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Mastering Focus Groups and Depth Interviews

A Practitioner's Guide

By: Roger A. Straus, Ph.D.

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Mastering Focus Groups and Depth Interviews

A Practitioner's Guide

By: Roger A. Straus, Ph.D.

In this practical handbook, author Roger Straus shares insights, tips, and wisdom acquired from his decades-spanning career as a moderator and depth interviewer. You'll find practical tips for responding to an RFP (including budget considerations that are not always obvious), planning a depth-research project, working with research facilities, conducting the research, and conveying your findings to your clients. Focusing on six applications for depth methods, Straus explains that focus groups and depth interviews can be used for much more than preliminary research and ideation exercises. He takes you through the Five-Question process for planning a group, addressing Who?, How Many?, Where? When?, and How?. In addition to discussing each of these critical questions, he offers scores of useful best-practice tips that you can put to use immediately. You'll also find valuable advice for integrating qualitative and quantitative research and for choosing the best approach to your research project, with extensive discussion points weighing the benefits of in-person groups and interviews vs. on-line, synchronous and asynchronous methods. Recommended for professionals in market research, product development, government, sociological practice and public policy research, especially for those who might be new to the discipline.

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PMP

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1941688667

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9781941688663

Marriage and Family Therapy

A Sociocognitive Approach

By: Terry S Trepper,Roger A Straus,Faye Hurvitz

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Marriage and Family Therapy

A Sociocognitive Approach

By: Terry S Trepper,Roger A Straus,Faye Hurvitz

Marriage and Family Therapy: A Sociocognitive Approach is a comprehensive and clearly written introduction to sociocognitive therapy. It is rich with transcripts and case examples, culled from the authors’more than thirty-five years of practice, providing you with valuable background information on helping difficult-to-reach and hard-to-help populations. In practical language, this volume takes you step-by-step through methods of assessment and change that are useful in traditional and nontraditional families and couples. With clear language and taxonomy for family troubles and their resolution, Marriage and Family Therapy provides conceptual handles to guide you in learning intervention strategies, enabling you to work effectively with, most notably, lower working-class and poor inner-city, African-American families. A highlight of the book is the detailed look at terminal and instrumental interaction hypotheses and how they can be applied in actual therapy situations. With Marriage and Family Therapy as a guide, you will develop multiple skills and methods that equip you to better handle the challenging task of helping troubled families and couples.The first two chapters present the theoretical framework of the sociocognitive approach. In the third chapter, the assessment and change concepts central to Dr. Hurvitz's approach are introduced. The last four chapters show how these humanist principles are applied through the phases of opening, change-producing, and termination in therapy, creating an invaluable book for marriage and family therapists, social workers, psychologists, and educators.

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224

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Routledge

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1317765672

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9781317765677

Culture Wars

An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices

By: Roger Chapman

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Culture Wars

An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices

By: Roger Chapman

Featuring hundreds of A-Z entries and numerous photos, the set examines the history and relevance of the issues, events, controversies, personalities, groups, and concepts that have contributed to the political and social polarization of American society over recent decades. It details hot-button topics as well as the role of the media in defining and shaping these issues--everything from abortion, the Christian Coalition, the environmental movement, feminism, and gay rights, to illegal aliens, pornography, stem-cell research, Watergate, and zero tolerance. A topic finder, bibliography, and index add to the set's utility.

