings from some of the most successful companies in the world\* Showcases a hierarchy of best practices that today's companies can integrate into their own business philosophies to gain the best return from their intellectual assetsEdison in the Boardroom, Second Edition compiles a wealth of knowledge and successful stories that illustrate how far businesses have come in their ability to leverage and monetize their intellectual assets.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Aztecs brings to life one of the best-known indigenous civilizations of the Americas in a vivid, comprehensive account of the ancient Aztecs.\* A thorough examination of Aztec origins and civilization including religion, science, and thought\* Incorporates the latest archaeological excavations and research into explanations of the Spanish conquest and the continuity of Aztec culture in Central Mexico\* Expanded coverage includes key topics such as writing, music, royal tombs, and Aztec predictions of the end of the world.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The new edition of The Making of Modern South Africa provides a comprehensive, current introduction to the key themes and debates concerning the history of this controversial country. Engagingly written, the author provides a sharp, analytical overview of the new South Africa.\* Examines the major issues in South Africa's history, from pre-colonial to present, including colonial conquest; the establishment of racism, segregation, and apartheid; resistance movements; and the eventual founding of democracy\* Contains an additional final chapter that takes the story to the present and considers the challenges and compromises of the first two decades of democracy\* Updated with material on post-apartheid era and current issues in South Africa\* The only book that gives direct guidance to bibliographical material and readings on key debates\* Provides a sharp, analytical overview of the new South Africa\* Extensive references are given to the key writings on each topic and the debates between scholars.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Research Methods in Second Language Acquisition: A Practical Guideis an informative guide to research design and methodology for graduate students and scholars. Each chapter of this volume offers background, step-by-step guidance, and relevant studies to create comprehensive coverage of each method.\* Includes chapters by expert scholars on an array of topics, including second language writing and reading, meta-analyses, research replication, qualitative data collection and analysis, and more\* Includes feature boxes in each chapter highlighting relevant research studies, discussion questions and suggested further readings\* Utilizes research methods and tools from varied fields of study including education, linguistics, psychology, and sociology.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is the first to bring together new research to offer a hands-on clinical guide to treating people with all types of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) using an inference-based therapy (IBT). - Provides clinical examples from the full range of OCD subtypes - Coverage integrates theory and application - Decribes case management in detail - from initial assessment to terminating therapy and follow-up - Shows how IBT can also be generalized and applied to other serious psychiatric disorders.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - While notions of what constitutes critical thinking vary, educators, politicians, and employers all agree that critical thinking skills are necessary for well-educated citizens and a key capacity for successful employees. In Teaching for Critical Thinking, Stephen Brookfield explores how students learn to think critically and what methods teachers can use to help. In his engaging, conversational style, Brookfield establishes a basic protocol of critical thinking that focuses on students uncovering and checking assumptions, exploring alternative perspectives, and taking informed actions. The book fosters a shared understanding of critical thinking and helps all faculty adapt general principles to specific disciplinary contexts. Drawing on thousands of student testimonies, the book identifies the teaching methods and approaches that are most successful when teaching students to think, read, and write critically. Brookfield explains when to make critical thinking the classroom focus, how to encourage critical discussions, and ways to reach skeptical students. He outlines the basic components required when reviewing a text critically and shows how to give highly specific feedback. The book also addresses how to foster critical thinking across an institution, beginning with how it can be explained in syllabi and even integrated into strategic plans and institutional missions. Brookfield stresses the importance of teachers modeling critical thinking and demonstrates himself how to do this. Crammed with activities and techniques, this how-to guide is applicable in face-to-face, online, and hybrid classrooms of all sizes. Each exercise includes detailed instructions, examples from different academic disciplines, and guidance for when and how to best use each activity. Any reader will come away with a pedagogic tool kit of new ideas for classroom exercises, new approaches to designing course assignments, and new ways to assess students' ability to practice critical analysis.