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Language Diversity and Thought examines the Sapir-Whorf linguistic relativity hypothesis: the proposal that the grammar of the particular language that we speak affects the way we think about reality. Adopting a historical approach, the book reviews the various lines of empirical inquiry that arose in America in response to the ideas of anthropologists Edward Sapir and Benjamin L. Whorf. John Lucy asks why there has been so little fruitful empirical research on this problem and what lessons can be learned from past work. He then proposes a new, more adequate approach to future empirical research. A companion volume, Grammatical Categories and Cognition, illustrates the proposed approach with an original case study. The study compares the grammar of American English with that of Yucatec Maya, an indigenous language spoken in southeastern Mexico, and then identifies distinctive patterns of thinking related to the differences between the two languages. ... Read more

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Relativism defended.
With perhaps the exception of moral relativism, all forms of Relativism are out of fashion at the moment, a point Lucy is clear to point out. Lucy is to be congratulated on sticking with the issue, showing that relativism is far from dead. His book is based on clear scientific research, and is most convincing. This book should be read by all students of anthropology and linguistics, but more so by cognitive science students who are being taught that relativism is a dead issue. An excellent book! ... Read more

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It should be illegal to talk about language evolution without reading this book
This book is exactly what it says it is. It covers a dizzying range of empirical findings from linguistics, neuroscience, physical anthropology, etc., with an eye to providing a complete set of constraints on hypotheses about language evolution. It provides helpful summaries at the end of each chapter. It is very readable. It has an extremely useful bibliography as well as recommended readings at the end of each chapter.

If you are reading this, stop and go read this book instead. If you are teaching the subject, you can't do better than this book for a text. Outstanding. ... Read more

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In this important book Forbes takes a critical look at the "contact hypothesis"--the assumption commonly held by social scientists that increased contact between different ethnic groups gives each group more accurate information about the other and thus reduces friction. By distinguishing aggregate from individual relations, Forbes suggests a way out of the perplexities induced by current social science literature on prejudice and discrimination. ... Read more

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Sometimes a hunch isn't enough. Learn how scientists make educated guesses called hypotheses to test their theories. A hypothesis is the foundation of the scientific method. Readers will learn how to construct a measurable and focused hypothesis to test in an experiment. Put on your lab coat and grab your goggles! It is time to step into science! This engaging series explores each step in the scientific method. Informative text, helpful hints, and hands-on experiments will motivate readers as they learn to implement the six steps in the scientific method. ... Read more

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These promise lasting lending value for any science library
'Step Into Science' offers six new books reaching young scientists in grade 3 with 32 page instructions on how to conduct basic science. These promise lasting lending value for any science library and include WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? MAKING YOUR HYPOTHESIS, WHAT'S GOING ON? COLLECTING AND RECORDING YOUR DATA, WHAT'S THE PLAN? DESIGNING YOUR EXPERIMENT, WHAT DO WE KNOW NOW? DRAWING CONCLUSIONS AND ANSWERING THE QUESTION, WHAT JUST HAPPENED? READING RESULTS AND MAKING INFERENCES and WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? HOW TO START YOUR SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION. ... Read more

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This book presents a simple and general method for conducting statistical power analysis based on the widely used F statistic. The book illustrates how these analyses work and how they can be applied to problems of studying design, to evaluate others' research, and to choose the appropriate criterion for defining "statistically significant" outcomes. Statistical Power Analysis examines the four major applications of power analysis, concentrating on how to determine:

*the sample size needed to achieve desired levels of power;

*the level of power that is needed in a study;

*the size of effect that can be reliably detected by a study; and

*sensible criteria for statistical significance.


Highlights of the second edition include: a CD with an easy-to-use statistical power analysis program; a new chapter on power analysis in multi-factor ANOVA, including repeated-measures designs; and a new One-Stop PV Table to serve as a quick reference guide.


The book discusses the application of power analysis to both traditional null hypothesis tests and to minimum-effect testing. It demonstrates how the same basic model applies to both types of testing and explains how some relatively simple procedures allow researchers to ask a series of important questions about their research. Drawing from the behavioral and social sciences, the authors present the material in a nontechnical way so that readers with little expertise in statistical analysis can quickly obtain the values needed to carry out the power analysis.


Ideal for students and researchers of statistical and research methodology in the social, behavioral, and health sciences who want to know how to apply methods of power analysis to their research.
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Interesting... but needs a better edit
The book presents a very interesting method: reducing power analysis to the F distribution. The authors provide very compelling and convincing arguments for the use of power analysis. At times you feel as if their arguments are not well referenced or backed-up, however, especially if you have read a number of technically-oriented statistical texts. Nevertheless, the arguments are provided a good intuitive feel.

The one problem with the book is its editing, or lack thereof. For example, on page 49 the following appears: "If you set a more stringent alpha (e.g., a = .01) is set,..". The sentence was clearly edited, but the edited-out part was left in. This happens in multiple places. Also, on page 41, the (non)-word "irged" is used instead of "urged." All of this should have been caught and fixed prior to publication and prior to asking for $22.50 for the book. I can understand a few errors making it into the final printed edition, but this bordered on ridiculous. I would say that the editorial errors actually became a distraction and took away from the central theme of the book.

Almost good.
This text was interesting and informative, but belabored the value of minimum effect hypothesis testing and pretty much ignored confidence intervals as an alternative.Worse, this book contains some mistakes: the noncentral F distribution formula (A3 in Appendix A) is written with parameters that are not explained, and also the authors state that the classical hypothesis testing is false "by definition".This is simply not true; it may be false more often than not, but it is not false by definition.But the worst shortcomings of this book are that it propagates the use of statistical tables instead of clearly explaining the underlying formulae.With ubiquitous computers, it is ridiculous to think that people still need to consult tables, which are restrictive in the alpha values.After reading this text, it is clear that power depends on effect size, alpha, the standard deviations of the treated and untreated populations, and the sample size, but nowhere do the authors clearly show what this functional relationship is.I guess they think that gamma functions and the like are just too difficult mathematics and force people to blindly work with tables in a haze of confusion, wondering the functional relationship of these variables.Finally, they do point out the desired relative seriousness of type I vs. type II errors (a major plus) but fail to emphasize this point as much as it deserves.For example, if there is no a priori reason to favor type I over type II errors or vice versa, then these should be set equal to each other and the sample size calculated from the formulae.Using power = 0.8 with alpha = 0.1 may be acceptable in their field of psychology but is incongruous with the point that they belabor - that type II errors are typically more serious.In conclusion, I would say to read this book from a library and hold off on buying until they (hopefully) correct these flaws in a second edition.Unfortunately, I have yet to see a better text that does clearly explain the functional relationship between the variables involved in power calculations.

Clear, concise, useful
This book is clearly and concisely written and provides both an introduction to power analysis and a description of a single set of procedures for power analysis when using any of the procedures covered by the general linear model. If you're familiar with power analysis it's fairly easy to skip the sections you don't need to read without impairing your ability to follow the development of the power analysis model.

Murphy and Myors also take some positions which are debatable (especially by those of us who often don't have the luxury of restricting our sample sizes) but always well argued. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: A. C. McClurg & Co. in 1902 in 424 pages; Subjects: Parapsychology; Medical / Allied Health Services / Hypnotherapy; Body, Mind & Spirit / Parapsychology / ESP (Clairvoyance, Precognition, Telepathy); Body, Mind & Spirit / Mysticism; Body, Mind & Spirit / Occultism; Body, Mind & Spirit / Parapsychology / General; Body, Mind & Spirit / Spiritualism; Philosophy / Metaphysics; Psychology / Hypnotism; ... Read more

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T. J. Hudson's amazing ideas have stood the test of time
Hudson's book is an amazing collection of important ideas, written in lawyer-like prose with a remarkable coverage of fascinating ideas from the 19th century that time and tide have largely washed away from our consciousness. However, their truth seems to me to have stood the test of time despite what I said in the previous sentence.Hudson's doctrines have not been refuted as far as I'm aware and the whole book has a ring of truth to it.That's very impressive in this 21st century time-frame.

I'm particularly interested in psychic healing and Hudson holds that the key to the success of psychic healing, is psychic attunement of the healer to the patient and telepathic suggestions to the patient's subconscious mind for the healing process to be initiated and automatic acceptance and implementation of those suggestions by the patient's mind and thence his bodily system.

Simply substitute "Conscious mind" for "Objective mind" and "Subsconscious mind" for "Subjective mind" and you will be able to read this work quite straightforwardly.

Educational
Edgar Cayce recommended this book in connection to readings dealing with the nature of the subconscious mind. Although written in 1893, the subject matter is relevant. In fact Jose Silva might very easily have been influenced by this work as it ties in very closely with his alpha states and self hypnosis. Of course any student of Cayce realizes Edgar put himself in a "self-induced" trance in order to give a reading. Some quantum physics
experiments seem to show a "universal" force field or hologram that ties everything together. For those seeking truth...a good read.

An Essay of the Psychic Laws of Nature
An excellent writing for those that are intrigued by the propositions of such authors as Napoleon Hill. Truly, if physicians would have continued to pursue the truths contained herein, they would impose far less sickness and suffering upon the lives of those that place their trust in them.
A Key to the Doors of a true occultist's refinery.
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A classic work in the field of psychic manifestations of the human intellect.The author, Dr. Thomson Jay Hudson, Ph.D., LL.D., was the acknowledged authority in the field of metaphysics when he wrote this book in the late years of the last century.This book explores all areas of the metaphysical world from early philosophics to hypnotism and mesmerism, clairvoyance, visions, right through an overview of the pycho-therapeutic practices of that, time.The phenomena of spiritism is covered in all its forms including contact with the spirit world as well as case histories of witchcraft, hauntings and possession.It remains as fascinating and informative today as it was when it was first published. ... Read more

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The nearest anyone has got to the truth!
So far as psychic phenomena are concerned, people generally come into twocategories: they believe everything they are told or they are totalsceptics. Hudson chooses a middle course: he accepts the authenticity ofpsychic phenomena, but he examines them objectively, refusing to be swayedeither by believers or by wishful thinking. His tools are experiment andcold reasoning. The result was that Dr Hudson made few friends amongsceptics or believers alike; and this is why this classic work, firstpublished in 1893, has been neglected.Hudson formulates three simplepsychological laws, dividing the mind into objective mind (the conscious)and subjective mind (the subconscious). The subjective mind is capable ofall kinds of psychic gifts but is open to hypnotic suggestion. Thisexplains why, in the presence of sceptics and negative comments psychicgifts suddenly disappear.Hudson's chosen middle course blasts thesceptics, but it also lays into many believers as well. Spiritualists willnot be very happy, because Hudson's laws, coupled with experiment, bustsspiritualism. He shows beyond doubt that "contact with the dead,"whether by medium, automatic writing, ouija board or planchette is merelycontact with one's own subjective mind. (It also works for the electronicvoice phenomenon.)Nowadays Hudson's laws are all but forgotten. However,they are - especially when coupled with Carl Jung's multi-layeredsubjective mind - the most formidable explanation of psychic phenomena everdevised.In every science, things are chaotic until someone arrives torationalise the science and give his fellow scientists something to workwith. In physics he is Isaac Newton, in psychology he is Sigmund Freud,and in parapsychology he is Thomson Jay Hudson.If you are searching forthe truth, look no further.

Explanation of the lawsof the psychic subjective mind.
TJH's explanation of the laws that govern psychic phenomenon is a bit hardto understand due to the scientific nature of the language used to outlinehis theory of psychic phenomenon.TJH believed that the mind was dual,split into the objective mind and subjective mind.The objective mindprocesses the concrete, material world and the subjective mind, or theeternal mind of the soul, is responsible for processing the abstract,invisible world.The subjective mind is dependent on the objective mindand the knowledge and information that it perceives from the visual sensoryworld, and is, therefore, highly open to the power ofsuggestion...ie..hypnosis. ... Read more

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Admitting to an addiction has long been touted as the first step to recovery.But for those who are actually struggling with compulsive behavior, admitting to an addiction is admitting in part to defeat and failure, and succumbing to a permanent label from which they are never truly freed -- "oncean addict, always an addict."This book explores the addiction concept, and how, in some instances, replacing it with alternative avenues of therapy can mean the difference between enervation and empowerment for many individuals.This book explores the logical, empirical, and practical limitations of the addiction concept, its primary elements, and the models to which it has given birth.It provides readers with an objective appraisal of the addiction concept, presents an alternative capable of explaining addictive behavior and offers viable avenues of therapeutic intervention.Psychologists, addiction counselors, substance abuse counselors, and behavioral therapists. ... Read more

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The concept of addiction
This is a darn good book!!! ... Read more

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Blood flow [hemodynamics] causes atherosclerosis,
Atherosclerosis including coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction can and do occurat any and alllevels of blood cholesterol. Atheroclerosis is NOT a lipid disease.The rise of the cholesterol hypothesis is attributed to misplaced faithin statistical studies and faulty extrapolations from clinical trials.All the data from autopsy specimens, model hydraulicsystems, the laws of fluid mechanics ,mathematical analysis and the production of hemodynamicallyinducedarterial lesions in dogs compel the conclusion that atherosclerosis is the effect of the forces of the flowing blood {diminished lateral[wall]pressure at sites of predilection characterized by curvature,branching, bifurcation and serpentine flow. Let us put our research effort into this direction rather than perpetuating the diet-cholesterol heart disease myth. Meyer Texon, MD Associate Professor ofd Forensic Medicine New York University School of Medicine Website members.aol.com/mtexon email mtexon@aol.com ... Read more

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This book unlocks the mystery of Riemann Hypothesis in simple high school mathematics. The author emphasizesreal world applications and initiates the solution based on real analysis and technical basis rather than complex(and imaginary) mathematics. By little discipline, anybodywith mathematics proficiency, with the help of knowledge revealed in this book, can attain the leadership position in digital age. ... Read more

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Legendary Solution/ Colossal Engineering Feat
Engineering Analysis, Advanced Engineering Analysis are typical engineering mathematics courses in Engineering Graduate Schools. While engineering professionals may not have time, patience or background to delve around the applied or pure mathematics required to fully realize many practical engineering applications, generally the texts used for Engineering Analysis are Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Kreyszig or Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Wylie. To know what is truly required beyond these texts distinguishes pro engineer from novice. This book fills this huge gap and hence is worth it's weight in gold.

I don't know what is the aim of the writer writing that book!!!!
When I received the book, I felt excited.
But how disappointed I am when I open the book.
This book just packed with equations without explanation
and how the equations are derived. To simplify my comment:
if you should know how to derive those equations,
your mathamatical knowledge is much higher than requiring
that book, if you do not know what these equations are,
then you should not read this book. So I cannot suggest
a reason to buy this book !!!!! ... Read more

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Along with Alexandre Dumas père, Eugène Sue (1804-57) was the most successful popular French novelist of the first half of the nineteenth century. The present study engages with a problematic (emerging forms of popular literature), centred on a particular case (Sue's most famous novel, Les Mystères de Paris), and is underpinned by a specific hypothesis: the claim first advanced by the social historian Louis Chevalier that Les Mystères de Paris, through pressure of Sue's reader-correspondents as he wrote and published the novel in serial form, was a collective production ('written for the people by the people'). Prendergast opens lines of inquiry, identifies blockages, entertains speculations and poses questions to illuminate a range of larger issues in the sociology of literature and the history of the book. ... Read more

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Silver Lake Township was a peaceful, idyllic town...at least until the dead bodies started piling up. Jim Mitchell, chief of police in the quiet Pennsylvania town, has a sinking feeling that there may be more than meets the eye to the rash of suicides that has hit his fair community. In an effort to confirm his suspicions, he'll enlist the help of his trusted friend, Pete Woodard. A man possessed of a sharp, analytical mind, Pete soon finds himself immersed in an intricate web of deceit and deception; it doesn't take him long to determine that the only person he can truly rely on is himself. Once the action hits too close to home, Pete knows that unless he can find the answers he needs soon, many more people could fall victim to the nefarious scheme. Join author Jim May as he follows Pete's endeavor to prove his Hypothesis, before it's too late. ... Read more

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This book presents up-to-date theory and methods of statistical hypothesis testing based on measure theory. The so-called statistical space is a measurable space adding a family of probability measures. Most topics in the book will be developed based on this term. The book includes some typical data sets, such as the relation between race and the death penalty verdict, the behavior of food intake of two kinds of Zucker rats, and the per capita income and expenditure in China during the 1978 2002 period. Emphasis is given to the process of finding appropriate statistical techniques and methods of evaluating these techniques.

Contents: Statistical Spaces; Methods of Statistical Tests; The Comparison of Test Statistics; Parametric Tests for Simple Models; Parametric Tests for Regression Models. ... Read more

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Social scientists study complex phenomena about which they often propose intricate hypotheses tested with linear-interactive or multiplicative terms. While interaction terms are hardly new to social science research, researchers have yet to develop a common methodology for using and interpreting them. Modeling and Interpreting Interactive Hypotheses in Regression Analysis provides step-by-step guidance on how to connect substantive theories to statistical models and how to interpret and present the results.

"Kam and Franzese is a must-have for all empirical social scientists interested in teasing out the complexities of their data."
---Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University

"Kam and Franzese have written what will become the definitive source on dealing with interaction terms and testing interactive hypotheses. It will serve as the standard reference for political scientists and will be one of those books that everyone will turn to when helping our students or doing our work. But more than that, this book is the best text I have seen for getting students to really think about the importance of careful specification and testing of their hypotheses."
---David A. M. Peterson, Texas A&M University

"Kam and Franzese have given scholars and teachers of regression models something they've needed for years: a clear, concise guide to understanding multiplicative interactions. Motivated by real substantive examples and packed with valuable examples and graphs, their book belongs on the shelf of every working social scientist."
---Christopher Zorn, University of South Carolina

"Kam and Franzese make it easy to model what good researchers have known for a long time: many important and interesting causal effects depend on the presence of other conditions. Their book shows how to explore interactive hypotheses in your own research and how to present your results. The book is straightforward yet technically sophisticated. There are no more excuses for misunderstanding, misrepresenting, or simply missing out on interaction effects!"
---Andrew Gould, University of Notre Dame

Cindy D. Kam is Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California, Davis.

Robert J. Franzese Jr. is Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan, and Research Associate Professor, Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.

For datasets, syntax, and worksheets to help readers work through the examples covered in the book, visit: www.press.umich.edu/KamFranzese/Interactions.html

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BOOK DEALS WITH THE LOGICAL QUESTION " WHEN IS ONE HYPOTHESIS BETTER SUPPORTED BY GIVEN EVIDENCE THAN IS ANOTHER?" ... Read more

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This Master Thesis gives an overview of the research into the efficient market hypothesis from its first days in the 1950s to the present. The discussion of theoretical models and concepts is being complemented by a review of relevant empirical evidence from international capital markets. The thesis is completed by a brief outlook on newer research venues, including models employing behavioural finance approaches. ... Read more