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Basic Psychopharmacology Principles: A Quick Guide for Mental Health Professionals introduces students to basic concepts of psychopharmacology to help them develop a broad understanding of drugs and how they work in the body.Part I familiarizes students with basic principles of pharmacology including drug types, the structure and function of the central nervous system, fundamental pharmacological concepts, and an overview of adrenergic and cholinergic neuronal systems. Part II discusses patient diagnosis and treatment, as well as biological markers and diagnostic testing. Part III dives deeper into clinical psychopharmacology, addressing how psychotropic medications interact with depression, psychosis, anxiety, trauma, pregnancy, and more. The guide concludes with a section on clinical considerations in which students are encouraged to apply biopsychosocial assessments and analyze clinical cases using the biopsychopharmacological model. In the revised first edition, drug chart appendices have been updated to include psychotropics used for treating mood disorders, psychosis, and insomnia. This edition also introduces discussion on perinatal depression. Written for both non-prescribers and clinicians interested in prescribing medication to clients, Basic Psychopharmacology Principles is ideal for courses in social work, psychology, counseling, and marriage and family therapy.

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Painless Python: Learn Python Programming Doing the Easy Stuff First provides students with a fresh and practical approach to programming.Have you ever read a programming book where half-way through a chapter you say, "Wait a minute! I'm not ready to learn that. I don't have any experience with this."Many programming textbooks overwhelm the reader with complexity before they've had a chance to get a feel for the language.Painless Python takes a different approach. It covers the same concepts and programming techniques as a typical Python book, but in an order that's much easier to digest and understand. Each chapter touches on multiple areas of programming, but with the easy stuff covered first. As the chapters progress, a bit more complexity is added to the multiple areas covered. By the end of the book, students are equipped with the knowledge they need to write complex Python programs.

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Freedom Fighters: Struggles Instituting Black History in K-12 Education captures the ongoing struggle to implement multicultural curricula in schools. It details how African American students, caught in the vicious cycle of territorial fights, low test scores, and placed at risk for dropping out of school, can experience self-transformation through the study of Black History.Drawing from the theoretical constructs found in Afrocentric education, critical pedagogy, and multicultural education, this book introduces a new concept for educating African American students. Scholars and leaders, such as Elijah Muhammad, Carter G. Woodson, Paulo Freire, James Banks, and others, provide compelling arguments that cogently describe the challenge of educating African American students for liberation. The revised first edition features significant updates to the introduction, foreword, and preface to better contextualize the material in contemporary settings and reflect recent events. Readers discover compelling reasons why students, educators, and prospective educators need to be introduced to Black history. Featuring real-world examples, Freedom Fighters is an ideal book for courses on the foundations of education, multicultural education, and critical pedagogy, among others.

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Lectures in Physics, Volume I: Classical Mechanics in Substance Applications comprises seven modules spread across three parts, structured as an invitation to a discussion on various science topics.The opening part, called a prelude, is dedicated to a thorough description of basic mathematics required in this course such as scalars, geometry, trigonometry, vectors, and rules of their operations. The second part of the text is the theory of classical mechanics focusing on proving, generalizing, and inviting to further discussion the concepts of kinematics, dynamics and statics, and conservation laws by examining displacement, velocity, acceleration, jerk, force, torque, energy, and molecule kinetic theory. The last part deals with classical mechanics applications to substance properties. Readers explore fluids and gases, transfer processes, and the fascinating and at times confusing world of thermodynamics followed by a detailed description of periodic motion. Thorough equations illustrated by figures along with example problems provide students with ample opportunities to discuss course topics in detail and apply what they've learned to other courses of their major.Lectures in Physics, Volume I is the first textbook in a two-volume series designed to help students learn and grasp science-related key concepts and applications.

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It's time to take history personally. This unique text takes a personal approach to American history to get readers excited about their own roles in making history and improving their country.Making History: A Personal Approach to Modern American History begins with the important point that while many textbooks cover events that have shaped America, these events didn't happen to America--they happened to individual Americans.With this perspective in mind, students read and think differently about post-Civil War history, including industrialization, the Spanish-American War and World Wars, the Depression, the Cold War, the Civil Rights Era, Vietnam, the rise of modern conservatism, and the country's current state of decline. The third edition includes a new chapter that covers the Trump presidency, COVID-19 pandemic, January 6th attack on the Capitol, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the election of President Joe Biden. The first history textbook to include comic book pages, Making History features artwork by comic book artist Gary Dumm of American Splendor.Featuring a unique and innovative approach, Making History: A Personal Approach to Modern American History is a fresh alternative for survey courses in American history and historiography or classes in American civilization or popular culture.

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Fundamentals of Human Biology and Health gives students a solid understanding of how human cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and whole organisms operate. Designed to be used on its own or as a supplement to other texts, the material includes clear, concise information covering the main physiological systems in the human body, their interconnections, and what individuals can do to maintain healthy bodies and lifestyles.The text explores how and why we study biology, and where human beings fit into the amazing diversity of life. There is also coverage of basic chemistry as it relates to the study of biology. After a tour of the typical human cell, the text provides information on different tissues and organ systems. This includes relevant disorders, diseases, drugs, nutrition, and various health issues. Subsequent material addresses genetics, evolution, ecology, and conservation. Fundamentals of Human Biology and Health provides basic information in an accessible way. This text can be used in any introductory general or human biology course. The accessible language is appropriate for both high school and college level students. It can also be used in courses on anatomy and physiology.

