“In Search of …”
This collection by international researchers advances qualitative inquiry in youth studies. It offers ways of adapting and remixing methods for a transforming world, with fresh interpretations useful to students, scholars, and researchers.
A Critical Examination of Lotteries
Uncover the math behind the jackpot. This guide demystifies probability and odds, revealing how draw methods impact your chances. Explore which lotteries are easiest to win, debunk myths about lucky numbers, and learn to think critically about the game.
This book argues that all rationality is social and explains the far-ranging consequences. It highlights the need for methodological reforms and for changing social scientific theories in economics, sociology, and psychology.
A Practical Guide to Promoting Social Participation in Seniors
An instruction manual for community workers and researchers on community-based participatory action research. This guide provides principles for working with older communities worldwide, with key contributions for work in lower-to-middle income countries.
An Indonesian Study of Mixed Methods
This book shows how to combine quantitative with qualitative methods in a real research project. It evaluates the suitability of land for development in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, considering disaster risk and social implications for settlement.
This concise contemporary guide explores optimization, control theory, and calculus of variations. A valuable source for learning mathematical modeling and scientific prediction, it features a variety of solved exercises, making it useful for university courses.
Learn the basics of media research, from conducting experimental and survey research to understanding how the media socializes us. This book explores media’s effects, including stereotypes and prosocial impacts, and teaches critical thinking techniques.
Globally, libraries are the backbones of the institutions in which they exist. This collection of articles promotes the use of libraries in students’ learning and quality of education, and will be of interest to teachers, students, parents, librarians and policy makers.
This textbook presents methods of data analysis and uncertainty estimation, combining classical statistics with modern methods like Monte Carlo modelling. With numerous illustrations and examples using real-world data, it will appeal to students, scientists, and engineers.
Beyond Public Engagement
University collections are central to producing knowledge and engaging the public. However, their complexity encompasses a diversity of other issues. This volume discusses the problems, challenges, and opportunities of academic heritage beyond public engagement.
Blockchain Beyond Borders
Move beyond the technical marvels of blockchain and dive into the urgent ethical dilemmas. This essential guide explores burning issues of privacy and accountability, and the regulatory frameworks needed to harness this technology responsibly and ethically shape our future.
Blockchain is a decentralized technology with a major impact on cybersecurity, supply chain management, and finance. This book provides a broad picture of the concepts, techniques, applications, and research directions in this emerging technology.
Academic endeavors have long been separate from local communities. This book closes the gap by exploring ways academia and the communities it serves can collaborate to create authentic and applied learning environments.
This collection of social work research uses studies as a tool for social justice. It offers a scientific model for researchers, organisations, and laypersons to study topics from education and health to criminal justice, bringing us a step closer to development for all.
Changing Values, Attitudes and Behaviours in Ireland
This book charts a changing Ireland over a highly significant period. Using data from the European Social Survey, Europe’s most rigorous social science survey, it maps political, social, and attitudinal changes and places them within a broader European context.
From private chambers to public galleries, this volume explores how princes displayed their collections. Ten essays examine the art of exhibition across European courts from the sixteenth to the early nineteenth century.
Complexity and Uncertainty in Contemporary Cities
Contemporary cities face growing complexity and uncertainty. This book reviews the history of systems thinking and provides a conceptual model applying systemic principles and foresight techniques to urban planning, facilitating collaborative and integrated approaches to cities.
For new and seasoned investors, this book provides crucial knowledge of Cryptocurrency, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), and Blockchain. It covers the most important elements investors need to know, including regulation risk and robust trading strategy.
This practical guide helps disability services staff use data analytics to improve services for adult learners. With a statistics primer, practical tools, and 30 case studies, learn to identify targeted interventions, demonstrate your value, and practice continuous improvement.
Democracy in the Workplace and at Home
This book explores how democratic concepts like freedom and justice impact our work and home environments. It reveals how a lack of these concepts harms health and well-being, and shows how to create more democratic, healthy, and productive lives.