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In The Hedgehog Effect, Manfred Kets de Vries presents the case for leadership group coaching as an experiential training ground for learning to function as a high performance team. His group coaching model, incorporating living case studies, has been developed over more than 20 years of delivering programs to top-level executives and sets the standard in the field of leadership group coaching.Written for coaches, consultants, leadership development directors, and anyone working in or with teams, The Hedgehog Effect begins with an in-depth analysis of what teams and groups are all about. The intricacies of leadership coaching are illustrated with an elaborate example of a team coaching intervention. In Part Two, the author applies a psychodynamic lens to the dynamics of teams and groups, taking a close look at relationship patterns, how groups evolve, and the phenomenon of the group-as-a-whole. Part Three takes a more systemic perspective, addressing the challenges that change processes pose for people in organizations, and how to create best places to work. Kets de Vries supports the whole with the story of an organizational change initiative accomplished through group coaching.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Oil prices have seen massive fluctuation over the past 10 years, with price per barrel growing from $9 to $140. More recently, we have seen fluctuation from $140 to $37/barrel, and back up to $120 - all in a matter of months. But why It is still a popular belief that OPEC can affect the price of oil by regulating the volume of production and using this key raw material for their political aims, but the reality is quite different. In the last decade, despite a constant potential surplus of crude in the markets, we have seen the prices fluctuating dramatically with no apparent logic.Starting from the Chernobyl accident and the Clean Air Act implementation in the US, structural changes within the oil industry have modified the dynamics of oil prices. The existing technological refining system is no longer adequate to transform, with the necessary continuity, the crude oils into the high-quality finished products demanded by the market. Furthermore, from the beginning of the year 2000, the oil futures market detached itself almost completely from its original nature (the barrel of oil), becoming a purely financial market, but still able to heavily affect the real oil prices. More sophisticated models are needed to understand this new scenario.This book thoroughly demystifies the oil market, showing readers what really moves the price of oil today. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the industry fundamentals and the role of financial speculation, illustrating the complexity of the relationship of three different markets that regulate the oil sector: the crude oil market (raw material), the finished products market (gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, fuel oil, chemical feedstocks, lubricants), and the financial market (futures). It will provide an excellent grounding in the topic for anyone involved or interested in the oil markets, including financial analysts, traders, investors and energy market participants.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A practical guide to making more informed investment decisionsInvestors often buy or sell stocks too quickly. When you base your purchase decisions on isolated facts and don't take the time to thoroughly understand the businesses you are buying, stock-price swings and third-party opinion can lead to costly investment mistakes. Your decision making at this point becomes dangerous because it is dominated by emotions. The Investment Checklist has been designed to help you develop an in-depth research process, from generating and researching investment ideas to assessing the quality of a business and its management team.The purpose of The Investment Checklist is to help you implement a principled investing strategy through a series of checklists. In it, a thorough and comprehensive research process is made simpler through the use of straightforward checklists that will allow you to identify quality investment opportunities. Each chapter contains detailed demonstrations of how and where to find the information necessary to answer fundamental questions about investment opportunities. Real-world examples of how investment managers and CEOs apply these universal principles are also included and help bring the concepts to life. These checklists will help you consider a fuller range of possibilities in your investment strategy, enhance your ability to value your investments by giving you a holistic view of the business and each of its moving parts, identify the risks you are taking, and much more.\* Offers valuable insights into one of the most important aspects of successful investing, in-depth research\* Written in an accessible style that allows aspiring investors to easily understand and apply the concepts covered\* Discusses how to think through your investment decisions more carefullyWith The Investment Checklist, you'll quickly be able to ascertain how well you understand your investments by the questions you are able to answer, or not answer, without making the costly mistakes that usually hinder other investors.