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Fixing Broken Meetings: A Manual on Meeting Rotten-osity, Deleterious Decisions, and Ineffective Implementation examines the myriad ways in which meetings regularly fail and how individuals and organizations can improve them through a model of identification, ideation, decision-making, implementation, and evaluation.The collection is organized into eight parts, each featuring an opening description of a cartoon, summaries of articles and books, and links to longer pieces. Opening parts contain humorous material that illustrates the pattern of making fun of meetings and disparaging their utility; discussions related to decision-making; and coping strategies. Readers discover helpful tips for producing efficient meetings and building effective decisions. They learn about decision avoidance psychosis and examine why we, at all levels of the social organization, accept a flawed system that embraces meetings with latent functions. Closing parts cite valuable practices developed by the Meeting Masters and Decision Maestros and consider common issues related to implementation and evaluation.An innovative and essential guide for the modern workplace, Fixing Broken Meetings is an exemplary resource for courses and programs in business and organizational behavior, as well as anyone interested in improving the functionality of meetings within their organization.

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The Gravity of Typography: Exploring Type Across Various Design Mediums is a visual guide that provides students with an understanding of key principles of typography, as well as its importance and impact in design work. The book demonstrates that regardless of medium, typography is a critical component that has the power to make or break a design.Drawing on her vast experience as a graphic designer, Karyn Jimenez-Elliott has created an innovative and visually demonstrative guide that effectively introduces readers to how typography can enhance designs across a variety of mediums, including branding, print design, packaging and product design, editorial and publication, design for web, event design and environmental graphics, designing for social impact, and personal branding and portfolio work. The book highlights a diverse range of work and real-world examples from Jimenez-Elliott's colleagues, friends, former classmates, and students, as well as examples of her own work. Designer's project notes, written in their own words, accompany each example and help readers understand the thought process behind developing logos, selecting fonts, considering print and digital delivery of design work, creating a portfolio that reflects their personal brand, and more.Approachable, immersive, and grounded in visual impact, The Gravity of Typography is an essential textbook for courses and programs in graphic design.Watch the video by Professor Jimenez-Elliott to learn why she designed and wrote The Gravity of Typography and how the book's visual and applied approach can help students and designers better understand the power of typography across a variety of mediums.

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The Science of Answering Questions: A Statistical Approach introduces students to the process of determining an answer to a question or problem through the collection of information, the use of statistical tools on the information, and reaching a conclusion based on the results.Opening chapters explore the evidence needed to answer the question of interest. Students learn about variables, levels of measurement, populations, samples, and sampling, as well as commonly used and freely available statistical software that can be used in statistical analyses. Additional chapters introduce ways to display and describe information collected from the sample, including summaries, summary tables, and graphs. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics are covered. Readers explore descriptors, predictors, point estimation, deviation and variance, probability distributions, and interval estimation. Chapters in the latter half of the text focus on answering different questions of interest or the same question with different types of collected information. These chapters cover hypothesis testing, one sample proportion, multinomial, pre-post, homogeneity, correlation, independence, and more. Appendices provide students with helpful references related to critical values and standard normal probabilities.Providing students with a complete yet accessible introduction, The Science of Answering Questions is an excellent introductory resource for a course in statistics.

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This book walks writers through the basics and gives quick tips for APA style, formatting, and citation as well as gender-neutral pronouns and unbiased language. Author Dona J. Young incorporates a reader-friendly approach: students readily connect with the conversational tone and clear examples that ease them into learning APA 7 style and bringing their writing to a higher level.As well as highlighting changes adopted in the 7th edition of APA (2020), this resource also covers essentials of academic, evidence-based writing: as pre-work for writing a literature review, it guides learners through the process of composing an effective thesis, introductory paragraph, annotated bibliography, and abstract. In addition, writers build editing skills by reviewing comma and semicolon usage, pronoun viewpoint, active voice, and capitalization (sentence and title case).Numerous examples of APA use are set off from the narrative to give readers quick access to them. Additional features include sample papers in APA style and a glossary of terms. Each chapter contains a short interactive activity to improve writing process, style, and skills.Designed to get readers on a path to using APA that brings them success, this supplementary text could be used in any course in education, psychology, health care sciences (nursing), and social sciences at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

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FUNDED! leads readers from knowing nothing about writing grants to having a complete grant proposal. Based on personal experience, years of teaching, and the expertise of dozens of professional nonprofit grant writers, students learn about writing grants by completing exercises at the end of each chapter, moving from finding funding opportunities to submitting the completed proposal. The book provides material necessary to understand the larger context of nonprofits in American society and covers every essential grant writing topic: finding funding, writing needs statements, finding or developing evidence-based programs, developing logic models, writing evaluation plans, describing implantation plans, budgeting, sustainability planning, and submission to the funder. FUNDED! is an invaluable resource that provides flexibility for instructors, students, and professionals to learn about grant writing in a variety of settings and formats.Author Richard Hoefer incorporates essential updates in every chapter; specific changes include incorporating social justice principles, significantly more emphasis on advocacy to ensure adequate funding opportunities, and integrating stakeholders into program planning.

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Multicultural Consultation: Guidelines for Professionals Servicing Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations is a single comprehensive volume that provides graduate-level clinical child and school psychology students and professionals with a review of popular consultation models and the newly recommended multicultural framework for consultation models, all with a clear focus on applied culturally focused interventions.Part I examines the principles of consultation, with chapters that cover mental health, behavioral, instructional, conjoint behavioral, and collaborative school consultation models. Additional chapters explore multicultural consultation for school counselors, present readers with a framework for multicultural consultation practice, discuss cultural concerns as they apply to consultant resistance, and speak to multicultural organization consultation in schools. The chapters in Part II present readers with culturally appropriate instructive interventions, guidelines from the problem identification through the intervention implementation stages of consultation, and guidelines for addressing behavioral and emotional problems in schools. Closing chapters provide guidelines for conjoint behavioral consultation and culturally sensitive guidelines for mental health consultation. Multicultural Consultation is an exemplary, research-based textbook for graduate-level clinical child and school psychologists in training and in practice, as well as school counselors, social workers, and special educators.Instructor resources are in development and will be available for this title in the future, including an instructor's manual and a deck of PowerPoint slides.

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The Four I's: Interviewing, Interrogation, Investigating, and Intelligence in Criminal Justice is designed to help readers develop the interpersonal communication skills they need to effectively conduct and support criminal investigations.The text provides readers with comprehensive explorations of interviewing, interrogating, investigating, and gathering intelligence. Relying on scientific studies and empirical evidence from the authors' careers in the field, the book posits that individuals with a proper understanding of these essential elements perform better in their jobs, have higher rates of effectiveness, and achieve better results.The book identifies the similarities and differences between interviewing, interrogating, investigating, and gathering intelligence, providing readers with a process overview, consideration of environmental factors, and recommended approaches for each skillset. Readers learn how to prepare for different types of interviews, how to evaluate non-verbal behaviour, how to corroborate evidence and identify false confessions, how to properly approach investigations for property crimes versus personal crimes, the steps for efficient, effective intelligence planning, and more.Written to help readers foster interpersonal communication skills that are critical within the discipline, The Four I's is an exceptional resource for courses and programs in criminal justice.

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An Anthology of Death, Dying, and the Living offers students a multifaceted, cross-disciplinary, and intellectual exploration of death, what it means to be human, and what it means to truly live. Through a historic and anthropological lens, students read articles that address diverse domestic and international events and convene a variety of perspectives in terms of culture and identity as they relate to death, dying, and living.The anthology is divided into five distinct sections: Should We Fear Death? To Die is to Have Lived!; Existential Death—Suicide?; Death and the Family; Death and the Self (Grief, Mourning, and Elegies); and Biomedical Death—What Does it Mean to Die with Dignity?. Each section features articles from a variety of sources that draw from the disciplines of anthropology, philosophy, psychology, sociology, biology, politics, government and law, and religious studies. Students experience a holistic and complete examination of various understandings, interpretations, and viewpoints about life, death, and the interplay between the two. The revised first edition includes two new readings. The first is an article by the editor, Atiba Rougier, that considers the national—and personal—impacts of 9/11 and COVID-19, and the second is a piece by a gastroenterologist and chronicles how their role at a hospital changed during the pandemic. An accessible, emotional, and thought-provoking collection, An Anthology of Death, Dying, and the Living is well suited for courses that explore death and dying from a sociological, psychological, philosophical, or anthropological perspective.

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Through a collection of curated readings, Social Work in Mental Health introduces students to key issues and concepts related to mental health.The anthology is organized into seven units with each focusing on a fundamental mental health topic. Each unit begins with focus questions to prepare students for reading and engaging with the material. Opening units examine the biopsychosocial model of mental health, the concept of personhood, stigma and stereotypes related to mental health, and the interplay between diagnosis and identity. In additional units, students read about the history of mental health, service delivery systems, medication, the rights of patients, and the responsibilities of healthcare providers.Succinct and informative, Social Work in Mental Health is an exemplary supplemental resource for courses and programs in social work.

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How do you uncomplicate the subject of program evaluation for students without being too simplistic? David Royse focuses on what readers really need to understand in order to apply useful program evaluation techniques in their practice serving individual clients, couples, and families. Drawing on decades of teaching this subject, he skillfully takes an incremental approach to teaching so that students aren't overwhelmed by information that they won't necessarily use in professional settings. He develops readers' interest in each new chapter's topic by incorporating real-life scenarios, excerpts from articles on program evaluation, and his own personal experiences in assessing and evaluating programs.Each chapter contains suggestions for additional reading and examples from current literature. These interesting-to-read segments not only show students that program evaluators and practitioners actually use these techniques, but they also gently expand readers' knowledge of the field. Helpful features such as review questions and skill assessments are found at the end of each chapter. This text is also unique in the amount of coverage it provides on cultural sensitivity—ways of understanding the concept and assessing its presence (or absence) among employees in agencies.Highly accessible and practical in its approach, this book is designed for undergraduates or graduate students in social work, counseling, and health-related programs and available for adoption in-classroom, online, or hybrid courses.

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By providing readers with a comprehensive guide to the program, the second edition of Making Sense of Microsoft Access introduces students to the awesome power of automated databases. Students discover how the use of databases can provide individuals and companies with exceptional organizational and data management capabilities. They learn how to effectively create and maintain dynamic and highly functional records directly within the program.Over the course of eight chapters, students learn how to create tables, forms, reports, and queries. They develop a keen understanding of how to manipulate, order, and analyze data via calculations, action queries, and group reporting. The text presents practical strategies for creating user friendly forms, building main menus for transaction data entry and reports, viewing and printing data of given records, using conditional macros and action buttons, and more. Throughout, students are challenged to complete exercises that put their newfound knowledge to the test. This new edition contains all new images to reflect the updated Microsoft Access interface.This book provides students with a complete, accessible startup guide for using Microsoft Access in a variety of practical contexts. It is an ideal text for courses in business, statistics, economics, finance, or any other course that introduces the use of Microsoft Access.

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Collective Trauma and Human Suffering: Energizing Systemic Change through Collective Healing Action provides readers with a compassionate and research-based framework for collective healing in an increasingly fragmented world.The text recognizes how the traumatic uprising of colonization and industrialized civilizations has subverted our foundational, social, and cultural knowledge of being human in favour of political, military, and materialistic needs for control and supremacy. The book outlines an original collective healing model that demonstrates how bringing intercultural communities together can integrate deep-seated trauma through collective resilience, healing action, and hope.Wisdom and knowledge of earlier world cultures has sustained the survival of human experience. This writing uncovers the ways in which systemic racism, natural disasters, mass trauma, agricultural development, slavery, control of resources, military power, and the evolution from village to the global has created fragmentation within our modern culture. Today, over half of the world's children do not have access to a healthy development.Readers will learn how the reclamation of interconnectedness, cultures, languages, and rituals can restore our systems prioritizing heart, humanity, and nature, thus infusing greater levels of human acceptance, compassion, communication, and love into the systems raising the future, our children.

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Ethics and Law in Computing: Exploring Legal Issues and Ethical Concerns in 21st-Century Technology investigates a variety of issues students are likely to encounter in their future careers as computer or IT professionals. The text examines the legal process, algorithmic thinking, ethical decision-making, and how the law is applied in real-world cases related to technology.The book provides students with foundational knowledge on logic, ethics, and the legal process, while presenting in-depth discussions of technological, legal, and ethical issues of concern to today's computer professionals using actual case studies.Opening chapters cover the basics of U.S. law and the court system, ethical theories, how to read legal cases and statutes, and a detailed introduction to intellectual property. The text also examines professionalism, logic and logical fallacies, responsibility and accountability. Later chapters address how technology impacts issues of privacy, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press. The closing chapter provides a brief overview of online legal research. Ethics and Law in Computing is an exemplary textbook for courses and programs seeking to help their students understand the real-world concerns and legal issues of computer science.

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Elementary Vibration Analysis covers topics commonly explored in foundational engineering vibrations courses. It is developed to well support upper division undergraduate students and first-year graduate students majoring in aerospace engineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, applied mechanics, and physics.The opening chapter provides students with a review of classical dynamics. The textbook covers Single Degree Of Freedom (SDOF) systems and Multi Degree Of Freedom (MDOF) systems. An introduction to continuous systems is also covered. Helpful appendices review vector algebra, analytic solution to a cubic equation, matrix algebra, area moment and product of inertia, mass moment and product of inertia, elementary differential equations, and systems of units.Comprehensive in nature, Elementary Vibration Analysis is an ideal resource for courses and programs in engineering and physics.

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Vocal Health in Professional Voice equips readers with the knowledge, training, and practical tips they need to care for their voices, boost performance, and avoid developing preventable voice disorders.The opening chapter discusses normal voice and the physical process of human oral communication. Readers learn about the three individual components of normal voice production—breathing, phonation, and resonance—speech development, the neurophysiological aspects of speech, voicing emotions, and more. Additional chapters explore voice as a professional tool, signs of voice disorders, types of occupational voice disorders, and how to prevent them. Basic vocal hygiene standards, the importance of relaxation, and vocal technique are addressed. The text offers a practical guide to active voice, featuring an approachable and sustainable daily plan of vocal exercises, oral aerobics to promote greater levels of strength and flexibility to articulatory structures, isolated exercises for the tongue, lips, and soft palate, tips for warming up and cooling down, and more. The final chapter connects the material with real-world professions, including teaching, performing, providing speech therapy, broadcasting, telemarketing, coaching, leading a religious organization, and serving as a politician.A brief and informative guide, Vocal Health in Professional Voice is an ideal resource for any student planning to entering a vocation in which they will use their voice frequently or in various capacities.

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Clinical Ethnographic Narrative Interviewing: Illuminating Culture and Meaning introduces readers to the Clinical Ethnographic Narrative Interview (CENI), a user-friendly, engaging, and qualitative way for both narrators and interviewers to have culturally sensitive, trauma-informed, holistic, and beneficial exchanges about clinical experiences, distress, and recovery.The text shows how the CENI is situated within the broader arena of patient-centered narrative approaches and holistic care models. Readers learn how the method meets several contemporary interviewing challenges simultaneously, including: the need to conduct culturally open assessments in an increasingly multicultural world; the need to incorporate trauma-informed interview methods in clinical environments; and the need to provide participants with an experience that enhances their self-understanding and promotes health-seeking and recovery.The book reviews foundational theoretical perspectives about clinical ethnography, narrative, memory, humanistic and meaning-centered assessment, and trauma-informed interviewing approaches. Interview elements of the CENI are discussed, along with background, rationale, challenges, solutions, and patterns of responses. Readers are provided with salient interviewing strategies, such as pacing, containment, holding, reauthoring, and resolution. The book contains detailed accounts from two real-world cases and concludes with guidance for use of the CENI as a research and clinical practice tool. Clinical Ethnographic Narrative Interviewing is part of the Cognella Series on Family and Gender-Based Violence, an interdisciplinary collection of textbooks edited by Claire Renzetti, Ph.D. The titles feature cross-cultural perspectives, cutting-edge strategies and interventions, and timely research on family and gender-based violence.

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Writing a dissertation requires a paradox shift for the student; they must transition from reporting and citing information to synthesizing and adding to the literature. At the same time, the student must credit the source while also allowing the literature, data, and results to keep its initial meaning and integrity. The undertaking can be confusing, emotional, and difficult to navigate without sound guidance.In PHinisheD! Writing a Doctoral Dissertation, authors Tricia M. Mikolon and Cyrus R. Williams III draw upon their personal experiences earning doctoral degrees and coaching students through the process to assist candidates through this phase of their educational journey. The book helps readers better understand the rigors of writing and provides them with practical information, suggestions, and advice. It provides an in-depth review of the entire process, from the inception of an idea, through the literature review, proposal, research, and data analysis, and to the final defense. Dedicated chapters focus on qualitative and quantitative methodologies to assist candidates in the gathering of quality research.Supportive and enlightening, PHinisheD! is an exemplary resource for any student working toward their doctoral degree.

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Featuring contributed chapters written by experts in the field, Telemental Health: What Every Student Needs to Know equips future counselors with the tools, skillsets, and knowledge required to effectively serve clients across different modalities.Opening chapters address the history of telemental health, opportunities and challenges associated with practice, ethical decision-making, and technical and practical considerations with emphasis on creating a telemental health space that is professional and confidential. Readers learn about the importance of integrating assessment within the telemental health setting. They are provided with strategies for initial screenings for appropriate fit for telemental health, biopsychosocial assessments, and crisis and suicide assessments with a focus on how to navigate these digitally.Additional chapters explore clinical skills, relationship-building, documentation, billing, and recordkeeping. Readers learn about working with specialized populations, including young children, adolescent and older adult populations, couples, families, groups, LGBTQ+ populations, individuals in recovery, and individuals with intellectual disabilities and chronic pain. The closing chapter discusses the importance of self-care for telemental health practitioners.Designed to support the modern counselor, Telemental Health is ideal for graduate-level students in counseling and related fields, as well as any helping professional who is new to providing telemental health services.

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Assessment in Counseling: Guiding Practice and Decision Making considers the real-world use of assessment by counselors and other helping professionals. The book underscores the importance of collecting data to understand a client's history, current circumstances, and future goals; provide a clinical diagnosis; develop goals and objectives for treatment; and determine the appropriate time to terminate treatment.Section I introduces the assessment process, lists the characteristics of "good" assessments, reviews various instruments and approaches to assessment, and discusses the use of the DSM as an assessment tool. Section II describes the use of assessments across different functional areas in the counseling profession, including school-based assessment, assessment in hospitalization settings, in addictions work, in times of crisis and trauma, in forensic settings, and more. The final section discusses additional considerations, including working in interdisciplinary teams and reading and writing evaluation reports. Each chapter features an introduction, learning objectives, exercises and case illustrations, and a closing exercise to bring the chapter's material together. Highly practical and realistic, Assessment in Counseling is an excellent resource for courses and programs in counseling, as well as practicing helping professionals.

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Is warfare a uniquely human behavior? Do you know how many human races there are? Have you ever wondered how evolution can be both a fact and a theory? How can we know about the distant past if we weren't there to witness it? How did we become who we are as a species, and what does that mean for other species and the rest of the planet?The Human Experiment: Origins and Evolution of Humanity touches on these and other big questions, and provides students with an introduction to what anthropologists know about the origins of the human condition. Topics include the study of anthropology; science, myth, religion and pseudoscience; evolution; common misconceptions about race; why anthropologists study nonhuman primates; and the emergence of biologically modern humans. Students learn about culture as human adaptation, peopling of the New World, the origins and consequences of food production, civilizations, and global warming.Designed to help students better understand the evolution of humankind, The Human Experiment is an ideal textbook for introductory anthropology courses. It provides a concise and accessible overview of the key developments in human prehistory and examples of how the knowledge of our shared past is continually being updated as new information is discovered.

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Written primarily for students in mechanical engineering programs and designed to give them the math preparation they need to succeed in higher level courses, Introduction to Numerical Methods introduces key theories, practical engineering-related examples, and relevant laboratory exercises to help students develop and test their knowledge.The book covers errors in computation, solving nonlinear equations with numerical techniques, matrixes and vectors, and complex numbers. The material also includes an introduction to linear programming problems and instruction in probability and statistics. Many of the exercises in the book suggest the use of a Ti-83/Ti-84 calculator, and tips for using the calculator successfully are integrated into the text. The second edition features significant updates throughout the text, including the addition of learning objectives at the start of each chapter, clarified and reorganized chapter exercises, and additional introductory and contextual information for key concepts to better frame students' understanding. This edition also has an appendix that includes a brief introduction of popular statistical software, Minitab. Introduction to Numerical Methods is a well-organized, useful addition to undergraduate course work in engineering programs.

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Family Stress: Understanding and Helping Families in Diverse Circumstances equips future helping professionals with the knowledge and skillsets they need to assist families in facing a variety of stressors and challenges. The text helps students learn key concepts related to family stress and enhances their abilities to make connections among theory, practice, and diverse family circumstances associated with stress. They explore their own experiences related to stress and trauma, build their personal resilience, and learn to empathize with and empower families from various backgrounds and situations facing stressful circumstances.Opening chapters introduce theoretical, personal, and professional elements of family stress and also familiarize students with contextual influences related to gender, ethnicity, sexuality, age, class, religion, and other characteristics that can distinguish the life experiences of diverse families. Subsequent chapters highlight specific topics that illustrate various foundational and contextual concepts and help prepare students to work with diverse populations in culturally sensitive ways. The book provides students with a deeper understanding of family stress as a result of minority status, economic hardship and poverty, infertility and adoption-related stressors, intimate partner abuse and child maltreatment, family structure complexity, disability, addiction, loss, large-scale disasters, and more.Written to help students better understand the complexities of contemporary family life and its related stressors, Family Stress is an ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate-level courses in family studies, social work, and other disciplines related to families.

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First Semester Calculus for Students of Mathematics and Related Disciplines equips students with a strong working knowledge of the fundamental principles of calculus, providing an engaging and accessible entry point into this critical field of study. It prepares students for more advanced courses in calculus and also helps them understand how to apply basic principles of calculus to solve problems within a wide range of disciplines, including business, biology, engineering, science, liberal arts and, of course, mathematics.The text employs rigorous treatment of early calculus topics and detailed explanations to facilitate deeper understanding of later material. Over the course of five chapters, students learn about symbolic logic, continuity and limits, derivatives, antiderivatives, and applications of each. Throughout, students are provided with rich guidance and copious opportunities to deepen their personal understanding of the subject matter. In the second edition, a more efficient layout better highlights major theorems and definitions. Additionally, over 300 new exercises have been added to further aid student learning. Highly readable and innovative, yet pedagogically solid and very applicable, First Semester Calculus for Students of Mathematics and Related Disciplines is an ideal resource for a variety of courses that apply concepts of calculus to solve mathematical and real-world problems.

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Contemporary Social Work Practice: Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is designed to educate students about relevant terms and concepts related to racism, oppression, and cultural humility. It provides them with the knowledge and guidance they need to cultivate a social work practice grounded in cultural competency and social justice.The text provides students with a brief history of marginalized groups, real-world examples that speak to the need for culturally responsive practice, and tools for successful assessment, intervention, and evaluation. Chapters and readings examine social work pioneers who have fought for inclusion, critical race theory, America's changing landscape, cultural humility, and theories of prejudice. Students learn how policy impacts practice, social class impacts service provision, and nuances for working with Native Americans, Africans across the diaspora, Latina/o families, and Asian Americans. The final chapter provides students with frameworks for social work rooted in social justice. Self-reflection activities throughout the text help readers better understand the ways in which their personal worldview can influence how they engage with others with different worldviews.An illuminating and essential guide, Contemporary Social Work Practice is well suited for courses and programs in social work, especially those with focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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The first edition of The Promotion of Devotion: Religion, Culture, and Communication pioneered the nexus of spirituality and public relations, exploring religious-spiritual tourism and church-state partnerships; devotional-promotional campaigning; sports and religion; and art and the promotion of devotion. It provided readers with an A-list look at Elvis Presley, Princess Diana, and other celebrity "saints," fans and their love for Smokey Bear and superstar racehorse Barbaro, and cultural phenoms Marilyn Monroe and Pharaoh Tutankhamun.In this revised second edition, the author revisits some of these topics with updates, expands others, and ventures into new territory. New chapters explore the death of Argentinian "soccer god" Diego Maradona, the resurrection of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris following extensive fire damage, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic upon worship and social media. Underscoring the important and influential nature of spirituality in society and exploring the many ways in which communication and faith intersect, The Promotion of Devotion is an ideal text for courses and programs in communication, religion, international studies, and culture.

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For many students, study skills and confidence are the biggest hurdles to learning algebra. Beginning Algebra: Keeping it Simple introduces key concepts in a clear and concise manner with advice on how to study and persevere when the material seems too difficult.Designed to enhance confidence and minimize math anxiety, the text keeps explanations simple and provides plenty of practice problems to help students master the skills needed to succeed in their math studies. Students learn how to evaluate and simplify algebraic expressions and solve first degree equations and inequalities. The text covers integer exponents, polynomials, factoring, rational expressions, and graphs of lines. Students learn to solve polynomial and rational equations, as well as the dreaded word problem. In response to student feedback, the revised second edition features corrections and revisions throughout. Thoroughly class-tested and developed to help students approach math as a subject they can master, Beginning Algebra: Keeping it Simple is an excellent text for developmental education departments and pre-college programs offering courses in elementary or introductory algebra.

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Imbued with humility, humanity, and humor, A Practical Guide to Forensic Mental Health Consultation through Aphorisms and Caveats equips future and practicing forensic mental health consultants with valuable insights "from the trenches." The book employs pithy observations, conditions, and limitations to the process, as well as covering the challenges and opportunities intrinsic to a forensic mental health consulting practice.The nine chapters of the book follow the flow of the consulting forensic mental health process. The chapters feature a collection of aphorisms and caveats that frame and complement the discussion of each step in the process, from engaging with a potential consultee to preparing an effective report to testifying in court to collecting professional fees. Presented in a succinct and approachable way, the book is designed to help professionals avoid some of the inevitable pitfalls and land mines that might occur in a forensic mental health consulting practice.Brief, valuable, and minimally technical, A Practical Guide to Forensic Mental Health Consultation through Aphorisms and Caveats is an ideal resource for new and experienced forensic experts alike.

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Offering a unique perspective that views human rights as the foundation of social justice, the third edition of Joseph Wronka's groundbreaking text (with instructor's manual) outlines human rights and social justice concerns as a powerful conceptual framework for policy and practice interventions, that are both proactive and reactive, for the helping and health professions. This highly accessible, interdisciplinary (if not phenomenological) text urges the creation of a human rights culture described as a "lived awareness" of human rights principles, including human dignity; nondiscrimination; civil and political; economic, social, cultural, and solidarity rights.This third edition has been updated robustly and covers some of the most pressing issues facing our world today, such as COVID-19, the growth of white supremacy in the U.S., extreme right populism, increasing mental illness and substance abuse, and destruction of natural habitats. The author has also incorporated more examples outside the U.S., reflecting the ever-increasing connectivity of our world.This text is applicable for a variety of courses within the disciplines of social work, psychology, sociology, public health, law, medicine, philosophy, political science, as well as the "newer" disciplines like peace studies, diversity and inclusion, world citizenship, and sustainable development. Scholars, activists, and practitioners will find it a valuable reference for years to come.

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Heroes of Human Rights: Stories of Women and Men who Created Human Rights describes the historical development of human rights, modern human rights declarations and conventions, historical and modern human rights abuses, and current mechanisms for protecting and advancing human rights. Through engaging, emotional, and inspiring stories of heroes from the sixteenth century to the present, the book underscores the importance of human rights for all peoples around the globe.The text is organized chronologically and divided into three sections according to discrete time periods: pre-1900, 1900 – 1950, and 1950 to present day. Readers learn about Granville Sharp's and Kevin Bales's struggles to abolish slavery; Azucena Villaflor's efforts to end disappearances and abuses by the government in Argentina; and Franz Uri Boas's crusade against "scientific" racism. Additional chapters explore how Olympe de Gouges, Mary Wollstonecraft, Beate Sirota, and Shirin Ebadi championed women's rights; Robert Owen fought against abusive child labor during the Industrial Revolution; Raphael Lemkin pushed to make genocide an international crime; Eleanor Roosevelt led the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; W.E.B. Du Bois advocated for an end to colonialism; and much more. Designed to help readers achieve greater levels of understanding and empathy, Heroes of Human Rights is an ideal resource for courses on human rights, world history, and international affairs.

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Introductory Readings in Philosophy: An Historical Approach is grounded in the belief that no idea can really be understood or exist separate from the historical context in which it is born. This anthology encourages students to consider not only seminal writings by historical philosophers, but also the philosophers' values, who they were as people, and the society in which they lived. Through this approach, students form a holistic understanding of key philosophical principles and then reflect on how these principles can apply to our modern lives.The anthology is laid out topically, with each chapter referencing works from important figures from the history of philosophy. The chapters pose a series of questions to readers: What is philosophy? What is epistemology? What is the foundation for belief? What is metaphysics? What is moral philosophy? And what is meaning in, and of, human life? Within these chapters, students read a variety of philosophical works by Plato, Rene Descartes, Thomas Aquinas, Friedrich Nietzsche, Aristotle, Confucius, and Immanuel Kant. Topics addressed include moral philosophy, logical defense of our actions, creating one's own method of inquiry, the formation of belief, metaphysics as a way to explain real existence, the concept of duty, and much more. Introductory Readings in Philosophy challenges students to examine their lives and thought processes through the lens of seminal philosophical writings. It is an exceptional resource for introductory courses in philosophy.

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Through a number of engaging and illuminating vignettes, The Slow Rise to a Global World guides students through over 500 years of world history, exploring both the lesser-known and common happenings that have shaped a more globalized world. Readers experience world history through a variety of viewpoints, cultures, and angles, encouraging them to critically examine major events—and their various interpretations—throughout the last several centuries.Unit 1 covers the beginnings of our global world from 1300 to 1600, featuring readings that explore the Black Plague, the Ottoman Empire, the globalization of disease after 1450, and more. Unit 2 spans 1600 to 1900, following the rise of the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, old and new colonialism, and nationalism. The final unit ushers students into the 1900s, with readings ranging in topic from the World Wars to the decolonialization and independence of Africa, concluding with the consequences of the Cold War on the globe. The second edition features new readings that cover the history of epidemics and the fear that drives them, the "New World" and the history of Indigenous peoples and Europeans in early America, China's impact on the world since 1945, and the concept of modern warfare as discussed through the lens of the World Wars. The Slow Rise to a Global World is an excellent resource for introductory courses in global affairs and world history.

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Optimizing Career Engagement: A Guide for Enhancing Careers and Other Life Roles introduces readers to career engagement, a model authors Deirdre A. Pickerell and Roberta A. Borgen developed and which conceptualizes career engagement as the alignment of challenging, stimulating work with a matching level of capacity.The book outlines the history and development of the career engagement model, along with the authors' current thinking on how it fits within the broader conversation around work and life engagement. The first chapter examines the changing world of work, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional chapters focus on various elements of the career engagement model. Readers learn about the factors that contribute to career engagement—motivating work, meaningful opportunities, resources, relationships, workload, well-being, and fit—and how the model operates in specific contexts. Remaining chapters focus on career engagement for students, families, communities, and retirees, providing readers with strategies for staying engaged across all life roles. Each chapter features a case vignette to demonstrate how the chapter's focused content applies in the real world, as well as activities and reflection opportunities to deepen and personalize learning.Designed to stimulate and support important conversations about work and life, Optimizing Career Engagement is an exemplary resource for courses and programs in human resources management, organizational behavior, and career development.

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Business Combinations and Advanced Topics in Accounting provides students with a concise overview of key concepts and practices for a course in advanced accounting. Designed to maximize student learning, the text presents concepts and implementation in practice. Additionally, as new topics are explored, all previous concepts to those topics hold constant, enabling students to build a foundational knowledge base as they progress through the book.Opening chapters address accounting for ownership investments, business combinations, accounting for wholly owned subsidiaries, and wholly owned subsidiaries and intercompany transactions. Additional chapters explore the consolidation of less than wholly owned subsidiaries, foreign currency transactions and hedging, foreign currency translation and consolidation of foreign subsidiaries, segment reporting, interim reporting, and bankruptcy reporting. Students learn about partnership formation, change in ownership, income sharing, partnership dissolution, and governmental accounting. A series of helpful appendices supplies students with reference documents that cover consolidated statements of earnings, consolidated balance sheets, segment information, and more.Extensively class-tested, Business Combinations and Advanced Topics in Accounting is an excellent textbook for advanced courses within the discipline.

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Family and Consumer Sciences: Preventative and Restorative Education well prepares future educators to develop engaging lessons for their students using a variety of methodologies to address the ever-changing societal issues facing individuals and families. The text recognizes that family and consumer sciences education works to improve the lives of individuals, families, and communities, and is naturally preventative and restorative in nature.The book equips readers to both meet legislative requirements of career technical education as well as individuals with diverse educational needs and those who are English language learners. The chapters include research, preventative approaches, educational legislative requirements, and evidence-based teaching methods and strategies. Personal experiences from fam¬¬ily and consumer science educators are included to highlight and demonstrate real-world practice. Dedicated chapters cover the foundations of family and consumer science education, adverse childhood experiences, trauma-informed classroom approaches, learning theories and educational psychology, instructional strategies, advocacy, and more. Designed to reflect current requirements for national teacher education accreditation, including edTPA, national licensure exams, state and university teacher preparation requirements, and legislative requirements for career technical education, Family and Consumer Sciences is ideal for courses and programs within the disciplines of human ecology, family sciences, and human sciences.

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Recognizing that managers in all areas of work often spend a significant amount of their time dealing with conflict, The Conflict Management Skills for Leaders Reader helps students develop the knowledge and skillsets they need to effectively resolve, prevent, and navigate every aspect of conflict.Opening chapters feature readings that explain why conflict management skills are essential for leaders and introduce readers to key concepts in managing conflict. Additional chapters address heuristics and biases, negotiation skills, mediation, the necessity of effective communication, and interpersonal conflict. Readers learn how to resolve workplace issues, design dispute resolution systems, and handle conflict in groups and teams. Closing chapters focus on gender issues in managing conflict and cross-cultural conflict. Throughout the anthology, introductions from the editor, activities, and discussion questions enrich the reading experience and inspire critical thought. An essential resource for current and future leaders, The Conflict Managements Skills for Leaders Reader is an ideal text for courses in business management, organizational behavior, leadership, and any other course with an emphasis on managing others.

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Well Composed: A Guide to Effective Composition and Transformational Leadership provides students with an innovative approach to English composition and rhetoric. The book uniquely challenges students to develop writing skills and delve into the study of the foundational concepts in transformational leadership. Throughout, students are encouraged to introspectively examine their own level of leadership and self-leadership.The opening chapter, a transformational leadership rudimentary guide, informs students of the principles and components of transformational leadership. Chapter 2 serves as a writing manual that focuses on composition development, featuring explanations of the patterns of development, the composition process from word to essay, and offering samples and visual formats of each pattern. The third chapter introduces students to the basics of argumentation and analysis.Each of the remaining chapters focuses on various aspects of transformational leadership including mindfulness, confidence, self-discipline, grit, emotional intelligence, diplomacy, and character, granting opportunity for students to examine some of America's notable leaders against the backdrop of transformational leadership. With each chapter providing collaboration and composition opportunities, as well as class activities designed to raise students' transformational leadership awareness, the lessons sharpen students' written, speech, critical thinking, and collaboration skills and help them develop their voices. The revised first edition features a completely refreshed interior design.Well Composed is an essential writing text that encourages students' expression, introspection, and retrospection. It is an ideal textbook for courses in English composition, rhetoric, and college writing, and serves as a profound transformational leadership primer.

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Engaging Exceptional Students: A Primer for Collaboration and Positive Classroom Management was written to provide future educators guidance for cultivating an inclusive, accepting, and compassionate classroom for students with disabilities.The opening chapter offers readers an introduction to students with disabilities and the school-to-prison pipeline, highlighting the need to prepare educators to respond non-punitively to challenging behaviors exhibited by some students with disabilities. Additional chapters provide an overview of the history of special education, an exploration of federal disability laws, and discussion of the federal process for evaluation and eligibility for special education services. Readers learn the importance of educators and parents as partners in support of exceptional students, as well as characteristics and needs of students with disabilities. The textbook reviews key frameworks for educating all learners, behavioral interventions to improve learning, and academic interventions.An enlightening and essential guide for modern educators, Engaging Exceptional Students is an ideal resource for introductory courses in special education.

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Excerpting American History from 1492 to 1877: Primary Sources and Commentary provides students with a fresh and engaging exploration of key themes in America's past via a collection of documents and narratives. The text examines the themes of cultural interaction, the growth of the American Empire, freedom, and violent arguments over human bondage.This volume, the first in a two-book series, analyzes the period from 1492 to 1877. Each chapter features an introductory essay by the author to provide readers with critical context and perspective, excerpts from primary documents, and questions to stimulate reflection and deep learning. The book also includes five maps, which serve as critical references.Throughout the text, readers explore frozen Beringia, encounter historical figures such as Thomas Jefferson, Abigail Adams, and Benjamin Franklin, and learn about the Bostonians who helped toss East Indian tea into the harbor in 1773. They read the arguments of women fighting for gender equality at Seneca Falls, perspectives on freedom from emancipated slaves, and ideas surrounding Reconstruction.Excerpting American History from 1492 to 1877 is an enlightening text for courses in American history. Students can continue their exploration of American history in the second volume in the series, which features primary sources and commentary chronicling 1877 to 2001.

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Extremism in the United States presents students with a collection of articles that chronicle the development of violent white supremacist extremism in the United States from the Know-Nothing era to the January 6 insurrection. The book examines how right-wing groups mobilized in the last half of the 20th century to become a strong negative influence upon American society.The opening unit discusses the diversity of extremism in America and in the world, and how extremism has changed over time. Proceeding units examine the American Eugenics Movement; the mobilization of white supremacy through Neo-Nazis, Skinheads, and militiamen; the rise of the Alt-Right in the United States; and strategies for resisting extremism in the 21st century. In closing units, students read articles on lone wolf offenders, internet radicalization, and ways to combat white supremacist violence in the future.A timely and contemporary resource, Extremism in the United States is an ideal textbook for courses in sociology, criminal justice, and terrorism.

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Readings on Equitable Policing, Human Variation, and Social Justice provides students with a carefully selected collection of articles that identify and address ways to improve the relationship and understanding between African American inner-city communities and the police.The reader is organized into six distinct units. Unit I introduces students to the concept of human variation, the range of possible values for any characteristic, physical or mental, of human beings. In Unit II, readings explore issues of race, ethnicity, and inequality in America. Unit III covers American ethnocentrism and western norms. Unit IV features readings about stereotyping Africans and the African diaspora. This unit includes readings that address the ways in which people of color are portrayed in the media, how stereotypes in American culture can also influence police stereotypes and predictions, and more. The final two units examine social control, crime control, and social order; racial profiling by law enforcement officials; the perception of the police by citizens; and the implications of social structures and concepts on social justice and equality.Providing students with a relevant and timely examination of police-community relations, Readings on Equitable Policing, Human Variation, and Social Justice is an excellent resource for courses and programs in criminal justice and policing.

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Statistics for Social Work with SPSS provides readers with a user-friendly, evidence-based, and practical resource to help them make sense of, organize, analyze, and interpret data in contemporary contexts. It incorporates one of the most well-known statistics software applications, the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS), within each chapter to help readers integrate their knowledge either manually or with the assistance of technology.The book begins with a brief introduction to statistics and research, followed by chapters that address variables, frequency distributions, measures of central tendency, and measures of variability. Additional chapters cover probability and hypothesis testing; normal distribution and Z score; correlation; simple linear regression; one-way ANOVA; and more. Each chapter features concise, simple explanations of key terms, formulas, and calculations; study questions and answers; specific SPSS instructions on computerized computations; and evidence-based, practical examples to support the learning experience. Presenting students with highly accessible and universally understandable statistical concepts, Statistics for Social Work with SPSS is an ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate-level courses in social work statistics, as well as research-based courses within the social and behavioral sciences.

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