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A Given Choice

Author : Mary B. Blalock
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1475974035
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book A Given Choice written by Mary B. Blalock and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deplorable acts, deprivation, and hardship bring two lonely teenagers together to find love that time cannot erase, miles cannot break apart, nor death can cheat. At the turn of the twentieth century, life in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia is a time of simplicity and unpretentiousness a time of endurance, survival, and sacrifice, and for Rebecca Mason, a piteous and lonely girl, it is also the time of awakening. In a world where frivolity has no place and foolishness no heart, Rebecca struggles to provide comfort for the children at Sweet Haven Orphanage. Raised under the cruel hand of Ms. Ambrose, Rebecca, too, is an orphan, never having known a kind word or a soft hand, and when mysterious events send fifteen-year-old Crip to the orphanage, he easily becomes her hero. Rebecca has never known a boy her own age her interaction with the opposite sex consisting of young lads and old men and the two teenagers are soon inseparable. As years go by, young love blossoms, and it went without saying that Crip would marry her one day. Crips past comes back to haunt him, and in fear of being sent to prison, he runs away, leaving the girl he loves behind, sobbing and heartbroken. Finding herself alone and with child, Rebecca is faced with the most difficult decision she will ever have to make, and the outcome of her choice will forever change the course of her life. Spanning twenty-five years, A Given Choice is a passionate, heart-wrenching story of commitment and undying love.

The Paradox of Choice

Author : Barry Schwartz
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061748994
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book The Paradox of Choice written by Barry Schwartz and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether we're buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, selecting a long-distance carrier, applying to college, choosing a doctor, or setting up a 401(k), everyday decisions—both big and small—have become increasingly complex due to the overwhelming abundance of choice with which we are presented. As Americans, we assume that more choice means better options and greater satisfaction. But beware of excessive choice: choice overload can make you question the decisions you make before you even make them, it can set you up for unrealistically high expectations, and it can make you blame yourself for any and all failures. In the long run, this can lead to decision-making paralysis, anxiety, and perpetual stress. And, in a culture that tells us that there is no excuse for falling short of perfection when your options are limitless, too much choice can lead to clinical depression. In The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz explains at what point choice—the hallmark of individual freedom and self-determination that we so cherish—becomes detrimental to our psychological and emotional well-being. In accessible, engaging, and anecdotal prose, Schwartz shows how the dramatic explosion in choice—from the mundane to the profound challenges of balancing career, family, and individual needs—has paradoxically become a problem instead of a solution. Schwartz also shows how our obsession with choice encourages us to seek that which makes us feel worse. By synthesizing current research in the social sciences, Schwartz makes the counter intuitive case that eliminating choices can greatly reduce the stress, anxiety, and busyness of our lives. He offers eleven practical steps on how to limit choices to a manageable number, have the discipline to focus on those that are important and ignore the rest, and ultimately derive greater satisfaction from the choices you have to make.

Culture as Given, Culture as Choice

Author : Dirk Van der Elst
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Culture as Given, Culture as Choice written by Dirk Van der Elst and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how culture, humanity's defining adaptation, originated and its functions. Expands the understanding of inequality, science, culture, change and value systems.

Discrete Choice Methods with Simulation

Author : Kenneth Train
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521766559
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)

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Download or read book Discrete Choice Methods with Simulation written by Kenneth Train and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-06 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the new generation of discrete choice methods, focusing on the many advances that are made possible by simulation. Researchers use these statistical methods to examine the choices that consumers, households, firms, and other agents make. Each of the major models is covered: logit, generalized extreme value, or GEV (including nested and cross-nested logits), probit, and mixed logit, plus a variety of specifications that build on these basics. Simulation-assisted estimation procedures are investigated and compared, including maximum stimulated likelihood, method of simulated moments, and method of simulated scores. Procedures for drawing from densities are described, including variance reduction techniques such as anithetics and Halton draws. Recent advances in Bayesian procedures are explored, including the use of the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm and its variant Gibbs sampling. The second edition adds chapters on endogeneity and expectation-maximization (EM) algorithms. No other book incorporates all these fields, which have arisen in the past 25 years. The procedures are applicable in many fields, including energy, transportation, environmental studies, health, labor, and marketing.

Given the Choice

Author : Susan Sellers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780957315563
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book Given the Choice written by Susan Sellers and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At 39 Marion has a lot going for her. She's talented, ambitious and married to a wealthy financier who adores her. Marion's top clients benefit from her entrepreneurial flair, but when her husban says it's time they had a child, this contrary heroine starts to panic and the cracks in her carefully constructed lifestyle start to show.

Numbers Choices Board--Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers

Author : Wendy Conklin
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
ISBN 13 : 1425878482
Total Pages : 11 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Numbers Choices Board--Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers written by Wendy Conklin and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This choices board assignment offers diverse options for all types of learners to show what they've learned. Written specifically for mathematics teachers, this lesson helps facilitate the understanding and process of writing choices board lessons.

Theory of Games and Statistical Decisions

Author : David A. Blackwell
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486150895
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book Theory of Games and Statistical Decisions written by David A. Blackwell and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-06-14 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evaluating statistical procedures through decision and game theory, as first proposed by Neyman and Pearson and extended by Wald, is the goal of this problem-oriented text in mathematical statistics. First-year graduate students in statistics and other students with a background in statistical theory and advanced calculus will find a rigorous, thorough presentation of statistical decision theory treated as a special case of game theory. The work of Borel, von Neumann, and Morgenstern in game theory, of prime importance to decision theory, is covered in its relevant aspects: reduction of games to normal forms, the minimax theorem, and the utility theorem. With this introduction, Blackwell and Professor Girshick look at: Values and Optimal Strategies in Games; General Structure of Statistical Games; Utility and Principles of Choice; Classes of Optimal Strategies; Fixed Sample-Size Games with Finite Ω and with Finite A; Sufficient Statistics and the Invariance Principle; Sequential Games; Bayes and Minimax Sequential Procedures; Estimation; and Comparison of Experiments. A few topics not directly applicable to statistics, such as perfect information theory, are also discussed. Prerequisites for full understanding of the procedures in this book include knowledge of elementary analysis, and some familiarity with matrices, determinants, and linear dependence. For purposes of formal development, only discrete distributions are used, though continuous distributions are employed as illustrations. The number and variety of problems presented will be welcomed by all students, computer experts, and others using statistics and game theory. This comprehensive and sophisticated introduction remains one of the strongest and most useful approaches to a field which today touches areas as diverse as gambling and particle physics.

Vanessa & Virginia

Author : Susan Sellers
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547393881
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Vanessa & Virginia written by Susan Sellers and published by HMH. This book was released on 2010-04-12 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell “captures the sisters’ seesaw dynamic as they vacillate between protecting and hurting each other” (The Christian Science Monitor). You see, even after all these years, I wonder if you really loved me. Vanessa and Virginia are sisters, best friends, bitter rivals, and artistic collaborators. As children, they fight for the attention of their overextended mother, their brilliant but difficult father, and their adored brother, Thoby. As young women, they support each other through a series of devastating deaths, then emerge in bohemian Bloomsbury, bent on creating new lives and groundbreaking works of art. Through everything—marriage, lovers, loss, madness, children, success and failure—the sisters remain the closest of co-conspirators. But they also betray each other. In this lyrical, impressionistic account, written as a love letter and an elegy from Vanessa to Virginia, Susan Sellers imagines her way into the heart of the lifelong relationship between writer Virginia Woolf and painter Vanessa Bell. With sensitivity and fidelity to what is known of both lives, Sellers has created a powerful portrait of sibling rivalry, and “beautifully imagines what it must have meant to be a gifted artist yoked to a sister of dangerous, provocative genius” (Cleveland Plain Dealer). “A delectable little book for anyone who ever admired the Bloomsbury group. . . . A genuine treat.” —Publishers Weekly

Bayesian Data Analysis

Author : Andrew Gelman
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439898200
Total Pages : 663 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book Bayesian Data Analysis written by Andrew Gelman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-11-27 with total page 663 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2016 De Groot Prize from the International Society for Bayesian AnalysisNow in its third edition, this classic book is widely considered the leading text on Bayesian methods, lauded for its accessible, practical approach to analyzing data and solving research problems. Bayesian Data Analysis, Third Edition continues to take an applied