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410

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Routledge

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0765617617

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9780765617613

The History of Mathematics

A Brief Course

By: Roger L. Cooke

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The History of Mathematics

A Brief Course

By: Roger L. Cooke

This new edition brings the fascinating and intriguing history of mathematics to life The Second Edition of this internationally acclaimed text has been thoroughly revised, updated, and reorganized to give readers a fresh perspective on the evolution of mathematics. Written by one of the world's leading experts on the history of mathematics, the book details the key historical developments in the field, providing an understanding and appreciation of how mathematics influences today's science, art, music, literature, and society. In the first edition, each chapter was devoted to a single culture. This Second Edition is organized by subject matter: a general survey of mathematics in many cultures, arithmetic, geometry, algebra, analysis, and mathematical inference. This new organization enables students to focus on one complete topic and, at the same time, compare how different cultures approached each topic. Many new photographs and diagrams have been added to this edition to enhance the presentation. The text is divided into seven parts: The World of Mathematics and the Mathematics of the World, including the origin and prehistory of mathematics, cultural surveys, and women mathematicians Numbers, including counting, calculation, ancient number theory, and numbers and number theory in modern mathematics Color Plates, illustrating the impact of mathematics on civilizations from Egypt to Japan to Mexico to modern Europe Space, including measurement, Euclidean geometry, post-Euclidean geometry, and modern geometrics Algebra, including problems leading to algebra, equations and methods, and modern algebra Analysis, including the calculus, real, and complex analysis Mathematical Inference, including probability and statistics, and logic and set theory As readers progress through the text, they learn about the evolution of each topic, how different cultures devised their own solutions, and how these solutions enabled the cultures to develop and progress. In addition, readers will meet some of the greatest mathematicians of the ages, who helped lay the groundwork for today's science and technology. The book's lively approach makes it appropriate for anyone interested in learning how the field of mathematics came to be what it is today. It can also serve as a textbook for undergraduate or graduate-level courses. An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available upon request from the Wiley editorial department.

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630

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118030249

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9781118030240

Anthony Burgess

A Biography

By: Roger Lewis

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Anthony Burgess

A Biography

By: Roger Lewis

A delirious yet definitive biography of the author of A Clockwork Orange.

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Macmillan

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0312322518

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9780312322519

Guarding the Golden Door

American Immigration Policy and Immigrants Since 1882

By: Roger Daniels

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Guarding the Golden Door

American Immigration Policy and Immigrants Since 1882

By: Roger Daniels

Arguably the most useful for general readers. Clearly written, reasonably lean and on the whole, balanced in its assessments, it is an excellent primer." --Los Angeles Times The federal government's efforts to pick and choose among the multitude of immigrants seeking to enter the United States began with the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Conceived in ignorance and falsely presented to the public, it had undreamt of consequences, and this pattern has been rarely deviated from since. As renowned historian Roger Daniels shows in this brilliant new work, America's inconsistent, often illogical, and always cumbersome immigration policy has profoundly affected our recent past. Immigration policy in Daniels' skilled hands shows Americans at their best and worst, from the nativist violence that forced Theodore Roosevelt's 1907 "gentlemen's agreement" with Japan to the generous refugee policies adopted after World War Two and throughout the Cold War. And in a conclusion drawn from today's headlines, Daniels makes clear how far ignorance, partisan politics, and unintended consequences have overtaken immigration policy during the current administration's War on Terror. Irreverent, deeply informed, and authoritative, Guarding the Golden Door presents an unforgettable interpretation of modern American history.

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348

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Macmillan

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0809053446

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9780809053445

Atoms for Peace and War, 1953-1961

Eisenhower and the Atomic Energy Commission. (A History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Vol. III)

By: Richard G. Hewlett,Jack M. Holl,Roger M. Anders

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Atoms for Peace and War, 1953-1961

Eisenhower and the Atomic Energy Commission. (A History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Vol. III)

By: Richard G. Hewlett,Jack M. Holl,Roger M. Anders

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.

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University of California Press

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0520368983

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9780520368989

I'm Not Crazy, I'm Just Not You

The Real Meaning of the 16 Personality Types

By: Roger R. Pearman,Sarah C. Albritton

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I'm Not Crazy, I'm Just Not You

The Real Meaning of the 16 Personality Types

By: Roger R. Pearman,Sarah C. Albritton

No one is right or wrong - just different! Tracing the growth of the study of personality type from its roots in the work of Carl Jung to today's subtly nuanced type theory, I'm Not Crazy, I'm Just Not You shows how greatly our individual personality preferences affect our interactions with others. By shedding light on individual characteristics and tendencies, psychologists Roger R. Pearman and Sarah C. Albritton teach us how to overcome our natural inclination to judge difference in order to recognize and celebrate it. This new second edition includes current research into psychological type, information about the benefits of using type to enhance health and manage stress, discussion of the link between type and emotional intelligence and analysis of how personality preferences translate across generational and cultural divides.

