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Introduction to Webometrics

Quantitative Web Research for the Social Sciences

By: Michael Thelwall,Mike Thelwall

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Introduction to Webometrics

Quantitative Web Research for the Social Sciences

By: Michael Thelwall,Mike Thelwall

Webometrics is concerned with measuring aspects of the web: web sites, web pages, parts of web pages, words in web pages, hyperlinks, web search engine results. The importance of the web itself as a communication medium and for hosting an increasingly wide array of documents, from journal articles to holiday brochures, needs no introduction. Given this huge and easily accessible source of information, there are limitless possibilities for measuring or counting on a huge scale (e.g., the number of web sites, the number of web pages, the number of blogs) or on a smaller scale (e.g., the number of web sites in Ireland, the number of web pages in the CNN web site, the number of blogs mentioning Barack Obama before the 2008 presidential campaign). This book argues that it can be useful for social scientists to measure aspects of the web and explains how this can be achieved on both a small and large scale. The book is intended for social scientists with research topics that are wholly or partly online (e.g., social networks, news, political communication) and social scientists with offline research topics with an online reflection, even if this is not a core component (e.g., diaspora communities, consumer culture, linguistic change). The book is also intended for library and information science students in the belief that the knowledge and techniques described will be useful for them to guide and aid other social scientists in their research. In addition, the techniques and issues are all directly relevant to library and information science research problems. Table of Contents: Introduction / Web Impact Assessment / Link Analysis / Blog Searching / Automatic Search Engine Searches: LexiURL Searcher / Web Crawling: SocSciBot / Search Engines and Data Reliability / Tracking User Actions Online / Advaned Techniques / Summary and Future Directions

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Word Association Thematic Analysis

A Social Media Text Exploration Strategy

By: Mike Thelwall

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Word Association Thematic Analysis

A Social Media Text Exploration Strategy

By: Mike Thelwall

This book explains the word association thematic analysis method, with examples, and gives practical advice for using it. It is primarily intended for social media researchers and students, although the method is applicable to any collection of short texts. Many research projects involve analyzing sets of texts from the social web or elsewhere to get insights into issues, opinions, interests, news discussions, or communication styles. For example, many studies have investigated reactions to Covid-19 social distancing restrictions, conspiracy theories, and anti-vaccine sentiment on social media. This book describes word association thematic analysis, a mixed methods strategy to identify themes within a collection of social web or other texts. It identifies these themes in the differences between subsets of the texts, including female vs. male vs. nonbinary, older vs. newer, country A vs. country B, positive vs. negative sentiment, high scoring vs. low scoring, or subtopic A vs. subtopic B. It can also be used to identify the differences between a topic-focused collection of texts and a reference collection. The method starts by automatically finding words that are statistically significantly more common in one subset than another, then identifies the context of these words and groups them into themes. It is supported by the free Windows-based software Mozdeh for data collection or importing and for the quantitative analysis stages.

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Morgan & Claypool Publishers

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1636390668

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HSE and Environment Agency Prosecution: The New Climate

By: Charlotte Waters,Mike Appleby,Louise Smail

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HSE and Environment Agency Prosecution: The New Climate

By: Charlotte Waters,Mike Appleby,Louise Smail

Sentencing guidelines impose tough penalties for health and safety and environmental offences: how can you avoid them? The introduction of the sentencing guidelines in February 2016 has seen health and safety prosecutions treble, particularly in relation to corporate manslaughter, with tougher penalties imposed and fines exceeding £20 million being handed down. With fines having a detrimental effect on both turnover and reputation, how can companies protect themselves? HSE and Environment Agency Prosecution: The New Climate is an accessible reference work that provides guidance to ensure that companies have the correct, stringent risk management and procedures in place in order to protect themselves against exposure to such fines. Through the use of worked cases studies, checklists and charts the expert advice provided is put into context, whether you are a practitioner needing to advise your client, a company director, an in-house lawyer, or a health and safety professional. Split into four sections, this new title covers: Managing Risk; The Law; Enforcement and Sentencing; Inquests and Claims.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1526503239

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The Unruly City

Paris, London and New York in the Age of Revolution

By: Mike Rapport

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The Unruly City

Paris, London and New York in the Age of Revolution

By: Mike Rapport

A lauded expert on European history paints a vivid picture of Paris, London, and New York during the Age of Revolutions, exploring how each city fostered or suppressed political uprisings within its boundaries In The Unruly City, historian Mike Rapport offers a vivid history of three intertwined cities toward the end of the eighteenth century-Paris, London, and New York-all in the midst of political chaos and revolution. From the British occupation of New York during the Revolutionary War, to agitation for democracy in London and popular uprisings, and ultimately regicide in Paris, Rapport explores the relationship between city and revolution, asking why some cities engender upheaval and some suppress it. Why did Paris experience a devastating revolution while London avoided one? And how did American independence ignite activism in cities across the Atlantic? Rapport takes readers from the politically charged taverns and coffeehouses on Fleet Street, through a sea battle between the British and French in the New York Harbor, to the scaffold during the Terror in Paris. The Unruly City shows how the cities themselves became protagonists in the great drama of revolution.

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Basic Books

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0465094953

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How to Assess Doctors and Health Professionals

By: Mike Davis,Judy McKimm,Kirsty Forrest

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How to Assess Doctors and Health Professionals

By: Mike Davis,Judy McKimm,Kirsty Forrest

This important book offers an introduction to the theory and the varying types of assessment for health care professionals. The book includes information on such topics as Where have work based assessments come from?; Why do we have different parts to the same exam like MCQs and OSCEs?; How do colleges decide who has passed or not?; Why can people pick their own assessors for their MSF?; The role of formative assessment Portfolios and their value. The book avoids jargon, is clear and succinct, and gives the pros and cons of the different assessment processes.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118523474

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Trump, the Alt-Right and Public Pedagogies of Hate and for Fascism

What is to be Done?

By: Mike Cole

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Trump, the Alt-Right and Public Pedagogies of Hate and for Fascism

What is to be Done?

By: Mike Cole

Trump, the Alt-Right and Public Pedagogies of Hate and for Fascism: What Is To Be Done? uses public pedagogy as a theoretical lens through which to view discourses of hate and for fascism in the era of Trump and to promote an anti-fascist and pro-socialist public pedagogy. It makes the case for re-igniting a rhetoric that goes beyond the undermining of neoliberal capitalism and the promotion of social justice, and re-aligns the left against fascism and for a socialism of the twenty-first century. Beginning with an examination of the history of traditional fascism in the twentieth century, the book looks at the similarities and differences between the Trump regime and traditional Western post-war fascism. Cole goes on to consider the alt-right movement, the reasons for its rise, and the significance of the internet being harnessed as a tool with which to promote a fascistic public pedagogy. Finally, the book examines the resistance against these discourses and addresses the question of: what is to be done? This topical book will be of great interest to scholars, to postgraduate students and to researchers, as well as to advanced undergraduate students in the fields of education studies, pedagogy, and sociology, as well as readers in general who are are interested in the phenomenon of Trumpism.

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Routledge

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0429883749

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Police Research and Evidence-based Policing

By: Emma Spooner,Craig Hughes,Phil Mike Jones

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Police Research and Evidence-based Policing

By: Emma Spooner,Craig Hughes,Phil Mike Jones

The Professional Policing Curriculum in Practice is a new series of books that match the requirements of the new pre-join policing qualifications. The texts reflect modern policing, are up-to-date and relevant, and grounded in practice. They reflect the challenges faced by new students, linking theory to real-life operational practice, while addressing critical thinking and other academic skills needed for degree-level study. Evidence-based policing is a core part of the National Policing Curriculum but policing students and new officers often feel daunted by the prospect of understanding research and how to use it to inform decision making in practice. This text helps readers develop a sound understanding of evidence-based practice in policing and contextualises the research process by explaining how it supports practice within the workplace. It clearly relates research to the investigative process, combining academic theory and operational understanding using relevant case studies and scenarios, and identifies the main approaches employed. It explores how evidence from research can be used to inform and develop critical arguments central to policing practice and signposts students to key sources of information.

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Critical Publishing

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1914171888

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Trustworthy Policies for Distributed Repositories

By: Reagan W. Moore,Hao XU,Mike Conway,Arcot Rajasekar,Jon Crabtree

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Trustworthy Policies for Distributed Repositories

By: Reagan W. Moore,Hao XU,Mike Conway,Arcot Rajasekar,Jon Crabtree

A trustworthy repository provides assurance in the form of management documents, event logs, and audit trails that digital objects are being managed correctly. The assurance includes plans for the sustainability of the repository, the accession of digital records, the management of technology evolution, and the mitigation of the risk of data loss. A detailed assessment is provided by the ISO-16363:2012 standard, "Space data and information transfer systems—Audit and certification of trustworthy digital repositories." This book examines whether the ISO specification for trustworthiness can be enforced by computer actionable policies. An implementation of the policies is provided and the policies are sorted into categories for procedures to manage externally generated documents, specify repository parameters, specify preservation metadata attributes, specify audit mechanisms for all preservation actions, specify control of preservation operations, and control preservation properties as technology evolves. An application of the resulting procedures is made to enforce trustworthiness within National Science Foundation data management plans.

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Springer Nature

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303102303X

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Walking in the Wye Valley

30 varied walks throughout the valley between Chepstow and Plynlimon

By: Mike Dunn

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Walking in the Wye Valley

30 varied walks throughout the valley between Chepstow and Plynlimon

By: Mike Dunn

This guidebook describes 30 day walks set across the valley of the Wye river, the fourth-largest river in England and Wales, and certainly the most scenic. The circular walks are centred around Chepstow, Monmouth, Ross-on-Wye, Hereford, Hay-on-Wye, Builth Wells and Rhayader. Every route description is accompanied by an annotated OS map, and range in length between 3 and 10 miles. The walks explore limestone gorges and soaring moorlands, ancient routes, border castles and Tintern Abbey. Practical details such as the amount of ascent and timings information are included for every walk, as are details on public transport and parking facilities. Other useful information on the river's history, geology and wildlife ensure that this is an ideal companion to exploring the impressive range of walking the Wye Valley offers.

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Cicerone Press Limited

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1783621478

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OCR A Level History: From Pitt to Peel 1783-1846

By: Mike Wells

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OCR A Level History: From Pitt to Peel 1783-1846

By: Mike Wells

Exam Board: OCR Level: A-level Subject: History First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2016 This is an OCR endorsed resource. Build strong subject knowledge and skills in A Level History using the in-depth analysis and structured support in this tailor-made series for OCR's British period studies and enquiries. - Develops the analytical skills required to succeed in the period study by organising the narrative content around the key issues for students to explore - Enhances understanding of the chosen historical period, supplying a wealth of extracts and sources that offer opportunities to practise the evaluative skills needed for the enquiry - Progressively improves study skills through developmental activities and advice on answering practice exam questions - Helps students to review, revise and reflect on the course material through chapter summaries and revision activities that consolidate topic knowledge - Equips students with transferable critical thinking skills, presenting contrasting academic opinions that encourage A Level historians to make informed judgements on major debates Each title in the OCR A Level History series contains one or two British period studies and its associated enquiry, providing complete support for every option in Unit Group 1. From Pitt to Peel 1783-1846 This title explores the development of British Government from the premiership of Pitt the Younger to that of Peel. It allows an in-depth understanding of the key historical knowledge, terms and concepts relevant to 'British Government in the Age of Revolution 1783-1832' and encourages the critical use of evidence in investigating and assessing historical questions in the associated enquiry: 'Peel and the Age of Reform 1832-1853'. This title covers the following period study and enquiry: - British Government in the Age of Revolution 1783-1832 - Peel and the Age of Reform 1832-1853

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Hodder Education

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1471836657

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The Making of Manchester

By: Mike Fletcher

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The Making of Manchester

By: Mike Fletcher

A concise history of the Northern English city from its Roman origins to today’s metropolitan hub. In The Making of Manchester, author Mike Fletcher shows how this thriving city has made and re-made itself through the centuries. Beginning as a Roman settlement anchored by the fort of Mancunium, it was later conquered by the Anglo-Saxons, who renamed the region Manchester, meaning “Men of the Fort.” In the Medieval and Early Modern periods, Manchester survived hostile forces of all kinds, from the English Civil Wars to the rising of the Jacobites. Yet Manchester changed its image during the Industrial Revolution, becoming Cottonpolis, and the center of the canal and railway network. Yet along with prosperity, the city faced hardship and poverty which lingered well into the twentieth century.

