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  • Essential Statistics For Social Research

    by Michael Malec ...
    We need only scan a newspaper or magazine, turn on a news broadcast, or open a sociology text or journal to see that we live in an age that is heavily dependent on statistical information. The extent this dependency is such that it is rather difficult to be an educated person without having at least a passing acquaintance with basic statistics. More to the point, it is virtually impossible to be a ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • The Social Roles of Sport in Caribbean Societies

    by Michael A Malec ...
    First Published in 2004. Caribbean Studies publishes the research of academic scholars working within the region, as well as Caribbeanists working internationally. Little has been written about sports in the Caribbean from the perspectives of the social sciences. In this volume, scholars from the fields of anthropology, economics, government, and sociology cast their critical eyes on the social ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

  • Higher Education

    Open for Business

    by Elizabeth G. Miller, Catherine O'Neill, Fredrick Chilson, David Rutledge, Michael Malec, Juliet B. Schor, Eve Spangler ...
    Higher Education: Open for Business addresses a problem in higher learning, which is newly recognized in the academic spotlight: the overcommercialization of higher education. The book asks that you, the reader, think about the following: Did you go to a Coke or Pepsi school? Do your children attend a Nike or Adidas school? Is the college in your town a Dell or Gateway campus? These questions ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

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    A Guide to Statistics and Analytics

    by Ankita Sinha ...
    A Handbook of Analytics is a guide to statistics and analytics. Data analytics are used to predict future patterns of data using mathematical and statistical models. Therefore, it is imperative for the professionals working in the field of data analytics to not only be able to use multiple functionalities on various tools but to have in-depth knowledge of statistics, predictive analytics and ... Read more

    $1.83 CAD

  • Time Series and Panel Data Econometrics

    by M. Hashem Pesaran ...
    This book is concerned with recent developments in time series and panel data techniques for the analysis of macroeconomic and financial data. It provides a rigorous, nevertheless user-friendly, account of the time series techniques dealing with univariate and multivariate time series models, as well as panel data models. It is distinct from other time series texts in the sense that it also covers ... Read more

    $104.19 CAD

  • Mission

    Essays, Speeches & Ideas

    by Noel Pearson ...
    Mission traces a life of politics, ideas and inspiring words.Whether he is recalling his boyhood in Hope Vale, Queensland, making the case for Indigenous recognition, or evoking a reconciled, multicultural Australia, Noel Pearson confirms he is one of Australia’s most powerful and influential thinkers – and an extraordinary writer.Mission selects the best of Pearson’s work to date. There are ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Applying Social Statistics

    An Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning in Sociology

    by Jay Weinstein ...
    While Applying Social Statistics is "about" social statistics and includes all of the topics generally covered in similar texts, it is first and foremost a book about how sociologists use statistics. Its emphasis is on statistical reasoning in sociology and on showing how these principles can be applied to numerous problems in a wide variety of contexts; to answer effectively the question "what's ... Read more

    $105.99 CAD

  • Knowing the Score

    What Sports Can Teach Us About Philosophy (And What Philosophy Can Teach Us About Sports)

    by David Papineau ...
    In Knowing the Score, philosopher David Papineau uses sports to illuminate some of modern philosophy's most perplexing questions. As Papineau demonstrates, the study of sports clarifies, challenges, and sometimes confuses crucial issues in philosophy. The tactics of road bicycle racing shed new light on questions of altruism, while sporting family dynasties reorient the nature v. nurture debate. ... Read more

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  • Regression Modeling with Actuarial and Financial Applications

    by Edward W. Frees ...
    Series series International Series on Actuarial Science
    This text gives budding actuaries and financial analysts a foundation in multiple regression and time series. They will learn about these statistical techniques using data on the demand for insurance, lottery sales, foreign exchange rates, and other applications. Although no specific knowledge of risk management or finance is presumed, the approach introduces applications in which statistical ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • Watching the Olympics

    Politics, Power and Representation

    Edited by John Sugden, Alan Tomlinson ...
    Global sporting events involve the creation, management and mediation of cultural meanings for consumption by massive media audiences. The apotheosis of this cultural form is the Olympic Games. This challenging and provocative new book explores the Olympic spectacle, from the multi-media bidding process and the branding and imaging of the Games, to security, surveillance and control of the Olympic ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD

  • Probability and Statistics for Finance

    by Svetlozar T. Rachev, Markus Hoechstoetter, Sergio M. Focardi, Frank J. Fabozzi ...
    Series Book 176 - Frank J. Fabozzi Series
    A comprehensive look at how probability and statistics is applied to the investment processFinance has become increasingly more quantitative, drawing on techniques in probability and statistics that many finance practitioners have not had exposure to before. In order to keep up, you need a firm understanding of this discipline.Probability and Statistics for Finance addresses this issue by showing ... Read more

    $77.99 CAD

  • Sport

    A Critical Sociology

    by Richard Giulianotti ...
    In this new edition of his acclaimed book, Richard Giulianotti provides a critical sociological interpretation of modern sport. As global festivals such as the Olympic Games and football’s World Cup demonstrate, sport’s social, political, economic and cultural significance is becoming ever more apparent across the world.Ten years after its original publication, the text has been completely revised ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD