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Valuing Oil Spill Prevention

A Case Study of California’s Central Coast

By: Richard T. Carson,Michael B. Conaway,W. Michael Hanemann,Jon A. Krosnick,Robert C. Mitchell,Stanley Presser

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Valuing Oil Spill Prevention

A Case Study of California’s Central Coast

By: Richard T. Carson,Michael B. Conaway,W. Michael Hanemann,Jon A. Krosnick,Robert C. Mitchell,Stanley Presser

This book documents a contingent valuation study for a significant environmental good: preventing the likely injuries from oil spills on the coast of Central California. It functions as a 'how-to' guide by documenting design, administration, and analysis of such studies, to reduce the long lead time which characterizes most economic damage assessments. The book includes a CD-ROM containing a wealth of additional material: data, questionnaires, transcripts and more.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1402028644

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9781402028649

Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questionnaires

By: Stanley Presser,Jennifer M. Rothgeb,Mick P. Couper,Judith T. Lessler,Elizabeth Martin,Jean Martin,Eleanor Singer

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Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questionnaires

By: Stanley Presser,Jennifer M. Rothgeb,Mick P. Couper,Judith T. Lessler,Elizabeth Martin,Jean Martin,Eleanor Singer

The definitive resource for survey questionnaire testing and evaluation Over the past two decades, methods for the development, evaluation, and testing of survey questionnaires have undergone radical change. Research has now begun to identify the strengths and weaknesses of various testing and evaluation methods, as well as to estimate the methods’ reliability and validity. Expanding and adding to the research presented at the International Conference on Questionnaire Development, Evaluation and Testing Methods, this title presents the most up-to-date knowledge in this burgeoning field. The only book dedicated to the evaluation and testing of survey questionnaires, this practical reference work brings together the expertise of over fifty leading, international researchers from a broad range of fields. The volume is divided into seven sections: Cognitive interviews Mode of administration Supplements to conventional pretests Special populations Experiments Multi-method applications Statistical modeling Comprehensive and carefully edited, this groundbreaking text offers researchers a solid foundation in the latest developments in testing and evaluating survey questionnaires, as well as a thorough introduction to emerging techniques and technologies.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471654736

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9780471654735

Questions and Answers in Attitude Surveys

Experiments on Question Form, Wording, and Context

By: Howard Schuman,Stanley Presser

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Questions and Answers in Attitude Surveys

Experiments on Question Form, Wording, and Context

By: Howard Schuman,Stanley Presser

This book pioneers a new state of the art for conducting research on the form, wording, and context of questions asked in attitude surveys.

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SAGE

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0761903593

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9780761903598

The Art of the Song Recital

By: Shirlee Emmons,Stanley Sonntag

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The Art of the Song Recital

By: Shirlee Emmons,Stanley Sonntag

Since its original publication, the Emmons-Sonntag text has continually stood out as the definitive work on the song recital. The book presents imaginative advice and practical techniques for producing successful recitals and kindling audience excitement. Every aspect of the recital is covered, from building programs and the use of acting skills to the relationship between the singer and the accompanist. Singers of all levels and backgrounds will benefit from the authors vast experience in the performance of song recitals as a singer/accompanist team. The comprehensive repertoire lists, now organized by voice and instrumentation as well as by composer, appeal to both students and professional musicians. Readers will agree that the authors have met their goal of providing "extensive, throughgoing, and definitive insights into the attributes that can render the song recital at once a great art and a magnificent entertainment.

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Waveland Press

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1478608633

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9781478608639

Survey Questions

Handcrafting the Standardized Questionnaire

By: Jean M. Converse,Stanley Presser

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Survey Questions

Handcrafting the Standardized Questionnaire

By: Jean M. Converse,Stanley Presser

This text reviews the literature on crafting survey instruments, and provides both general principles governing question-writing and guidance on how to develop a questionnaire.

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DIY Wardrobe Makeovers

Alter, Refresh & Refashion Your Clothes - Step-by-Step Sewing Tutorials

By: Suzannah Hamlin Stanley

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DIY Wardrobe Makeovers

Alter, Refresh & Refashion Your Clothes - Step-by-Step Sewing Tutorials

By: Suzannah Hamlin Stanley

Unlock your closet’s potential with simple wardrobe fixes and refashions to express your style. These basic alterations and step-by-step restyling tutorials will help you fit and reassemble garments into newfound faves. No sloppy shortcuts here—learn how to alter sweaters, pants, and everything in your wardrobe for a more flattering fit. Take it in, take it up, or let it out—all on your home sewing machine. Spend less, look better!

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C&T Publishing Inc

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161745043X

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9781617450433

The Making of a Music Academy

By: Jerome Stanley

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The Making of a Music Academy

By: Jerome Stanley

This is a story of a music-training program at one among many American institutions of higher learning. These institutions accepted the challenge to evolve and develop training programs for music as part of a liberal arts education. Covering a period of more than one hundred years, the book discusses aspects of politics and the arts in America during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. It focuses upon faculty and administrative efforts to maintain a rich experience in the arts at a typical university in Midwestern America. It is a representative story that includes interviews with former faculty and administrators as well as with present faculty and alumni. It is a kind of arts-survival story presenting the argument that music is essential to the ideals of a complete education.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0761866671

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9780761866671

Sampling of Populations

Methods and Applications

By: Paul S. Levy,Stanley Lemeshow

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Sampling of Populations

Methods and Applications

By: Paul S. Levy,Stanley Lemeshow

A trusted classic on the key methods in population sampling—now in a modernized and expanded new edition Sampling of Populations, Fourth Edition continues to serve as an all-inclusive resource on the basic and most current practices in population sampling. Maintaining the clear and accessible style of the previous edition, this book outlines the essential statistical methodsfor survey design and analysis, while also exploring techniques that have developed over the past decade. The Fourth Edition successfully guides the reader through the basic concepts and procedures that accompany real-world sample surveys, such as sampling designs, problems of missing data, statistical analysis of multistage sampling data, and nonresponse and poststratification adjustment procedures. Rather than employ a heavily mathematical approach, the authors present illustrative examples that demonstrate the rationale behind common steps in the sampling process, from creating effective surveys to analyzing collected data. Along with established methods, modern topics are treated through the book's new features, which include: A new chapter on telephone sampling, with coverage of declining response rates, the creation of "do not call" lists, and the growing use of cellular phones A new chapter on sample weighting that focuses on adjustments to weight for nonresponse, frame deficiencies, and the effects of estimator instability An updated discussion of sample survey data analysis that includes analytic procedures for estimation and hypothesis testing A new section on Chromy's widely used method of taking probability proportional to size samples with minimum replacement of primary sampling units An expanded index with references on the latest research in the field All of the book's examples and exercises can be easily worked out using various software packages including SAS, STATA, and SUDAAN, and an extensive FTP site contains additional data sets. With its comprehensive presentation and wealth of relevant examples, Sampling of Populations, Fourth Edition is an ideal book for courses on survey sampling at the upper-undergraduate and graduate levels. It is also a valuable reference for practicing statisticians who would like to refresh their knowledge of sampling techniques.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118627318

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9781118627310

Must We Mean What We Say?

A Book of Essays

By: Stanley Cavell

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Must We Mean What We Say?

A Book of Essays

By: Stanley Cavell

In this classic collection of wide-ranging and interdisciplinary essays, Stanley Cavell explores a remarkably broad range of philosophical issues from politics and ethics to the arts and philosophy. The essays explore issues as diverse as the opposing approaches of 'analytic' and 'Continental' philosophy, modernism, Wittgenstein, abstract expressionism and Schoenberg, Shakespeare on human needs, the difficulties of authorship, Kierkegaard and post-Enlightenment religion. Presented in a fresh twenty-first century series livery, and including a specially commissioned preface, written by Stephen Mulhall, illuminating its continuing importance and relevance to philosophical enquiry, this influential work is now available for a new generation of readers.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316425363

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9781316425367

The Black Adolescent Parent

By: Stanley F. Battle

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The Black Adolescent Parent

By: Stanley F. Battle

Gain valuable insights into the special needs of black adolescent parents through informative discussions on legal considerations, clinical perceptions, sexuality, attitudinal factors, services available, and much more.

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Psychology Press

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086656554X

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9780866565547

MUSINGS OF A 'MIDDLE' MAN

Life is Seriously Funny

By: Stanley Carvalho

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MUSINGS OF A 'MIDDLE' MAN

Life is Seriously Funny

By: Stanley Carvalho

In this eclectic collection, journalist and writer Stanley Carvalho threads together seventy ‘middles’ and lighter vein pieces published in various newspapers over the decades. These, mostly personal yarns, written with an observant eye and tongue-firmly-in- cheek, provide a glimpse into life around us. The humour is subtle and down-to-earth, at times puckish and self-deprecating. The pieces are witty, inspirational, entertaining and informative drawn from his personal and widely travelled experiences in India and abroad.

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Notion Press

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Mothers and Daughters of Invention

Notes for a Revised History of Technology

By: Autumn Stanley

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Mothers and Daughters of Invention

Notes for a Revised History of Technology

By: Autumn Stanley

Stanley traces women's inventions in five vital areas of technology worldwide--agriculture, medicine, reproduction, machines, and computers.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813521971

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9780813521978

Vital Statistics on American Politics 2015-2016

By: Harold W. Stanley,Richard G. Niemi

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Vital Statistics on American Politics 2015-2016

By: Harold W. Stanley,Richard G. Niemi

There is no other print source, online source, or Web search engine that provides the wide range and depth of insight found inVital Statistics on American Politics. This new 2015-2016 edition is updated with the most recent information available. The editors consult hundreds of sources to calculate and locate the data, facts, and figures that offer a vivid and multifaceted portrait of the broad spectrum of United States politics and policies. Students, professional researchers, and interested citizens will find chapters devoted to key subject areas such as elections and political parties, public opinion and voting, the media, the three branches of U.S. government, foreign, military, social and economic policy, and much more. For depth of information and ease of use, this updated edition is the best resource of its kind available and should be a key component of all academic and large public library collections.

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CQ Press

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1483380335

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9781483380339

Vital Statistics on American Politics 2013-2014

By: Harold W. Stanley,Richard G. Niemi

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Vital Statistics on American Politics 2013-2014

By: Harold W. Stanley,Richard G. Niemi

There is no other print source, online source, or Web search engine that provides the wide range and depth of insight found in Vital Statistics on American Politics. This new edition is updated with the most recent information available. The editors consult hundreds of sources to calculate and locate the data, facts, and figures that offer a vivid and multifaceted portrait of the broad spectrum of United States politics and policies. In over more than tables and figures, students, professional researchers, and interested citizens will find chapters devoted to key subject areas such as elections and political parties, public opinion and voting, the media, the three branches of U.S. government, foreign, military, social and economic policy, and much more.

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CQ Press

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1452290156

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9781452290157

New York Beauty Quilts Electrified

12 Fun, Skill-Building Projects Using Easy Foundation Paper-Piecing Techniques to Electrify New York Beauty Blocks

By: Linda J. Hahn,Deborah G. Stanley

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New York Beauty Quilts Electrified

12 Fun, Skill-Building Projects Using Easy Foundation Paper-Piecing Techniques to Electrify New York Beauty Blocks

By: Linda J. Hahn,Deborah G. Stanley

Sew a perfect New York Beauty block every time, using ONE pin and NO stress! Discover more fabulous things to do with this grand old patchwork design. Award-winning author Linda Hahn offers 12 new skill-building projects and updated paper-piecing instructions that make construction even easier.

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Fox Chapel Publishing

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1607659492

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9781607659495

Red Mars

By: Kim Stanley Robinson

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Red Mars

By: Kim Stanley Robinson

Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel • Discover the novel that launched one of science fiction’s most beloved, acclaimed, and awarded trilogies: Kim Stanley Robinson’s masterly near-future chronicle of interplanetary colonization. “A staggering book . . . the best novel on the colonization of Mars that has ever been written.”—Arthur C. Clarke For centuries, the barren, desolate landscape of the red planet has beckoned to humankind. Now a group of one hundred colonists begins a mission whose ultimate goal is to transform Mars into a more Earthlike planet. They will place giant satellite mirrors in Martian orbit to reflect light onto its surface. Black dust sprinkled on the polar caps will capture warmth and melt the ice. And massive tunnels drilled into the mantle will create stupendous vents of hot gases. But despite these ambitious goals, there are some who would fight to the death to prevent Mars from ever being changed.

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Spectra

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0553898272

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9780553898279

The Death and Life of American Labor

Toward a New Workers' Movement

By: Stanley Aronowitz

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The Death and Life of American Labor

Toward a New Workers' Movement

By: Stanley Aronowitz

The decline of the American union movement—and how it can revive, by a leading analyst of labor Union membership in the United States has fallen below 11 percent, the lowest rate since before the New Deal. Labor activist and scholar of the American labor movement Stanley Aronowitz argues that the movement as we have known it for the last 100 years is effectively dead. And he explains how this death has been a long time coming—the organizing and political principles adopted by US unions at mid-century have taken a terrible toll. In the 1950s, Aronowitz was a factory metalworker. In the ’50s and ’60s, he directed organizing with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers and the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers. In 1963, he coordinated the labor participation for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Ten years later, the publication of his book False Promises: The Shaping of American Working Class Consciousness was a landmark in the study of the US working-class and workers’ movements. Aronowitz draws on this long personal history, reflecting on his continuing involvement in labor organizing, with groups such as the Professional Staff Congress of the City University. He brings a historian’s understanding of American workers’ struggles in taking the long view of the labor movement. Then, in a survey of current initiatives, strikes, organizations, and allies, Aronowitz analyzes the possibilities of labor’s rebirth, and sets out a program for a new, broad, radical workers’ movement.

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Verso Books

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1784783005

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9781784783006

Diversity, Oppression, and Change

Culturally Grounded Social Work

By: Flavio Francisco Marsiglia,Stephen Stanley Kulis,Stephanie Lechuga-Peña

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Diversity, Oppression, and Change

Culturally Grounded Social Work

By: Flavio Francisco Marsiglia,Stephen Stanley Kulis,Stephanie Lechuga-Peña

Diversity, Oppression and Change is an engaging and well-researched book about a timely and controversial topic. The authors unpack complex theory-based concepts related to oppression and privilege so that readers can identify their historically based impact on certain groups and communities. They use an easy to understand style, which makes cultural diversity concepts come to life through specific examples and notes from the field, often coming from their own practice, policy and research experiences. This book is essential reading for social workers and allied professionals committed to anti-oppressive practice. Diversity, Oppression and Change is also about hope and resiliency, and the miraculous ability of individuals and communities to bounce back from oppressive experiences and historical trauma to produce lasting social change and achieve social justice"--

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0190059508

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9780190059507

The Ultimate Quilting and Patchwork Companion

A Complete Guide to Quilting, Patchwork and Applique, with Over 140 Practical Projects: Quilts and Throws, Cushions, Clothing, and Accessories for Every Room

By: Isabel Stanley,Jenny Watson

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The Ultimate Quilting and Patchwork Companion

A Complete Guide to Quilting, Patchwork and Applique, with Over 140 Practical Projects: Quilts and Throws, Cushions, Clothing, and Accessories for Every Room

By: Isabel Stanley,Jenny Watson

Previously published as The Untimate Quilting and Patchwork Companion. Includes index.

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Lorenz Books

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184309181X

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9781843091813

New Quilting

By: Isabel Stanley

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New Quilting

By: Isabel Stanley

This comprehensive book pulls together all of the skills a new or experienced quilter needs to know to create beautiful quilting projects. Techniques essential to quilting, patchwork and applique are demonstrated with photographs of every step to insure perfect results.

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Smithmark Publishers

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0765195763

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9780765195760

Country Quilting

By: Isabel Stanley

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Country Quilting

By: Isabel Stanley

A guide to creating thirty quilting and patchwork projects.

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Smithmark Publishers

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Dictionary of American History

By: Stanley I. Kutler

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Dictionary of American History

By: Stanley I. Kutler

The third edition ..., first published in 1940 and last revised in 1976, has been updated completely ... the editors have revised 448 articles, replaced 1,360 articles, and added 841 new entries. Gender, race, and social-history perspectives have been added to many entries ... In another departure from the earlier editions, the editors have added maps and illustrations throughout the text ..."--... American Libraries, May 2003.

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Macmillan Reference USA

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0684805332

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9780684805337

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