Category: Textbooks

Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology (PDF) describes and illustrates criminal justice research topics, including ethics in research, research design, operationalization of variables, causation, sampling, validity, methods of data collection (including surveys), reliance on existing data, and reliability. For each approach, the ebook addresses the procedures and issues involved,

Tumors/cancers are described by uncontrolled growths of abnormal cells that spread beyond their usual boundaries and disturb the normal functions of affected organs and systems. Though about 75%–80% of tumors/cancers arise sporadically without a family connection, 20%–25% appear to be familial (counting 10%–15% nonhereditary familial tumors [or familial tumors] and

Using the innovative approach and powerful examples that have become the signature of this longtime market leader, Brigham/Houston’s Fundamentals Of Financial Management, 15e, (PDF) continues to equip learners with a thorough understanding of the “why” and “what” of corporate finance and financial management. Its unique balance of contemporary theory, clear

Balancing application with theory and featuring an engaging, student-friendly writing style, Updated to reflect today’s political climate, Introduction to Comparative Politics: Political Challenges and Changing Agendas 8th edition (PDF) offers a country-by-country approach that allows college students to examine similarities and differences among countries and within and between political systems.

Design Optimization of Fluid Machinery: Applying Computational Fluid Dynamics and Numerical Optimization (PDF) Drawing on extensive experience and research, this timely ebook brings together numerical optimization methods for fluid machinery and its key industrial applications. It logically lays out the context required to understand computational fluid dynamics by introducing the