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Casemate Publishers

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1783379006

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The Unfortunate Colonel Despard

And the British Revolution that Never Happened

By: Mike Jay

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The Unfortunate Colonel Despard

And the British Revolution that Never Happened

By: Mike Jay

This is the true story of Colonel Edward Marcus Despard, the character in the fifth series of the BBC's popular television drama Poldark. Colonel Despard was the last person to be sentenced to hanging, drawing and quartering in Britain - for high treason, an alleged plot to kill the king. His execution on 21st February 1803 was witnessed by twenty thousand hushed onlookers. Their silence was ominous, for few believed he was guilty. His death would tear apart a Britain still reeling from the impact of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. But who was Edward Marcus Despard? Was he, as his comrade-in-arms on the Spanish Main Lord Nelson believed, an outstanding British army officer of unimpeachable honour, courage and patriotism? Or, as the white slave-owners of the Caribbean claimed, a traitor not only to his nation but to his race, who had married a local woman and championed the rights of freed slaves? And when Despard returned to London to answer these allegations, did he commit himself to the cause of political reform in Britain's best interest? Or did he join a shadowy international terrorist conspiracy dedicated to the murder of George III and the overthrow of the state? Despard's contested fate marked the sensational climax to a British revolution that never happened, but it also presaged the birth of modern democracy. 'Compelling, absorbing and wide-ranging . . . Jay weaves a complex variety of themes, many with overtly topical resonances, into Despard's journey from hero to traitor' Sunday Times

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Robinson

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1472144066

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Word Association Thematic Analysis

A Social Media Text Exploration Strategy

By: Mike Thelwall

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Word Association Thematic Analysis

A Social Media Text Exploration Strategy

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Introduction to Webometrics

Quantitative Web Research for the Social Sciences

By: Michael Thelwall,Mike Thelwall

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Quantitative Web Research for the Social Sciences

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Web Indicators for Research Evaluation

A Practical Guide

By: Michael Thelwall,Mike Thelwall

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Web Indicators for Research Evaluation

A Practical Guide

By: Michael Thelwall,Mike Thelwall

In recent years there has been an increasing demand for research evaluation within universities and other research-based organisations. In parallel, there has been an increasing recognition that traditional citation-based indicators are not able to reflect the societal impacts of research and are slow to appear. This has led to the creation of new indicators for different types of research impact as well as timelier indicators, mainly derived from the Web. These indicators have been called altmetrics, webometrics or just web metrics. This book describes and evaluates a range of web indicators for aspects of societal or scholarly impact, discusses the theory and practice of using and evaluating web indicators for research assessment and outlines practical strategies for obtaining many web indicators. In addition to describing impact indicators for traditional scholarly outputs, such as journal articles and monographs, it also covers indicators for videos, datasets, software and other non-standard scholarly outputs. The book describes strategies to analyse web indicators for individual publications as well as to compare the impacts of groups of publications. The practical part of the book includes descriptions of how to use the free software Webometric Analyst to gather and analyse web data. This book is written for information science undergraduate and Master's students that are learning about alternative indicators or scientometrics as well as Ph.D. students and other researchers and practitioners using indicators to help assess research impact or to study scholarly communication.

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1627059172

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Link Analysis

An Information Science Approach

By: Mike Thelwall

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Link Analysis

An Information Science Approach

By: Mike Thelwall

This book provides methods, guidelines and examples to guide researchers and students through a research project, and reviewing a considerable body of previous work. It contains a complete link analysis methodology for information science and social science research. Case studies include academic, business and commercial search engine applications.

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Introduction to Webometrics

Introduction to Webometrics

Word Association Thematic Analysis

Word Association Thematic Analysis

HSE and Environment Agency Prosecution: The New Climate

HSE and Environment Agency Prosecution: The New Climate

The Unruly City

The Unruly City

How to Assess Doctors and Health Professionals

How to Assess Doctors and Health Professionals

Trump, the Alt-Right and Public Pedagogies of Hate and for Fascism

Trump, the Alt-Right and Public Pedagogies of Hate and for Fascism

Police Research and Evidence-based Policing

Police Research and Evidence-based Policing

Trustworthy Policies for Distributed Repositories

Trustworthy Policies for Distributed Repositories

Walking in the Wye Valley

Walking in the Wye Valley

OCR A Level History: From Pitt to Peel 1783-1846

OCR A Level History: From Pitt to Peel 1783-1846

The Making of Manchester

The Making of Manchester

The Unfortunate Colonel Despard

The Unfortunate Colonel Despard

Word Association Thematic Analysis

Word Association Thematic Analysis

Introduction to Webometrics

Introduction to Webometrics

Web Indicators for Research Evaluation

Web Indicators for Research Evaluation

Link Analysis

Link Analysis

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