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Cancer presents an eight-week course for MBCT which has been tried and tested over ten years of clinical use, and is targeted specifically for people with cancer. - There is growing evidence of mindfulness as a successful and cost-effective intervention for reducing the negative psychological impact of cancer and treatment - Draws upon the author's experience of working with people with cancer, and her own recent experience of using mindfulness with cancer diagnosis and treatment - Stories from cancer patients illustrate the learning and key themes of the course - Includes new short practices and group processes developed by the author.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The latest edition of this highly successful textbook introduces the key techniques and concepts involved in cloning genes and in studying their expression and variation.The new edition features:\* Increased coverage of whole-genome sequencing technologies and enhanced treatment of bioinformatics.\* Clear, two-colour diagrams throughout.\* A dedicated website including all figures.Noted for its outstanding balance between clarity of coverage and level of detail, this book provides an excellent introduction to the fast moving world of molecular genetics.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Documenting Learning with ePortfolios Documenting Learning with ePortfolios provides higher education instructors with a theory-to-practice approach to understanding the pedagogy behind ePortfolios and to helping students use them to record and reflect on their learning in multiple contexts. The authors outline a framework of six critical iterative tasks to undertake when implementing ePortfolios for student success. Filled with real-life models of successful ePortfolio projects, the book also includes guidance for faculty development to support the use of ePortfolios and covers the place of ePortfolios in institutional assessment efforts. Finally, the authors offer considerations for deciding on which technological tools to deploy in implementing a successful ePortfolio initiative. 'These authors achieve the very rare accomplishment of combining their years of practical experience, broad conceptual and research underpinnings, and incredibly useful examples and applications into a single, concise volume for enhancing student learning through an ePortfolio approach to our shared educational purpose.' ?TERREL L. RHODES, vice president, Office of Quality, Curriculum, and Assessment, Association of American Colleges and Universities 'Educators keep asking for more information about how to use electronic portfolios. This book provides answers, guidelines, examples, and scholarly insights about learning based in the wisdom of the ePortfolio community of practice?what a powerful addition to our collective knowledge! I am thankful to the authors for this boost to our field and for providing a blueprint for implementers to follow.' ?TRENT BATSON, executive director, The Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - To truly be successful, today's financial advisor must strike the right balance between effectively engaging with his or her clients and finding meaningful ways to maintain their financial security. By framing your mission in this way, you can help your clients clarify their vision, build a plan to achieve it, and manage that plan so they stay on track.Nobody understands this better than authors Timothy Noonan and Matt Smith--two seasoned financial professionals with over five decades of combined experience working in the asset management business. And now, in Someday Rich, they show financial advisors with clients who are rich, or have the opportunity to become rich, how to sustain a client's desired lifestyle to, and through, retirement.Engaging and informative, Someday Rich provides the context, description, and implementation suggestions for the Personal Asset Liability Model--a process that will allow you to determine a client's funded status relative to their future spending needs as well as develop and monitor their investment plan accordingly. While the methods in the Personal Asset Liability Model may not have been practically accessible to past advisors with a large number of clients, this model now brings together the technical methods to answer important client questions in a way that is feasible and includes the communication strategies that can make the delivery of the advice model more effective.Along the way, this reliable resource discusses the business of giving good advice and addresses how to incorporate these steps into a client engagement road map. Insights on various other issues associated with this discipline are also included, such as how to develop client trust and deliver personalized service when you have so many clients, and contingency risks--life, health, disability, and long-term care--that need to be considered in the financial planning process. And in later chapters, single-topic essays, contributed by experts in the financial planning field, cover issues ranging from target date funds and the investment aspects of longevity risk to modern portfolio decumulation.Building more valuable relationships with your clients is a difficult endeavor. But with Someday Rich, you'll discover what it takes to achieve this goal as you put them on a path to a sustainable financial future.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Real-world guidance for investment professionals on delivering attractive risk-adjusted and opportunity-directed returns across asset classes and regions using a sustainability lensFilled with interviews with leading practitioners, this book weaves a narrated web around best sustainable investment practices, guiding readers specifically on investing their assets and with specific sustainability trends in mind, such as increasing constraints on global resources.\* Offers a clear road map to success by some of the most respected names in the field\* Includes interviews with leading practitioners\* Clearly explains how to get sustainable investing doneEvolutions of Sustainable Investing is a practitioner's book specifically laying out how this positive investment philosophy is being practiced, leaving the more negative approaches of socially responsible investing behind. This book is essential for any investor limited by old strategies that disregard a changing world of diminishing resources, an increasing global population as well as the market advantage now being experienced by the most efficient, innovative global companies.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Solid guidance for managing whistleblower policies in light of the new Dodd-Frank Act provisionsIn July 2010, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that greatly expanded whistleblower bounties in connection with violations of federal securities laws, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Discussing business protection strategies and best practices in dealing with whistleblowers, Whistleblowers will appeal to board members, executives, corporate compliance personnel, attorneys for whistleblowers and defense attorneys, as well as potential employee whistleblowers.\* Case studies of GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer and other high profile whistleblower incidences\* Examines new Dodd-Frank incentives to whistleblowers\* Recommends best practices for corporations in light of new whistleblowing incentives\* Explores other federal and state statutory incentives to whistleblowingTimely and comprehensive, Whistleblowers emphasizes the disincentives to whistleblowing, reviewing the academic studies of whistleblowers with the idea of developing best practices in working with whistleblowers.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Philosophy of Art is a highly accessible introduction to current key issues and debates in aesthetics and philosophy of art. Chapters on standard topics are balanced by topics of interest to today's students, including creativity, authenticity, cultural appropriation, and the distinction between popular and fine art. Other topics include emotive expression, pictorial representation, definitional strategies, and artistic value. Presupposing no prior knowledge of philosophy, Theodore Gracyk draws on three decades of teaching experience to provide a balanced and engaging overview, clear explanations, and many thought-provoking examples.All chapters have a strong focus on current debates in the field, yet historical figures are not neglected. Major current theories are set beside key ideas from Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Marx, and Hegel. Chapters conclude with advice on further readings, and there are recommendations of films that will serve as a basis for further reflection and discussion. Key ideas are immediately accompanied by exercises that will test students' reactions and understanding. Many chapters call attention to ideology, prejudices, and common clichés that interfere with clear thinking.Beautifully written and thoroughly comprehensive, The Philosophy of Art is the ideal resource for anyone who wants to explore recent developments in philosophical thinking about the arts. It is also provides the perfect starting point for anyone who wants to reflect on, and challenge, their own assumptions about the nature and value of art.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A thorough, readable primer for the practitioner and student, detailing case studies on the art and science of biofeedback and neurofeedback in practice.\* Includes case-study examples focusing directly on improving human performance in non-clinical populations utilizing biofeedback and neurofeedback techniques\* Links theory and practice for scholars and practitioners in the field\* Acknowledges both the art and science of utilizing these tools for performance-related gains in sports and artistic fields, presenting unique case studies detailing the variety of procedures used\* Offers comprehensive coverage of key topics and procedures in an emerging field.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A practical guide to profiting from institutional trading trends The key to being a successful trader is finding a system that works and sticking with it. Author Al Brooks has done just that. By simplifying his trading system and trading only 5-minute price charts he's found a way to capture profits regardless of market direction or economic climate. His first book, Reading Price Charts Bar by Bar, offered an informative examination of his system, but it didn't allow him to get into the real nuts and bolts of the approach. Now, with this new series of books, Brooks takes you step by step through the entire process. By breaking down his trading system into its simplest pieces: institutional piggybacking or trend trading (the topic of this particular book in the series), trading ranges, and transitions or reversals, this three book series offers access to Brooks' successful methodology. Price Action Trends Bar by Bar describes in detail what individual bars and combinations of bars can tell a trader about what institutions are doing. This is critical because the key to making money in trading is to piggyback institutions and you cannot do that unless you understand what the charts are telling you about their behavior. This book will allow you to see what type of trend is unfolding, so can use techniques that are specific to that type of trend to place the right trades. - Discusses how to profit from institutional trading trends using technical analysis - Outlines a detailed and original trading approach developed over the author's successful career as an independent trader - Other books in the series include Price Action Trading Ranges Bar by Bar and Price Action Reversals Bar by Bar If you're looking to make the most of your time in today's markets the trading insights found in Price Action Trends Bar by Bar will help you achieve this goal.