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274

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Nicholas Brealey

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1857884701

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9781857884708

The South and the New Deal

By: Roger Biles

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The South and the New Deal

By: Roger Biles

When Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in as president, the South was unmistakably the most disadvantaged part of the nation. The region's economy was the weakest, its educational level the lowest, its politics the most rigid, and its laws and social mores the most racially slanted. Moreover, the region was prostrate from the effects of the Great Depression. Roosevelt's New Deal effected significant changes on the southern landscape, challenging many traditions and laying the foundations for subsequent alterations in the southern way of life. At the same time, firmly entrenched values and institutions militated against change and blunted the impact of federal programs. In The South and the New Deal, Roger Biles examines the New Deal's impact on the rural and urban South, its black and white citizens, its poor, and its politics. He shows how southern leaders initially welcomed and supported the various New Deal measures but later opposed a continuation or expansion of these programs because they violated regional convictions and traditions. Nevertheless, Biles concludes, the New Deal, coupled with the domestic effects of World War II, set the stage for a remarkable postwar transformation in the affairs of the region. The post-World War II Sunbelt boom has brought Dixie more fully into the national mainstream. To what degree did the New Deal disrupt southern distinctiveness? Biles answers this and other questions and explores the New Deal's enduring legacy in the region.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813183014

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9780813183015

Houses of the Presidents

Childhood Homes, Family Dwellings, Private Escapes, and Grand Estates

By: Hugh Howard,Roger Straus III

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Houses of the Presidents

Childhood Homes, Family Dwellings, Private Escapes, and Grand Estates

By: Hugh Howard,Roger Straus III

Houses of the Presidents offers a unique tour of the houses and day-to-day lives of America's presidents, from George Washington's time to the present. Author Hugh Howard weaves together personal, presidential, and architectural histories to shed light on the way our chief executives lived. Original photography by Roger Straus III brings the houses and furnishings beautifully to life. From Jefferson's Monticello to Reagan's Rancho del Cielo, with fascinating and surprising stops between and beyond, Houses of the Presidents presents a fascinating alternative history of the American presidency.

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277

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Little, Brown

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0316215325

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9780316215329

Policing Urban America

By: Geoffrey P. Alpert,Roger G. Dunham

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Policing Urban America

By: Geoffrey P. Alpert,Roger G. Dunham

The authors combine research & practical experience to explain how to balance the dual role--enforcer & protector--performed by police in an ever-changing society.

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0881339172

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9780881339178

The Money and the Power

By: Sally Denton,Roger Morris

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The Money and the Power

By: Sally Denton,Roger Morris

Las Vegas—the name evokes images of divorce and dice, gangsters and glitz. But beneath it all is a sordid history that is much more insidious and far-reaching than ever imagined. The Money and the Power is the most comprehensive look yet at Las Vegas and its breadth of influence. Based on five years of intensive research and interviewing, Sally Denton and Roger Morris reveal the city’s historic network of links to Wall Street, international drug traffickers, and the CIA. In doing so, they expose the disturbing connections amongst politicians, businessmen, and the criminals that harness these illegal activities. Through this lucid and gripping indictment of Las Vegas, Morris and Denton uncover a national ethic of exploitation, violence, and greed, and provide a provocative reinterpretation of twentieth-century American history. Now this neon maelstrom of ruthlessness and greed stands to not as an aberrant “sin city,” but as a natural outgrowth of the corruption and worship of money that have come to permeate American life.

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Vintage

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0375414444

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9780375414442

Book's by Roger Austin Straus

Mastering Focus Groups and Depth Interviews

Mastering Focus Groups and Depth Interviews

Marriage and Family Therapy

Marriage and Family Therapy

Culture Wars

Culture Wars

The History of Mathematics

The History of Mathematics

Anthony Burgess

Anthony Burgess

Guarding the Golden Door

Guarding the Golden Door

Atoms for Peace and War, 1953-1961

Atoms for Peace and War, 1953-1961

I'm Not Crazy, I'm Just Not You

I'm Not Crazy, I'm Just Not You

The South and the New Deal

The South and the New Deal

Houses of the Presidents

Houses of the Presidents

Policing Urban America

Policing Urban America

The Money and the Power

The Money and the Power

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