Children's Reading Comprehension and Assessment

Author : Scott G. Paris
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135621616
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Children's Reading Comprehension and Assessment written by Scott G. Paris and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-03-23 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originating in a recent CIERA conference held at the University of Michigan, this book brings together the nation's most distinguished researchers to examine how readers understand text and how comprehension is assessed. The first part provides both national and historical contexts for the study of reading comprehension. The second part examines how vocabulary, motivation, and expertise influence comprehension, and it includes analyses of the developmental course and correlates of comprehension. Chapters in the third part consider how schools focus on comprehension for instruction and assessment. The fourth part includes chapters on large-scale assessment that analyze how test formats and psychometric characteristics influence measures of reading comprehension. At the end of each part is a commentary--written by an expert--that reviews the chapters, critiques the main points, and synthesizes critical issues. Key features of this outstanding new book include: *Integration of Research and Practice--provides a bridge between conceptual issues studied by researchers concerned with reading comprehension theories and practical issues addressed by educators concerned with classroom instruction and assessment. *Comprehension Focus--provides a thorough history and rigorous research-based analyses of reading comprehension. *Assessment Focus--provides innovative approaches to comprehension assessment that include the influences of vocabulary, decoding, and motivation. *Synthetic Commentaries--provides periodic summaries that analyze and synthesize research, practices, and issues discussed in each part. *Expertise--contributing authors and commentators are highly respected authorities on reading comprehension (see table of contents). This text is appropriate for educational and psychological researchers, reading educators, and graduate students in education and psychology. It is part of the CIERA series, which includes the following volumes: Taylor and Pearson: Teaching Reading: Effective Schools, Accomplished Teachers (2002) Van Kleeck, Stahl, and Bauer: On Reading Books to Children: Parents and Teachers (2003) Hoffman and Schallert: The Texts in Elementary Classrooms (2005)

The Contribution of Young Researchers to Bayesian Statistics

Author : Ettore Lanzarone
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3319020846
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Contribution of Young Researchers to Bayesian Statistics written by Ettore Lanzarone and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-22 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Bayesian Young Statisticians Meeting, BAYSM 2013, has provided a unique opportunity for young researchers, M.S. students, Ph.D. students, and post-docs dealing with Bayesian statistics to connect with the Bayesian community at large, exchange ideas, and network with scholars working in their field. The Workshop, which took place June 5th and 6th 2013 at CNR-IMATI, Milan, has promoted further research in all the fields where Bayesian statistics may be employed under the guidance of renowned plenary lecturers and senior discussants. A selection of the contributions to the meeting and the summary of one of the plenary lectures compose this volume.

Individual and Small Group Decisions

Author : K.J. Radford
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1475720688
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book Individual and Small Group Decisions written by K.J. Radford and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ecision making is one of the most important activities in both our profes D sional and our private lives today. The literature on the subject has grown considerably over the last fifty years and it now covers many different approaches to the subject. These approaches range from that of creating a mathematical model of the decision situation under consideration, as in operations research and other forms of mathematical decision analysis, to those that are based on human and organizational behavior. Recently, those working in the field have begun to combine approaches to the study of decision situations that arise in organizations, in our personal lives and in the communities in which we live. This book is an attempt to assist those concerned with decision making to work with this combination of approaches. In the past, decision problems have been considered according to the condi tions under which they arise and to some extent in terms of the approaches available for their resolution. Writers on the subject who are mathematically oriented have devised a method of classifying decisions based on the type of mathematics that they suggest be used in the resolution of the problems. This approach leads to the division of decision situations into the categories of cer tainty, uncertainty, risk and competition. Deterministic models available in oper ations research have then been offered as the means of treating decision situations in the category of certainty.

