Category: Textbooks

This user-friendly ebook by Patricia Leavy, Research Design: Quantitative, Qualitative, Mixed Methods, Arts-Based, and Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches (PDF) provides a step-by-step guide to using the five major approaches to research design: qualitative, quantitative, arts-based, mixed methods, and community-based participatory research. Chapters on every approach follow a unique format–they present

Chronicling the 11th US–France “Mechanics and physics of solids at micro- and nano-scales” symposium, organized by ICACM (International Center for Applied Computational Mechanics) in Paris, June 2018, this ebook addresses the breadth of issues raised. Mechanics and Physics of Solids at Micro- and Nano-Scales (PDF) covers a comprehensive range of

Health, Illness, and Society: An Introduction to Medical Sociology, Illustrated Edition, (PDF) provides a sociological perspective on health, illness, and health care. Working as an introduction to medical sociology for undergraduate and graduate students, it also offers a summary of the field for public health scholars and for medical sociologists

Introduction to Finance: Markets, Investments, and Financial Management, 16th Edition, (PDF) is now available as an improved e-text with new interactive figures for college students. This textbook builds upon the successes of its prior editions while maintaining a fresh and latest coverage of the field of finance. Distinguished authors Edgar

The Equation of Knowledge: From Bayes’ Rule to a Unified Philosophy of Science (PDF) familiarizes readers with the Bayesian approach to science: teasing out the relationship between probability and knowledge. The author struggles to make this ebook accessible to a very broad audience, suitable for students, professionals, and academics, in