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Probability and Statistics with Applications: A Problem Solving Text

By: Leonard Asimow, Ph.D., ASA,Mark Maxwell, Ph.D., ASA

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Probability and Statistics with Applications: A Problem Solving Text

By: Leonard Asimow, Ph.D., ASA,Mark Maxwell, Ph.D., ASA

This text is listed on the Course of Reading for SOA Exam P. Probability and Statistics with Applications is an introductory textbook designed to make the subject accessible to college freshmen and sophomores concurrent with Calc II and III, with a prerequisite of just one smester of calculus. It is organized specifically to meet the needs of students who are preparing for the Society of Actuaries qualifying Examination P and Casualty Actuarial Society's new Exam S. Sample actuarial exam problems are integrated throughout the text along with an abundance of illustrative examples and 870 exercises. The book provides the content to serve as the primary text for a standard two-semester advanced undergraduate course in mathematical probability and statistics. 2nd Edition Highlights Expansion of statistics portion to cover CAS ST and all of the statistics portion of CAS SAbundance of examples and sample exam problems for both Exams SOA P and CAS SCombines best attributes of a solid text and an actuarial exam study manual in one volumeWidely used by college freshmen and sophomores to pass SOA Exam P early in their college careersMay be used concurrently with calculus coursesNew or rewritten sections cover topics such as discrete and continuous mixture distributions, non-homogeneous Poisson processes, conjugate pairs in Bayesian estimation, statistical sufficiency, non-parametric statistics, and other topics also relevant to SOA Exam C.

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1625424728

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Police Chief

How to Attain and Succeed in This Critical Position

By: Daniel S. McDevitt,Mark W. Field

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Police Chief

How to Attain and Succeed in This Critical Position

By: Daniel S. McDevitt,Mark W. Field

Based on over seventy years of extensive experience at the federal, state, county, and municipal level, the authors draw on current knowledge to provide a thorough overview of the realities of the position of chief of police. The book provides practical, common sense advice for preparing oneself for the position, successfully negotiating the application and screening process, and competing in various selection procedures including the assessment center. The book then addresses negotiating an employee compensation and benefits agreement, and once the position is offered, how to prepare for your first days as a chief of police. It also furnishes sound advice intended to help the chief retain his physical, emotional and ethical health while leading a professional law enforcement agency. Chapter topics include advice on taking control of the police department and setting the agenda in place, emphasizing the extreme importance of role modeling the behavior that the chief expects of department personnel, the requirements for a productive relationship with the command staff, exploring the multifaceted relationship a chief has with his employees, and guidelines for managing relations with collective bargaining units, schools and businesses, and the various elements of the community. It also examines establishing and maintaining your relationship with your superior (whether that is a city manager or elected official), developing and managing a budget, managing the disciplinary process, how to respond when things go wrong (to include officer-involved shootings and other misconduct), and building a good working relationship with the media. Each chapter concludes with a OC Points to RememberOCO section that will be beneficial to the new police chief in order to avoid mistakes and build on the body of knowledge that constitutes professional law enforcement leadership. There are several sample policies, procedures, and forms included in the book that will prove very useful for the new or veteran chief. This resource will be invaluable to all prospective and current chiefs of police, law enforcement professionals, policymakers, and police academics.

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Charles C Thomas Publisher

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0398086281

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9780398086282

Criminalising Hate

Law as Social Justice Liberalism

By: Mark Austin Walters

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Criminalising Hate

Law as Social Justice Liberalism

By: Mark Austin Walters

This book presents both a new theoretical framework for the criminalisation of hate, referred to as “law as social justice liberalism”, and a comprehensive analysis of hate crime laws that have been enacted globally. The book begins by reflecting back on 30 years of theorisation on hate crime laws, arguing that there has been a failure to adequately capture the distinct harms of hate-based criminal conduct within legal frameworks. The book posits that liberal societies interested in advancing social equality ought to expand conventional paradigms of harm used in criminal law by comprehending hate-based conduct as a form of social injustice. Drawing on the work of Iris Young, the book sets out a comprehensive analysis of the harms of hate crime as a form of group-based oppression and uses this to set out criteria for the inclusion of protected characteristics under legislation. The second half of the book presents findings from a comparative study of hate crime laws enacted in 190 different legal jurisdictions. This includes a new taxonomy of types, models and legal tests used by legislatures to capture the myriad forms of hate-based criminal conduct that occur globally. Further evaluation of case law and empirical research on the application of these diverging legislative approaches is used to provide recommendations on how legislators ought to construct hate crime laws. The book completes its analysis of law as social justice liberalism by synthesising law, punishment and restorative justice as a means of ensuring that liberal systems of “justice” are more firmly anchored to the advancement of “social justice”.

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Springer Nature

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3031081250

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Weathering Katrina

Culture and Recovery among Vietnamese Americans

By: Mark J. VanLandingham,Mark VanLandingham

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Weathering Katrina

Culture and Recovery among Vietnamese Americans

By: Mark J. VanLandingham,Mark VanLandingham

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. The principal Vietnamese-American enclave was a remote, low-income area that flooded badly. Many residents arrived decades earlier as refugees from the Vietnam War and were marginally fluent in English. Yet, despite these poor odds of success, the Vietnamese made a surprisingly strong comeback in the wake of the flood. In Weathering Katrina, public health scholar Mark VanLandingham analyzes their path to recovery, and examines the extent to which culture helped them cope during this crisis. Contrasting his longitudinal survey data and qualitative interviews of Vietnamese residents with the work of other research teams, VanLandingham finds that on the principal measures of disaster recovery—housing stability, economic stability, health, and social adaptation—the Vietnamese community fared better than other communities. By Katrina’s one-year anniversary, almost 90 percent of the Vietnamese had returned to their neighborhood, higher than the rate of return for either blacks or whites. They also showed much lower rates of post-traumatic stress disorder than other groups. And by the second year after the flood, the employment rate for the Vietnamese had returned to its pre-Katrina level. While some commentators initially attributed this resilience to fairly simple explanations such as strong leadership or to a set of vague cultural strengths characteristic of the Vietnamese and other “model minorities”, VanLandingham shows that in fact it was a broad set of factors that fostered their rapid recovery. Many of these factors had little to do with culture. First, these immigrants were highly selected—those who settled in New Orleans enjoyed higher human capital than those who stayed in Vietnam. Also, as a small, tightly knit community, the New Orleans Vietnamese could efficiently pass on information about job leads, business prospects, and other opportunities to one another. Finally, they had access to a number of special programs that were intended to facilitate recovery among immigrants, and enjoyed a positive social image both in New Orleans and across the U.S., which motivated many people and charities to offer the community additional resources. But culture—which VanLandingham is careful to define and delimit—was important, too. A shared history of overcoming previous challenges—and a powerful set of narratives that describe these successes; a shared set of perspectives or frames for interpreting events; and a shared sense of symbolic boundaries that distinguish them from broader society are important elements of culture that provided the Vietnamese with some strong advantages in the post-Katrina environment. By carefully defining and disentangling the elements that enabled the swift recovery of the Vietnamese in New Orleans, Weathering Katrina enriches our understanding of this understudied immigrant community and of why some groups fare better than others after a major catastrophe like Katrina.

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Russell Sage Foundation

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1610448642

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EMC and the Printed Circuit Board

Design, Theory, and Layout Made Simple

By: Mark I. Montrose

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EMC and the Printed Circuit Board

Design, Theory, and Layout Made Simple

By: Mark I. Montrose

This accessible, new reference work shows how and why RF energy iscreated within a printed circuit board and the manner in whichpropagation occurs. With lucid explanations, this book enablesengineers to grasp both the fundamentals of EMC theory and signalintegrity and the mitigation process needed to prevent an EMCevent. Author Montrose also shows the relationship between time andfrequency domains to help you meet mandatory compliancerequirements placed on printed circuit boards. Using real-world examples the book features: Clear discussions, without complex mathematical analysis, offlux minimization concepts Extensive analysis of capacitor usage for variousapplications Detailed examination of components characteristics with variousgrounding methodologies, including implementation techniques An in-depth study of transmission line theory A careful look at signal integrity, crosstalk, andtermination

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471660906

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9780471660903

The Devil and Harper Lee

By: Mark Seal

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The Devil and Harper Lee

By: Mark Seal

In the 1970s, a mysterious man captivated and terrorized a small Alabama town. He was elegant and handsome, a charismatic pastor and leader in the African American community. But rumors swirled. Preaching on Sunday, people would say, killing on Monday. Far away in New York City, one of America’s most beloved writers was about to get caught up in the strange and violent tale of Reverend Willie J. Maxwell. Harper Lee, author of the modern-day classic To Kill a Mockingbird, was searching for her next book when the perfect story came her way: There was a man, the Reverend, who had allegedly murdered five of his family members, and managed to do it without getting caught. Thanks to the skills of his talented lawyer, he collected sizeable amounts of money from insurance policies that named him as the beneficiary. It was said the Reverend used voodoo to commit the murders and that his magical powers made him untouchable. And then, at the funeral of his most recent alleged victim—his sixteen-year-old stepdaughter—someone pointed a pistol at Reverend Maxwell’s head and shot three times. Mesmerized by the string of bloody deaths, Harper Lee returned to her native Alabama. She spent months in Alexander City, getting to know the town and the people, slowly pulling out the threads of this macabre tale. She found a story that only a writer of her caliber could do justice to: a modern southern gothic tale of death, fraud, superstition, and race. But apparently she never finished the book. After all that research, all the time spent tracking leads, speaking with crucial sources, and examining records, she dropped the project. Why? Acclaimed investigative reporter Mark Seal, himself an Alabama native, follows the trails of both the Reverend and Harper Lee, bringing the lurid tale back to life. He interviews key players, including relatives and other survivors who bear witness to this astonishing true story. One can only wonder how Lee herself would have told it. With The Devil and Harper Lee, Seal has woven together a new and uniquely American mystery.

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1645399729

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Becoming Terran

By: Mark Roth-Whitworth

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Becoming Terran

By: Mark Roth-Whitworth

The tools of the ultra-wealthy turn... In the riveting landscape of 2077, the world is under the grip of ultra-powerful trillionaires, their wealth and influence transcending boundaries. Amidst this chaos, two unsuspecting sisters from Niger, working in a North African hotel, become pawns in the grandiose schemes of the notorious trillionaire, Tolliver. He not only snatches away their freedom but also their identities, rechristening them as Francoise and Amelie. In a macabre twist, they undergo surgical and genetic modifications, designed to serve Tolliver's intricate proxy wars against his trillionaire adversaries. Francoise's trajectory sees her morph from an unsuspecting spy to a pivotal figure within Tolliver's empire, managing crises and plots. Parallelly, Amelie's life takes a different turn. Guided by Tolliver's designs, she ventures into the realm of genetic engineering, her studies taking her from an elite boarding school to a renowned college near London. As fate would have it, her association with Tollipharm, Tolliver's pharmaceutical empire in London, leads her to a horrifying discovery: a lethal virus, responsible for countless deaths, originating from the dark recesses of the company. While Francoise awakens to the grim reality of her existence, becoming disillusioned with her role, the world outside is changing rapidly. The face-off between trillionaires and nations intensifies, culminating in the evolution of the Terran Confederation. With the stakes higher than ever, and the battle shifting to the stars, the sisters must navigate treacherous waters. Join them on this galactic adventure as they grapple with questions of morality, loyalty, and the sheer will to survive in Becoming Terran.

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Untreed Reads

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9798888601822

The Human Swarm

How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall

By: Mark W. Moffett

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The Human Swarm

How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall

By: Mark W. Moffett

The epic story and ultimate big history of how human society evolved from intimate chimp communities into the sprawling civilizations of a world-dominating species If a chimpanzee ventures into the territory of a different group, it will almost certainly be killed. But a New Yorker can fly to Los Angeles--or Borneo--with very little fear. Psychologists have done little to explain this: for years, they have held that our biology puts a hard upper limit--about 150 people--on the size of our social groups. But human societies are in fact vastly larger. How do we manage--by and large--to get along with each other? In this paradigm-shattering book, biologist Mark W. Moffett draws on findings in psychology, sociology and anthropology to explain the social adaptations that bind societies. He explores how the tension between identity and anonymity defines how societies develop, function, and fail. Surpassing Guns, Germs, and Steel and Sapiens, The Human Swarm reveals how mankind created sprawling civilizations of unrivaled complexity--and what it will take to sustain them.