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Montgomery, Runger, and Hubele provide modern coverage of engineering statistics, focusing on how statistical tools are integrated into the engineering problem-solving process. All major aspects of engineering statistics are covered, including descriptive statistics, probability and probability distributions, statistical test and confidence intervals for one and two samples, building regression models, designing and analyzing engineering experiments, and statistical process control. Developed with sponsorship from the National Science Foundation, this revision incorporates many insights from the authors' teaching experience along with feedback from numerous adopters of previous editions.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This collection situates over seventy essential primary documents in their historical context to illustrate the American experience during the interwar era (1919-1941).\* Introduces a broad range of cultural and historical topics, from race and the role of women to trends in literature and the Great Depression\* Includes a range of photographs and illustrations\* End-of-chapter questions encourage critical thinking and analysis, while a bibliography prepares students for further research.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Statistics in Psychology covers all statistical methods needed in education and research in psychology. This book looks at research questions when planning data sampling, that is to design the intended study and to calculate the sample sizes in advance. In other words, no analysis applies if the minimum size is not determined in order to fulfil certain precision requirements.The book looks at the process of empirical research into the following seven stages:Formulation of the problemStipulation of the precision requirementsSelecting the statistical model for the planning and analysisThe (optimal) design of the experiment or surveyPerforming the experiment or the surveyStatistical analysis of the observed resultsInterpretation of the results. Statistics in Psychology presents the statistical methods needed for education and research in psychology. This book explores the process of empirical research in the following seven stages: formulation of the problem, stipulation of the precision requirements, selecting the statistical model for the planning and analysis, the (optimal) design of the experiment or survey, performing the experiment or the survey, statistical analysis and the interpretation of the observed results.Key features:Explores solutions to real life problems by using software packages R and SPSS, whilst keeping formulae to a minimum.Addresses simple statistics along with univariate and multivariate methods and experimental design, such as accurate calculation of sample sizes.Discusses and uses results on characteristics of statistical test proceduresIs supported by an accompanying website featuring R and SPSS.The authors address both basic and advanced levels. Students of psychology will find this book useful, as well as researchers and students in the social and behavioural sciences. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An innovative approach to post-crash credit portfolio managementCredit portfolio managers traditionally rely on fundamental research for decisions on issuer selection and sector rotation. Quantitative researchers tend to use more mathematical techniques for pricing models and to quantify credit risk and relative value. The information found here bridges these two approaches. In an intuitive and readable style, this book illustrates how quantitative techniques can help address specific questions facing today's credit managers and risk analysts.A targeted volume in the area of credit, this reliable resource contains some of the most recent and original research in this field, which addresses among other things important questions raised by the credit crisis of 2008-2009. Divided into two comprehensive parts, Quantitative Credit Portfolio Management offers essential insights into understanding the risks of corporate bonds--spread, liquidity, and Treasury yield curve risk--as well as managing corporate bond portfolios.\* Presents comprehensive coverage of everything from duration time spread and liquidity cost scores to capturing the credit spread premium\* Written by the number one ranked quantitative research group for four consecutive years by Institutional Investor\* Provides practical answers to difficult question, including: What diversification guidelines should you adopt to protect portfolios from issuer-specific risk Are you well-advised to sell securities downgraded below investment grade Credit portfolio management continues to evolve, but with this book as your guide, you can gain a solid understanding of how to manage complex portfolios under dynamic events.…