McQuail′s Mass Communication Theory

Author : Denis McQuail
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 0857023225
Total Pages : 633 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book McQuail′s Mass Communication Theory written by Denis McQuail and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010-02-28 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Denis McQuail′s Mass Communication Theory is not just a seminal text in the study of media and society - it is a benchmark for understanding and appreciating the long and winding road people and their media have taken to get us here." - Mark Deuze, Indiana University and Leiden University "This is a unique work tested by time and generations of students around the world - North, South, East and West." - Kaarle Nordenstreng, University of Tampere "McQuail′s Mass Communication Theory continues to be the clearest and best introduction to this sprawling field." - Anders Hansen, University of Leicester With over 125,000 copies sold, McQuail′s Mass Communication Theory has been the benchmark for studying media and communication for more than 25 years. It remains the most authoritative and comprehensive introduction to the field and offers unmatched coverage of the research literature. It covers everything a student needs to know of the diverse forms of mass communication today, including television, radio, newspapers, film, music, the internet and other forms of new media. Denis McQuail shows that more than ever, theories of mass communication matter for the broader understanding of society and culture. Unmatched in coverage and used across the globe, this book includes: Explorations of new media, globalization, work, economy, governance, policy, media audiences and effects New boxed case studies on key research publications, to familiarize students with the critical research texts in the field Definitions, examples, and illustrations throughout to bring abstract concepts to life. McQuail′s Mass Communication Theory is the indispensable resource no student of media and communication studies can afford to be without.

Japanese Telecommunications

Author : Ruth Taplin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134208154
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Japanese Telecommunications written by Ruth Taplin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-02-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a comprehensive survey of the telecommunications industry in Japan, Taplin and Wakui cover the different sectors of the industry – including mobile, broadband and satellite, whilst considering key questions such as the structure and economics of the industry, government policy, and international relations issues connected to the industry. The volume brings together unique analysis by renowned experts in the telecommunications field. One major overall problem is that, unlike many other industries, Japan has lagged behind other countries in telecommunications. Japanese Telecommunications considers why this should be so, showing how far this is attributable to an unmodernized industry structure, and assessing the measures being taken to address the problem. After over a decade of struggle, Japan has recorded rapid uptake of broadband, and Japanese advanced mobile services have become increasingly successful on a global scale. Japan has also undergone regulatory reform, and competition policy is now given top priority by government. Taplin and Wakui examine the most recent developments and provide signposts for the future.

Transitions and Learning Through the Lifecourse

Author : Kathryn Ecclestone
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135270996
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Transitions and Learning Through the Lifecourse written by Kathryn Ecclestone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-10-16 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Transition’ has numerous everyday and conceptual meanings yet, while certain transitions are unsettling and difficult for some people, risk, challenge and even difficulty might also be important factors in successful transitions for others.

Political Constructivism

Author : Peri Roberts
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134299001
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Political Constructivism written by Peri Roberts and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-10-25 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political Constructivism is concerned with the justification of principles of political justice in the face of pluralism. Contemporary accounts of multiculturalism, pluralism and diversity have challenged the capacity of political theory to impartially justify principles of justice beyond the boundaries of particular communities. In this original account, Peri Roberts argues that political constructivism defends a conception of objective and universal principles that set normative limits to justifiable political practice. Political Constructivism explores this understanding in two ways. Firstly, by engaging with constructivist thinkers such as John Rawls and Onora O’Neill in order to lay out a basic understanding of what constructivism is. Secondly, the author goes on to defend a particular account of political constructivism that justifies a universal primary constructivism alongside the many secondary constructions in which we live our everyday lives. In doing so he outlines an understanding of principled pluralism which accepts diversity whilst at the same time recognising its limits. This volume will be of particular interest to students and researchers of political theory and political philosophy.

Human Capital Management Challenges in India

Author : Ram Raghavan
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1780632487
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Human Capital Management Challenges in India written by Ram Raghavan and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-06-21 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human Capital Management Challenges in India focuses on the Indian talent pool and identifies why companies are finding it difficult to identify, recruit, reward and retain talent. It provides an insight as to why companies find it difficult to retain talent by questioning certain fundamental assumptions held by organisations, such as the role of Human Resources. Human capital management has become a critical issue across the globe. Even in a land of billion people, identifying the right talent, training them and retaining them has become an uphill task. The book also looks at the talent pool available and demonstrates why companies have to alter their strategies to retain this talent pool. Finally, the book will provide a practical and simple approach to the human capital agenda. Illustrates why employees are not an organizations’ asset Provides a step-by-step approach on the practical and strategic workings of HR How to recruit and retain key talent and management