Skewed Studies

Author : Sally Kuykendall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781440863998

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Skewed Studies by Sally Kuykendall Pdf

In these uncertain times, how much can you trust health news? Is the research behind breaking headlines reliable? This book is an indispensable resource for students and general readers, helping them evaluate and think critically about health information. "People Who Drink Coffee Live Longer." "Students Learn Better When Listening to Classical Music." "Scientists Discover the Gene That Causes Obesity." We are constantly bombarded with reports of "groundbreaking" health findings that use attention-grabbing headlines and seem to be backed by credible science. Yet many of these studies and the news articles that discuss them fall prey to a variety of problems that can produce misleading and inaccurate results. Some of these may be easy to notice—like a research study on the benefits of red meat funded by the beef industry, or a study with a sample size of only 10 people—but others are much harder to spot. Skewed Studies: Exploring the Limits and Flaws of Health and Psychology Research examines the most pervasive problems plaguing health research and reporting today, using clear, accessible language and employing real-world examples to illustrate key concepts. Beyond simply outlining issues, it provides readers with the knowledge and skills to evaluate research studies and news reports for themselves, improving their health literacy and critical thinking skills.

Author : Marc G. Genton
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004-07-27
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781135437312

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Skew-Elliptical Distributions and Their Applications by Marc G. Genton Pdf

This book reviews the state-of-the-art advances in skew-elliptical distributions and provides many new developments in a single volume, collecting theoretical results and applications previously scattered throughout the literature. The main goal of this research area is to develop flexible parametric classes of distributions beyond the classical normal distribution. The book is divided into two parts. The first part discusses theory and inference for skew-elliptical distribution. The second part examines applications and case studies, including areas such as economics, finance, oceanography, climatology, environmetrics, engineering, image processing, astronomy, and biomedical science.

Author : Sally Kuykendall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9798216145554

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Skewed Studies by Sally Kuykendall Pdf

In these uncertain times, how much can you trust health news? Is the research behind breaking headlines reliable? This book is an indispensable resource for students and general readers, helping them evaluate and think critically about health information. "People Who Drink Coffee Live Longer." "Students Learn Better When Listening to Classical Music." "Scientists Discover the Gene That Causes Obesity." We are constantly bombarded with reports of "groundbreaking" health findings that use attention-grabbing headlines and seem to be backed by credible science. Yet many of these studies and the news articles that discuss them fall prey to a variety of problems that can produce misleading and inaccurate results. Some of these may be easy to notice—like a research study on the benefits of red meat funded by the beef industry, or a study with a sample size of only 10 people—but others are much harder to spot. Skewed Studies: Exploring the Limits and Flaws of Health and Psychology Research examines the most pervasive problems plaguing health research and reporting today, using clear, accessible language and employing real-world examples to illustrate key concepts. Beyond simply outlining issues, it provides readers with the knowledge and skills to evaluate research studies and news reports for themselves, improving their health literacy and critical thinking skills.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Curves in engineering
ISBN : 9780309258395

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Guidelines for Analysis Methods and Construction Engineering of Curved and Skewed Steel Girder Bridges by Anonim Pdf

"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 725: Guidelines for Analysis Methods and Construction Engineering of Curved and Skewed Steel Girder Bridges offers guidance on the appropriate level of analysis needed to determine the constructability and constructed geometry of curved and skewed steel girder bridges. When appropriate in lieu of a 3D analysis, the guidelines also introduce improvements to 1D and 2D analyses that require little additional computational costs."--Publication information.

Author : Dr. V. C. Sinha,Dr. Alok Gupta,Dr. Jitendra Kumar Saxena
Publisher : SBPD Publications
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Business Statistics by Dr. V. C. Sinha, Dr. Alok Gupta, Dr. Jitendra Kumar Saxena (SBPD Publications) by Dr. V. C. Sinha,Dr. Alok Gupta,Dr. Jitendra Kumar Saxena Pdf

An excellent book for commerce students appearing in competitive, professional and other examinations. Business Statistics 1.Statistics : Concept, Nature and Limitations, 2.Statistics : Scope and Significance, 3.Types and Collection of Data, 4. Classification and Tabulation of Data, 5. Frequency Distribution, 6. Graphic Presentation of Data, 7. Measures of Central Tendency (Mean, Median, Mode), 8. Measures of Variation or Dispersion (Rang, Q. D., M. D. & S. D.), 9. Measures of Skewness, 10. Measures of Kurtosis, 11. Correlation, 12. Regression Analysis, 13. Probability Theory, 14. Probability Distributions (Binomial, Poisson and Normal), 15. Sampling Theory and Tests of Significance. 16. Appendix. SYLLABUS Unit I : Statistics : Concept, Significance & Limitation, Type of Data, Classification & Tabulation, Frequency Distribution & Graphical Representation. Unit II : Measures of Central Tendency (Mean, Median, Mode), Measures of Variation : Significance & Properties of a Good Measure of Variation : Range, Quartile Deviation, Mean Deviation and Standard Deviation, Measures of Skewness & Kurtosis. Unit III :Correlation : Significance of Correlation, Types of correlation, Simple Correlation, Scatter Diagram Method, Karl Pearson Coefficient of Correlation. Regression : Introduction, Regression Lines, Regression Equation & Regression Coefficient. Unit IV :Probability : Concept, Events, Addition Law, Conditional Probability, Multiplication Law & Baye’s Theorem [Simple Numerical], Probability Distribution : Binomial, Poisson and Normal. Unit V : Sampling Method of Sampling, Sampling and Non-Sampling Errors. Test of Hypothesis, Type-I and Type-II Errors, Large Sample Tests.

Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Pavements, Concrete
ISBN : ERDC:35925002458419

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Concrete Pavement Design and Performance Studies: 1960 by National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board Pdf

Author : Reinmar Hager,Clara B. Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521864091

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Reproductive Skew in Vertebrates by Reinmar Hager,Clara B. Jones Pdf

Skew theory investigates the genetic and ecological factors causal to the partitioning of reproduction in animal groups and may yield fundamental insights into the evolution of animal sociality. This book brings together new theory and empirical work, mostly in vertebrates, to test assumptions and predictions of skew models.

Author : Cynthia R. Daniels,Associate Professor of Political Science Cynthia R Daniels
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006-08-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780195148411

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Exposing Men by Cynthia R. Daniels,Associate Professor of Political Science Cynthia R Daniels Pdf

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Author : Rune Elvik,Truls Vaa,Alena Hoye,Michael Sorensen
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 1137 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-14
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781848552500

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The Handbook of Road Safety Measures by Rune Elvik,Truls Vaa,Alena Hoye,Michael Sorensen Pdf

Contains summaries of the knowledge regarding the effects of 128 road safety measures. This title covers various areas of road safety including: traffic control; vehicle inspection; driver training; publicity campaigns; police enforcement; and, general policy instruments. It also covers topics such as post-accident care, and speed cameras.

Author : Vsevolod Kapatsinski
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780262037860

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Changing Minds Changing Tools by Vsevolod Kapatsinski Pdf

A book that uses domain-general learning theory to explain recurrent trajectories of language change. In this book, Vsevolod Kapatsinski argues that language acquisition—often approached as an isolated domain, subject to its own laws and mechanisms—is simply learning, subject to the same laws as learning in other domains and well described by associative models. Synthesizing research in domain-general learning theory as it relates to language acquisition, Kapatsinski argues that the way minds change as a result of experience can help explain how languages change over time and can predict the likely directions of language change—which in turn predicts what kinds of structures we find in the languages of the world. What we know about how we learn (the core question of learning theory) can help us understand why languages are the way they are (the core question of theoretical linguistics). Taking a dynamic, usage-based perspective, Kapatsinski focuses on diachronic universals, recurrent pathways of language change, rather than synchronic universals, properties that all languages share. Topics include associative approaches to learning and the neural implementation of the proposed mechanisms; selective attention; units of language; a comparison of associative and Bayesian approaches to learning; representation in the mind of visual and auditory experience; the production of new words and new forms of words; and automatization of repeated action sequences. This approach brings us closer to understanding why languages are the way they are, Kapatsinski contends, than approaches premised on innate knowledge of language universals and the language acquisition device.

Author : Judith Pallott,Elena Katz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781786730336

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Waiting at the Prison Gate by Judith Pallott,Elena Katz Pdf

The Russian Federation has one of the largest prison populations in the world. Women in particular are profoundly affected by the imprisonment of a family member. Families and Punishment in Russia details the experiences of these women-be they wives, mothers, girlfriends, daughters-who, as relatives of Russia's three-quarters of a million prisoners, are the "invisible victims" of the country's harsh penal policy. A pioneering work that offers a unique lens through which various aspects of life in twenty-first century Russia can be observed: the workings of criminal sub-cultures; societal attitudes to parenthood, marriage and marital fidelity; young women's quests for a husband; nostalgia for the Soviet period; state strategies towards dealing with political opponents; and the social construction of gender roles.

Author : Todd Aaron Helwig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Girders
ISBN : NWU:35556036046290

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Cross-frame and Diaphragm Behavior for Steel Bridges with Skewed Supports by Todd Aaron Helwig Pdf

Author : David J. Wing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NASA:31769000447303

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Static Performance Investigation of a Skewed-throat Multiaxis Thrust-vectoring Nozzle Concept by David J. Wing Pdf

Author : Fabio Biondini,Dan M. Frangopol
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 4119 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780203103388

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Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Resilience and Sustainability by Fabio Biondini,Dan M. Frangopol Pdf

Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Resilience and Sustainability contains the lectures and papers presented at The Sixth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2012), held in Stresa, Lake Maggiore, Italy, 8-12 July, 2012. This volume consists of a book of extended abstracts (800 pp) Extensive collection of revised expert papers on recent advances in bridge maintenance, safety, management and life-cycle performance, representing a major contribution to the knowledge base of all areas of the field.

Author : Miguel Ángel Carrasco,Fco. Pablo Holgado-Tello,José Antonio Lozano Lozano,Susana Sanduvete-Chaves,Salvador Chacón-Moscoso
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832521311

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Towards a basic standard methodology for international research in psychology by Miguel Ángel Carrasco,Fco. Pablo Holgado-Tello,José Antonio Lozano Lozano,Susana Sanduvete-Chaves,Salvador Chacón-Moscoso Pdf