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Basic Books

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1541617290

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Designing Healthcare That Works

A Sociotechnical Approach

By: Mark Ackerman,Michael Prilla,Christian Stary,Thomas Herrmann,Sean Goggins

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Designing Healthcare That Works

A Sociotechnical Approach

By: Mark Ackerman,Michael Prilla,Christian Stary,Thomas Herrmann,Sean Goggins

Designing Healthcare That Works: A Sociotechnical Approach takes up the pragmatic, messy problems of designing and implementing sociotechnical solutions which integrate organizational and technical systems for the benefit of human health. The book helps practitioners apply principles of sociotechnical design in healthcare and consider the adoption of new theories of change. As practitioners need new processes and tools to create a more systematic alignment between technical mechanisms and social structures in healthcare, the book helps readers recognize the requirements of this alignment. The systematic understanding developed within the book's case studies includes new ways of designing and adopting sociotechnical systems in healthcare. For example, helping practitioners examine the role of exogenous factors, like CMS Systems in the U.S. Or, more globally, helping practitioners consider systems external to the boundaries drawn around a particular healthcare IT system is one key to understand the design challenge. Written by scholars in the realm of sociotechnical systems research, the book is a valuable source for medical informatics professionals, software designers and any healthcare providers who are interested in making changes in the design of the systems. - Encompasses case studies focusing on specific projects and covering an entire lifecycle of sociotechnical design in healthcare - Provides an in-depth view from established scholars in the realm of sociotechnical systems research and related domains - Brings a systematic understanding that includes ways of designing and adopting sociotechnical systems in healthcare

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Academic Press

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0128125845

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Unconventional Reservoir Geomechanics

Shale Gas, Tight Oil, and Induced Seismicity

By: Mark D. Zoback,Arjun H. Kohli

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Unconventional Reservoir Geomechanics

Shale Gas, Tight Oil, and Induced Seismicity

By: Mark D. Zoback,Arjun H. Kohli

Since the beginning of the US shale gas revolution in 2005, the development of unconventional oil and gas resources has gathered tremendous pace around the world. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the key geologic, geophysical, and engineering principles that govern the development of unconventional reservoirs. The book begins with a detailed characterization of unconventional reservoir rocks: their composition and microstructure, mechanical properties, and the processes controlling fault slip and fluid flow. A discussion of geomechanical principles follows, including the state of stress, pore pressure, and the importance of fractures and faults. After reviewing the fundamentals of horizontal drilling, multi-stage hydraulic fracturing, and stimulation of slip on pre-existing faults, the key factors impacting hydrocarbon production are explored. The final chapters cover environmental impacts and how to mitigate hazards associated with induced seismicity. This text provides an essential overview for students, researchers, and industry professionals interested in unconventional reservoirs.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108653111

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The Politics of Public Health in the United States

By: Kant Patel,Mark E. Rushefsky

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The Politics of Public Health in the United States

By: Kant Patel,Mark E. Rushefsky

Our public health system is primarily concerned with the promotion of health and the prevention of disease. But while everyone may agree with these goals in principle, in practice public health is a highly contentious policy arena. that is inevitably entangled with sensitive issues ranging from occupational safety and environmental hazards to health education, immunization, and treatment of addiction and sexually transmitted disease. Today however, concern for protecting the population against bio-terrorism and new epidemics such as SARS is tipping the balance back toward increased support for public health. This book focuses on the politics, policies, and methodologies of public health and the twenty-first century challenges to the public health system of the United States. It explores the system's relatively weak position in the American political culture, medical establishment, and legal system; scientific and privacy issues in public health; and the challenges posed by ecological risk and the looming threat of bio-terrorist attack. Each chapter includes study questions. The volume also includes a chronology of major laws and events in public health policy along with an extensive bibliography.

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M.E. Sharpe

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076563645X

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Biosolids Treatment and Management

Processes for Beneficial Use

By: Mark J. Girovich

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Biosolids Treatment and Management

Processes for Beneficial Use

By: Mark J. Girovich

This work details the economic, regulatory and environmental protection issues related to biosolids management and use. It evaluates current treatment technologies and management strategies for the beneficial utilization of municipal wastewater residuals. Cost information regarding the relative economic merits of special reuse and disposal methods, is presented.

