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  • Explaining Criminal Careers

    Implications for Justice Policy

    by John F. MacLeod, Peter G. Grove, David P. Farrington ...
    Series series Clarendon Studies in Criminology
    This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Explaining Criminal Careers presents a simple but influential theory of crime, conviction and reconviction. The assumptions of the theory are derived directly from a ... Read more

    $95.99 CAD

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  • Digital Dice

    Computational Solutions to Practical Probability Problems (New in Paperback)

    by Paul J. Nahin ...
    Series series Princeton Puzzlers
    Some probability problems are so difficult that they stump the smartest mathematicians. But even the hardest of these problems can often be solved with a computer and a Monte Carlo simulation, in which a random-number generator simulates a physical process, such as a million rolls of a pair of dice. This is what Digital Dice is all about: how to get numerical answers to difficult probability ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Truth or Truthiness

    Distinguishing Fact from Fiction by Learning to Think Like a Data Scientist

    by Howard Wainer ...
    Teacher tenure is a problem. Teacher tenure is a solution. Fracking is safe. Fracking causes earthquakes. Our kids are over-tested. Our kids are not tested enough. We read claims like these in the newspaper every day, often with no justification other than 'it feels right'. How can we figure out what is right? Escaping from the clutches of truthiness begins with one simple question: 'what is the ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Community Ecology

    Analytical Methods Using R and Excel

    by Mark Gardener ...
    Series series Data in the Wild
    Interactions between species are of fundamental importance to all living systems and the framework we have for studying these interactions is community ecology. This is important to our understanding of the planets biological diversity and how species interactions relate to the functioning of ecosystems at all scales. Species do not live in isolation and the study of community ecology is of ... Read more

    $59.39 CAD

  • Crime Prevention and the Built Environment

    by Ted Kitchen, Richard H. Schneider ...
    With a comprehensive analysis, this book links theory, evidence and practical application to bridge gaps between planning, design and criminology. The authors investigate connections between crime prevention and development planning with an international approach, looking at initiatives in the field and incorporating an understanding of current responses to the growth of technology and terrorism. ... Read more

    $126.41 CAD

  • Using the Weibull Distribution

    Reliability, Modeling, and Inference

    by John I. McCool ...
    Series Book 950 - Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics
    Understand and utilize the latest developments in Weibull inferential methodsWhile the Weibull distribution is widely used in science and engineering, most engineers do not have the necessary statistical training to implement the methodology effectively. Using the Weibull Distribution: Reliability, Modeling, and Inference fills a gap in the current literature on the topic, introducing a self ... Read more

    $156.99 CAD

  • Monte Carlo Statistical Methods

    by Christian Robert, George Casella ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    Monte Carlo statistical methods, particularly those based on Markov chains, are now an essential component of the standard set of techniques used by statisticians. This new edition has been revised towards a coherent and flowing coverage of these simulation techniques, with incorporation of the most recent developments in the field. In particular, the introductory coverage of random variable ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD

  • Graphical Models with R

    by Steffen Lauritzen, David Edwards, Søren Højsgaard ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    Graphical models in their modern form have been around since the late 1970s and appear today in many areas of the sciences. Along with the ongoing developments of graphical models, a number of different graphical modeling software programs have been written over the years. In recent years many of these software developments have taken place within the R community, either in the form of new ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • Contrasts in Punishment

    An explanation of Anglophone excess and Nordic exceptionalism

    by John Pratt, Anna Eriksson ...
    Series series Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
    Why do some modern societies punish their offenders differently to others? Why are some more punitive and others more tolerant in their approach to offending and how can these differences be explained? Based on extensive historical analysis and fieldwork in the penal systems of England, Australia and New Zealand on the one hand and Finland, Norway and Sweden on the other, this book seeks to answer ... Read more

    $107.17 CAD

  • Online Panel Research

    A Data Quality Perspective

    Edited by Mario Callegaro, Reginald P. Baker, Jelke Bethlehem, Jon A. Krosnick, Paul J. Lavrakas, Anja S. Göritz ...
    Series series Wiley Series in Survey Methodology
    Provides new insights into the accuracy and value of online panels for completing surveysOver the last decade, there has been a major global shift in survey and market research towards data collection, using samples selected from online panels. Yet despite their widespread use, remarkably little is known about the quality of the resulting data.This edited volume is one of the first attempts to ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • Paul Lévy and Maurice Fréchet

    50 Years of Correspondence in 107 Letters

    by Marc Barbut, Bernard Locker, Laurent Mazliak ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    The fascinating correspondence between Paul Lévy and Maurice Fréchet spans an extremely active period in French mathematics during the twentieth century. The letters of these two Frenchmen show their vicissitudes of research and passionate enthusiasm for the emerging field of modern probability theory. The letters cover various topics of mathematical importance including academic careers and ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Statistical Models and Causal Inference

    A Dialogue with the Social Sciences

    by David A. Freedman ...
    David A. Freedman presents here a definitive synthesis of his approach to causal inference in the social sciences. He explores the foundations and limitations of statistical modeling, illustrating basic arguments with examples from political science, public policy, law, and epidemiology. Freedman maintains that many new technical approaches to statistical modeling constitute not progress, but ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD