Social research and statistics Books

Book SynopsisThis book is the first to introduce applied behavioral, social, and health sciences researchers to a new analytic method, the time-varying effect model (TVEM). It details how TVEM may be used to advance research on developmental and dynamic processes by examining how associations between variables change across time. The book describes how TVEM is a direct and intuitive extension of standard linear regression; whereas standard linear regression coefficients are static estimates that do not change with time, TVEM coefficients are allowed to change as continuous functions of real time, including developmental age, historical time, time of day, days since an event, and so forth.The book introduces readers to new research questions that can be addressed by applying TVEM in their research. Readers gain the practical skills necessary for specifying a wide variety of time-varying effect models, including those with continuous, binary, and count outcomes. The book presents technical details of TVEM estimation and three novel empirical studies focused on developmental questions using TVEM to estimate age-varying effects, historical shifts in behavior and attitudes, and real-time changes across days relative to an event. The volume provides a walkthrough of the process for conducting each of these studies, presenting decisions that were made, and offering sufficient detail so that readers may embark on similar studies in their own research. The book concludes with comments about additional uses of TVEM in applied research as well as software considerations and future directions. Throughout the book, proper interpretation of the output provided by TVEM is emphasized.Time-Varying Effect Modeling for the Behavioral, Social, and Health Sciences is an essential resource for researchers, clinicians/practitioners as well as graduate students in developmental psychology, public health, statistics and methodology for the social, behavioral, developmental, and public health sciences.Table of ContentsChapter 1. A Conceptual Introduction to Time-Varying Effect Modeling.Chapter 2. Specifying and Interpreting Time-Varying Effect Models.Chapter 3. Generalized Time-Varying Effect Models: Binary and Count Outcomes.Chapter 4. Estimation and Technical Details.Chapter 5. TVEM to Study Age-Varying Associations.Chapter 6. TVEM to Study Historical Change.Chapter 7. TVEM for Intensive Longitudinal Data.Chapter 8. Further Applications and Future Directions.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents the Preschool Peer Social Intervention (PPSI), a manualized comprehensive social curriculum to enhance peer-interaction for pre-schoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in three key domains: play, interaction, and conversation. The book outlines the PPSI’s transactional approach in each of the three intervention domains and incorporates developmental features and age-appropriate play, interaction, and conversation skills while accounting for individual differences in social communication abilities. The intervention is designed to be implemented within the child’s natural social environment, such as preschool, and it includes the child’s social agents, namely, their peers, teachers, and parents. PPSI intervention curricula addressed in this book are based on typical play, interaction, and conversation development, taking into account the social and communication challenges found to characterize young children with ASD in these domains. Building up the ability to play, interact and converse more efficiently with peers may render a substantial impact on preschoolers with ASD, with vast potential for improving not only these children’s immediate social experience with peers, but also their future social competence that relies on these early building blocks. Table of ContentsPreface.- Introduction.- Part I: The PPSI protocol.- Chapter 1. INTERACTION-intervention.- Chapter 2. PLAY-intervention.- Chapter 3. CONVERSATION-intervention.- Chapter 4. PPSI empirical support.- Part II: PPSI Principles.- Chapter 5. Ecological and Developmental CBT – based model.- Chapter 6. Emphasis on peer-peer interaction.- Chapter 7. Adults mediated the intervention.- Chapter 8. Structured manualized program and lessons.- Chapter 9. Activities chosen based on children’s CA.- Chapter 10. Lessons combined learning (child-therapists) and practicing (small group).- Part III: Conclusions and practical implementation of the PPSI.- Chapter 11. PPSI techniques.- Chapter 12. Problem Solving.- Chapter 13. Role play.- Chapter 14. Doll play.- Chapter 15. Use of various visual stimuli: drawn pictures and photos.- Chapter 16. Use of fun play activities and various games.- Chapter 17. Creative craft activities.- Appendix.

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Book SynopsisThis book advocates for community-based research with vulnerable populations within the field of higher education. The chapters outline how research can democratize knowledge generation to make it more accessible and socially relevant, and emphasizes the value of the lived and experiential knowledge of vulnerable and marginalized populations. Rooted in a critique of the current practices of higher education that fail to support participatory and transformative research, the research is structured at micro, macro and meso levels to ultimately emancipate colonized thinking of stakeholders about power, privilege and participation. Focusing primarily on various contexts within the Global South, the contributors argue that the time is ripe for community-based research which combines the theoretical knowledge of the academy with the local, experiential knowledge of those experiencing the consequences of social inequality to co-construct knowledge for change.Table of ContentsPart 1: Community-based Research in Higher EducationChapter 1: Community-based Research in Higher Education: Research Partnerships for the Common Good, Lesley Wood and Ortrun Zuber-SkerrittChapter 2: Rethinking Ethical Processes for Community-based Research Partnerships: Lessons from Practice, Mary Brydon-Miller and Lesley WoodChapter 3: Building Capacity for Community-based Research, Lesley WoodPart 2: Case Studies of Partnership for Community-based Research with Vulnerable PopulationsChapter 4: Developing and Sustaining Community-University Partnerships: Reflecting on Relationship Building, Heloise Sathorar and Deirdre GeduldChapter 5: Community-based Research to Enhance Holistic Wellbeing in School Contexts, Ansie Elizabeth Kitching and Robert Tubb CarstensChapter 6: Developing Relationship for Community-based Research at Rhodes University: Values, Principles and Challenges, Diana Hornby and Savathrie MaistryChapter 7: A Community-based Approach to Engaging Older Adults in the Promotion of their Health and Wellbeing Through Social Dance, Orfhlaith Ni Bhriain and Amanda CliffordChapter 8: Community-based Research for Peace: A Case Study in Colombia, Doris SantosChapter 9: An Appreciative Inquiry Approach to Community-based Research for Development of a Social Enterprise, Karen Venter and Alfi MoolmanChapter 10: "University Mtaani”: A Case Study of Service Learning and Civic Engagement for Social Transformation in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements, Nkatha Mercy and Jonas Yawovi DzinekouChapter 11: The Importance of Access, Time and Space: Developing the Collective Change Facilitator Role as Part of a Multi-Partner Research Programme, Sara Branch, Kate Freiberg, Ross Homel and Charmaine StubbsPart 3: A Framework for Conducting Ethical, Inclusive and Sustainable Community-based ResearchChapter 12: Towards Holistic and Community-led Development: The GULL System for Self-Directed Lifelong Action Learning, Richard TeareChapter 13: Community-based Research with Marginalized Populations as Transformative Adult Education, Lesley WoodChapter 14: An Ethical, Inclusive and Sustainable Framework for Community-based Research in Higher Education, Lesley Wood

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Book SynopsisThis open access book proposes a conceptual framework for understanding measurement across a broad range of scientific fields and areas of application, such as physics, engineering, education, and psychology. It addresses contemporary issues and controversies within measurement in light of the framework, including operationalism, definitional uncertainty, and the relations between measurement and computation, and describes how the framework, operating as a shared concept system, supports understanding measurement’s work in different domains, using examples in the physical and human sciences.This revised and expanded second edition features a new analysis of the analogies and the differences between the error/uncertainty-related approach adopted in physical measurement and the validity-related approach adopted in psychosocial measurement. In addition, it provides a better analysis and presentation of measurement scales, in particular about their relations with quantity units, and introduces the measurand identification/definition as a part of the "Hexagon Framework" along with new examples from the physical and psychosocial sciences. Researchers and academics across a wide range of disciplines including biological, physical, social, and behavioral scientists, as well as specialists in measurement and philosophy appreciate the work’s fresh and provocative approach to the field at a time when sound measurements of complex scientific systems are increasingly essential to solving critical global problems.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Fundamental Concepts in Measurement.- Technical and Cultural Contexts for Measurement Systems.- Philosophical Perspectives on Measurement.- What is Measured?.- Values, Scales, and the Existence of Properties.- Modeling Measurement and Its Quality.- Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Populations, Samples, Parameters, and Statistics.- Chapter 2. Some Probability Concepts.- Chapter 3. Estimation, Hypothesis Testing and the Scientific Method.- Chapter 4. Binary Random Variables and Acceptance Sampling Plans.- Chapter 5. Continuous Variables, the Normal Distribution, and the Central Limit Theorem.- Chapter 6. Continuous Variables and Acceptance Sampling Plans.- Chapter 7. Confidence.- Chapter 8. Some Confidence Interval Computations, Including Bootstrapping.- Chapter 9. Linear Regression, Correlation, and Least Squares.- Chapter 10. Analysis of Variance.- Chapter 11. Poisson and Exponential Variables, Rate, and Time-to-Event.- Chapter 12. 2k Factorial Experiments.- Chapter 13. Nonparametric Methods Rank-Based Tests, Permutation Tests and Resampling Methods.- Chapter 14. Nonlinear and Logistic Regression.- Chapter 15. Model Building.- Chapter 16. Multivariate Analysis.- Chapter 17. Bayesian Methods Markov Chain Montel Carlo Approach.- Chapter 18. Machine Learning and Data-Intensive Methods.- Chapter 19. Time Series and Dynamic Systems.- Index.

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Book Synopsis- 1. Introduction.- 2. Network Science: concepts and definitions.- 3. Network Metrics.- 4. Theoretical models of networks.- 5.Statistical social network models.

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Book Synopsis.- Making Talents and Leadership Ready for the AI and Digital Era:Challenges and Directions for Higher Education..- SLAM with Multimodal Sensor Integration in Autonomous Robotics:A Case Study Using RPLIDAR, Monocular Camera, IMU and Encoder..- Occupational Accidents Prediction in Brazil: An Approach Using Regression Machine Learning Algorithms..- An Optimization Pipeline for Access Role Identification and Attribution..- AFramework for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: Can AI Improve ClinicalWorkflows?..- Synergistic Alpha-Led Force-Driven Gradient to Address Urgency and Reliability in Swarm Intelligence Path-Planning..- Toward Air Quality Fuzzy Classification: Measuring the Performance of Fuzzy Logic Methods for Air Quality Classification..- Knowledge-Based Approaches for Sub-Saharan African Health Systems:Case of @san in Burkina Faso..- Gyroscope-Driven Virtual Replication: Enhancing Human Movement Analysis..- Using Agentic LLM Architecture to Align Human and AI Decisions..- Real-Time Handgun Detection Using YOLO and a Custom Videogame Dataset..- Generation of Cardiac CT Images with and without Contrast Using a Cycle-Consistent Adversarial Networks with Diffusion..- AI-Driven Hydrocyclone Condition Monitoring: Conceptual Prototype..- Managing the ELLAS International Research Project on Information Systems Development..- Microservices versus Monoliths: Identifying Challenges and Proposing Practical Recommendations..- AI-Based Recovery of High-Level Models in the Context of Reverse Engineering of C++ to UML..- Enhancing Carbon Emission Decisions in Livestock with CarbonSECO’s Service Suite..- Information Systems Perspectives on Digitally Supported Design for Sustainability and Life-Cycle Cost Calculations..- Machine Learning Techniques in Predicting Employee Turnover Intention..- Misinformation Warriors: Leveraging Staff to Combat Inaccurate Information in an Australian Health Organisation..- Evolution of a Usability and UX Questionnaire for Touchable Holography from Validation Studies with Experts and End-Users.

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Book Synopsis.- Design and Software Engineering Experience Report: Designing and Implementing Data Registration via File Import in an Administrative e-Commerce System..- A Comparative Analysis of the Interactive Web Maps (IWM) and Nielsen Sets..- Driving the Emergence of Self-Managed Enterprises of Crowdworkers: A Survey and Review of Motivating Factors..- Person-Dependent Mental Fatigue Assessment Based on Operator Vital Signs and Head State..- Enhancing Logistics with Data-Driven Process Analysis and Knowledge-Based Methods..- A Novel Approach to Reduce the Financial and Computational Costs of Similarity Queries over Document Collections in NoSQL Databases..- Designing a Stablecoin Service Tailored for Cross-Chain Transactions..- Enabling Value Chain Interoperability: Integrating and Evaluating Robust Data Governance Aspects into the Asset Administration Shell..- Approaches to the Vehicle Routing Problem Using Heuristics and Ensemble Methods..- Enriching ETL with Provenance Data..- A BiLSTM Approach to Outfit Compatibility and Image Similarity..- Blockchain-Powered Offloading: Smart Contracts for Transparent and Secure Operations in Oil and Gas Sector..- A Clustering-Driven Performance Analysis Webapp for Sports and Activity Data..- NoSQLconcepts: A Digital Teaching Platform for (No)SQL Databases..- Data Symbion EI: Expanding Horizons with Deep Learning and Model Sharing..- Conformance Checking with Time Attributes..- A Practical Approach to Evaluate Operational Business-IT Alignment.

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Book Synopsis.- Digital Governance and Public Policy..- Digital transformation in the public sector: Unlocking trends, opportunities and governance insights..- In search of the nature of the relationship between digitalization and economic growth: An approach to the case of African countries..- Governance and digitalization: Exploring the impact of e-government development on sustainability metrics..- Enhancing governance: How secure internet servers drive anti-corruption and strengthen government effectiveness..- Cross-Domain AI Innovations: From Autonomous Systems to Health and Finance..- Cost-efficient AI for Alzheimer’s detection: A dynamic dropout approach for e-health..- Mental health resource retrieval using semantic similarity and knowledge graphs..- Enhancing financial sentiment analysis with FinBERT and RoBERTa: A fine-grained approach to market predictions..- Comparative analysis of reinforcement learning algorithms for autonomous driving in simulated 2D environments: Optimizing reward functions and hyperparameters..- Social Media, Responsibility and Digital Leadership..- Exploring travelers’ brand personalities on social media..- Should credit applications always be humanized? An analysis of the Moroccan credit market..- Social responsibility and its relationship with innovation and technology in SMEs in Arequipa, Peru..- Digital leadership and its link to digital performance in MSME employees in Arequipa, Peru: The mediating effect of human resource management and dynamic capabilities..- Informal Markets and Platform Economies..- Value creation in marketplace platforms: A business model approach..- Digital technologies and informal market transactions: Who buys and what drives their choices?..- Mapping carpooling research: A bibliometric insight..- Shadow economies in the digital age: A LASSO approach to measuring the impact of digitalization on informality in central and eastern European countries..- AI-Driven Insights and Next-Gen Marketing Analytics..- Neuromarketing implications on purchase decisions: A bibliometric analysis..- The globalization of online fandom: Understanding ACG fans’ motivations in the entertainment market..- Using generative AI in communication agencies: Insights from a multiple-case study..- Mirror, mirror… Am I the fairest of them all? Smart mirror between frustration and pleasure..- Digital Transformation in Finance: Taxation, Payment Resilience, and E-Finance Trends..- Digitizing taxation in the age of digital transformation - A bibliometric analysis..- The resilience of cash in the face of digital payments: Exploring determinants in the Moroccan context..- Mapping the intellectual landscape of e-finance in the era of digital economy and society..- Pegged digital currencies: How resilient are they in economic turmoil..- Trust, Privacy and Security in the Digital Economy..- Building trust in data spaces: A systematic review of perspectives, definitions, and mechanisms..- Balancing privacy and utility in social media: A framework for platform specific privacy-enhancing technologies and regulations..- A method for visualizing the dynamic characteristics of economic time series data..- Measuring LLMs cultural bias in corruption inclination..- Smart Infrastructure and AI Readiness..- Measuring AI adoption readiness in the digital era: A composite index approach with PLS and PCA..- Need for speed, or for digital skills? Broadband development and firm dynamics in Germany..- Implementing smart public spaces in developing countries- Challenges and opportunities: Case study of Tunisia.

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Book SynopsisThe Black Box of Computational Imaging.- Algorithmic Mediascapes.- Algorithms and the Arts.- Cultural Critique of Algorithmic Media.- Posthuman/Non-Human Imagery.

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Book SynopsisDas von Ulrich Oevermann begründete Verfahren der Objektiven Hermeneutik stößt vor allem in den Sozial- und Erziehungswissenschaften auf breites Interesse. Die zentrale methodologische Idee der Objektiven Hermeneutik besteht darin, die Rekonstruktion der Sinnstrukturen der sozialen Wirklichkeit methodisch an textliche Protokolle dieser Wirklichkeit zurückzubinden. So wird der Text zum Gegenstand einer empirisch-hermeneutischen, wirklichkeitswissenschaftlichen Sinnrekonstruktion. Dieses Buch bietet eine Einführung in das interpretatorische Vorgehen der Objektiven Hermeneutik. Zu Beginn werden die methodologischen Grundannahmen der Objektiven Hermeneutik vorgestellt. Im Zentrum stehen dann aber die methodischen Kernoperationen des Verfahrens. Diese werden an Beispielen vorgestellt und erläutert. Der Leser erhält damit einen Einblick in die interpretatorische Praxis dieser Methode und zugleich Anregungen für die eigene Forschungspraxis.Table of ContentsMethodologische Stichworte - Die Prinzipien der objektiv-hermeneutischen Textinterpretation - Geschichten - Lesarten - Fallstrukturhypothese - Eine Fallrekonstruktion am Beispiel eines Lehrerinterviews - Zur schnellen Orientierung

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Book SynopsisQualitative Forschung und ihre Methoden sind ein wichtiger Zugang im Rahmen psychologischer Erkenntnissuche. Während qualitative Herangehensweisen in benachbarten Wissenschaftsfeldern zum Standardrepertoire gehören, ist diese Tradition in der Psychologie über Jahrzehnte vernachlässigt worden. Die Erstauflage aus dem Jahr 2010 hat eine Wende eingeleitet. Die Neuauflage mit 70 Beiträgen erscheint in zwei Bänden und steht für die Etablierung und Weiterentwicklung einer qualitativen Psychologie. In Band I werden zentrale Positionen vorgestellt, die eine theoretische Fundierung für qualitative Forschung in der Psychologie bieten. Im Anschluss wird eine Vielzahl an Anwendungsfeldern und subdisziplinären Arbeitsgebieten behandelt.Table of ContentsPositionen und Traditionen – Theoretische und methodologische Grundlagen.- Anwendungsfelder und subdisziplinäre Arbeitsgebiete.

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Book SynopsisThis short monograph provides a synthesis of new research on sampling designs that are dependent on sample moments or the order statistics of auxiliary variables. The range of survey sampling methods and their applications has gradually increased over time, and these applications have led to new theoretical solutions that provide better sampling designs or estimators. Recently, several important properties of sampling designs have been discovered, and many new methods have been published. Offering an overview of these developments, this book describes sampling designs dependent on the sample generalized variance of auxiliary variables, examines properties of sampling designs proportional to functions of sample order statistics of the auxiliary variable, and takes into account continuous sampling designs. The text will be useful for students and statisticians whose work involves survey sampling, and it will inspire those looking for new sampling designs dependent on auxiliary variables. Table of ContentsIntroduction and Basic Sampling Strategies.- Sampling Designs Dependent on Sample Moments of Auxiliary Variables.- Sampling Designs Based on Order Statistics of Auxiliary Variable.- Simulation Analysis of the Efficiency of the Strategies.- Sampling Designs dependent on a Continuous Auxiliary Variable.

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