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CRC Press

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082479706X

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Architecture for Blockchain Applications

By: Xiwei Xu,Ingo Weber,Mark Staples

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Architecture for Blockchain Applications

By: Xiwei Xu,Ingo Weber,Mark Staples

This book addresses what software architects and developers need to know in order to build applications based on blockchain technology, by offering an architectural view of software systems that make beneficial use of blockchains. It provides guidance on assessing the suitability of blockchain, on the roles blockchain can play in an architecture, on designing blockchain applications, and on assessing different architecture designs and tradeoffs. It also serves as a reference on blockchain design patterns and design analysis, and refers to practical examples of blockchain-based applications. The book is divided into four parts: Part I provides a general introduction to the topic and to existing blockchain platforms including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Hyperledger Fabric, and offers examples of blockchain-based applications. Part II focuses on the functional aspects of software architecture, describing the main roles blockchain can play in an architecture, as well as its potential suitability and design process. It includes a catalogue of 15 design patterns and details how to use model-driven engineering to build blockchain-based applications. Part III covers the non-functional aspects of blockchain applications, which are cross-cutting concerns including cost, performance, security, and availability. Part IV then presents three detailed real-world use cases, offering additional insights from a practical perspective. An epilogue summarizes the book and speculates on the role blockchain and its applications can play in the future. This book focusses on the bigger picture for blockchain, covering the concepts and technical considerations in the design of blockchain-based applications. The use of mathematical formulas is limited to where they are critical. This book is primarily intended for developers, software architects and chief information officers who need to understand the basic technology, tools and methodologies to build blockchain applications. It also provides students and researchers new to this field an introduction to this hot topic.

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Springer

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3030030350

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The Social Construction of Intellectual Disability

By: Mark Rapley

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The Social Construction of Intellectual Disability

By: Mark Rapley

Intellectual disability is usually thought of as a form of internal, individual affliction, little different from diabetes, paralysis or chronic illness. This study, the first book-length application of discursive psychology to intellectual disability, shows that what we usually understand as being an individual problem is actually an interactional, or social, product. Through a range of case studies, which draw upon ethnomethodological and conversation analytic scholarship, the book shows how persons categorized as 'intellectually disabled' are produced, as such, in and through their moment-by-moment interaction with care staff and other professionals.

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0521005299

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9780521005296

Probability and Statistics with Applications

A Problem Solving Text

By: Leonard A. Asimow,Mark M. Maxwell

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Probability and Statistics with Applications

A Problem Solving Text

By: Leonard A. Asimow,Mark M. Maxwell

This text is listed on the Course of Reading for SOA Exam P, and for the CAS Exam ST. Probability and Statistics with Applications: A Problem Solving Text is an introductory textbook designed to make the subject accessible to college freshmen and sophomores concurrent with their study of calculus. The book provides the content to serve as the primary text for a standard two-semester advanced undergraduate course in mathematical probability and statistics. It is organized specifically to meet the needs of students who are preparing for the Society of Actuaries and Casualty Actuarial Society qualifying examination P/1 and the statistics component of CAS Exam 3L. Sample actuarial exam problems are integrated throughout the text along with an abundance of illustrative examples and 799 exercises. The chapters on mathematical statistics cover all of the learning objectives for the statistics portion of the Casualty Actuarial Society Exam ST syllabus. Here again, liberal use is made of past exam problems from CAS Exams 3 and 3L. A separate solutions manual for the text exercises is also available.

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1566987210

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Probability and Statistics with Applications: A Problem Solving Text

Probability and Statistics with Applications: A Problem Solving Text

Police Chief

Police Chief

Criminalising Hate

Criminalising Hate

Weathering Katrina

Weathering Katrina

EMC and the Printed Circuit Board

EMC and the Printed Circuit Board

The Devil and Harper Lee

The Devil and Harper Lee

Becoming Terran

Becoming Terran

The Human Swarm

The Human Swarm

Designing Healthcare That Works

Designing Healthcare That Works

Unconventional Reservoir Geomechanics

Unconventional Reservoir Geomechanics

The Politics of Public Health in the United States

The Politics of Public Health in the United States

Biosolids Treatment and Management

Biosolids Treatment and Management

Architecture for Blockchain Applications

Architecture for Blockchain Applications

The Social Construction of Intellectual Disability

The Social Construction of Intellectual Disability

Probability and Statistics with Applications

Probability and Statistics with Applications

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