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  • Simulation Tools and Techniques

    15th EAI International Conference, SIMUtools 2023, Seville, Spain, December 14-15, 2023, Proceedings

    Edited by José-Luis Guisado-Lizar, Agustín Riscos-Núñez, María-José Morón-Fernández, Gabriel Wainer ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This proceedings constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques, SIMUTools 2023, held in Seville, Spain, in December 2023.The 23 revised full papers were carefully selected from 58 submissions. The papers focus on various areas such as Simulation Tools and Methods; Artificial Intelligence and Simulation; Transportation ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Drawing Inferences From Self-selected Samples

    Edited by Howard Wainer ...
    This volume contains a collection of essays and discussions which serve as an introduction and guide to current research in the area of drawing inferences from self-selected samples. This topic is of direct interest to a professional audience of survey researchers, pollsters, market researchers, policymakers, statisticians, demographers, economists, and sociologists. The essays themselves and ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Principals of Modern Psychological Measurement

    A Festschrift for Frederic M. Lord

    Edited by H. Wainer, S. Messick ...
    Published in 1983, Principals of Modern Psychological Measurement is a valuable contribution to the field of Education. ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Differential Item Functioning

    Edited by Paul W. Holland, Howard Wainer ...
    Test fairness is a moral imperative for both the makers and the users of tests. This book focuses on methods for detecting test items that function differently for different groups of examinees and on using this information to improve tests. Of interest to all testing and measurement specialists, it examines modern techniques used routinely to insure test fairness. Three of these relevant to the ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • Test Validity

    Edited by Howard Wainer, Henry I. Braun ...
    Technological and theoretical changes over the past decade have altered the way we think about test validity. This book addresses the present and future concerns raised by these developments. Topics discussed include:* the validity of computerized testing* the validity of testing for specialized populations (e.g., minorities, the handicapped) and* new analytic tools to study and measure validity ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Discrete-Event Modeling and Simulation

    Theory and Applications

    Edited by Gabriel A. Wainer, Pieter J. Mosterman ...
    Series series Computational Analysis, Synthesis, and Design of Dynamic Systems
    Collecting the work of the foremost scientists in the field, Discrete-Event Modeling and Simulation: Theory and Applications presents the state of the art in modeling discrete-event systems using the discrete-event system specification (DEVS) approach. It introduces the latest advances, recent extensions of formal techniques, and real-world examples of various applications.The book covers many ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Lost

    Illegal Abortion Stories

    by Jo Wainer ...
    'It is chastening to read these bald tales, shockingly direct and unvarnished. Each story contains matter enough for a novel. Each one is a window onto a larger life, a broader world: a tantalising view of endlessly unfolding complexities.'-Helen GarnerTwenty years ago, Dr Bertram Wainer, the abortion reform doctor and campaigner, placed an advertisement in a newspaper asking women who had illegal ... Read more

    $10.10 USD

  • Drug Stereochemistry

    Analytical Methods and Pharmacology, Third Edition

    Edited by Krzysztof Jozwiak, W. J. Lough, Irving W. Wainer ...
    Series series Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences
    Drug Stereochemistry: Analytical Methods and Pharmacology, Third Edition covers all aspects of chiral drugs from academic, governmental, industrial, and clinical perspectives, reflecting the many advances in techniques and methodology. Topics include:The use of enzymes in the synthesis and resolution of enantiometrically pure compounds in drug disc ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • 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

    $30.39 USD

  • Testing and the Paradoxes of Fairness

    by Howard Wainer, Daniel H. Robinson ...
    How can admissions officers, employers, and scholarship committees maximize the accuracy of prediction of individual performance while minimizing adverse impact due to group differences? Testing offers a straightforward solution to the first half of this problem. Tests are the best way to predict how someone will perform in school, in the military, in medicine, or while controlling airline traffic ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • Lionel Messi: Big Goals, A Biography

    by Erica Wainer ...
    Illustrated by Claudia Marianno ...
    An all-star, hat trick picture book biography about how Lionel “Leo” Messi went from the smallest kid on the pitch to one of the world's greatest World Cup players from Argentina.Right now, on any soccer field, in any town—small or large, rural or suburban—you will see a kid wearing the iconic #10 jersey.A household name who has sold out stadiums across the world, Leo Messi, is thought of as the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Taylor Swift: Wildest Dreams, A Biography

    by Erica Wainer ...
    Illustrated by Joanie Stone ...
    A dazzling must-have picture book biography for the rabid Taylor Swift lover. Features illustrations of the pop icon, from childhood to fearless stardom, and the story of how she broke out to share her sparkle with the rest of the world.Since the release of her self-titled first album, Taylor Swift has enchanted the world again and again. The fearless singer-songwriter empowers her listeners to be ... Read more

    $12.99 USD