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

Spectral Theory (PDF) offers a brief introduction to spectral theory, designed for newcomers to functional analysis. Curating the content wisely, the author builds a proof of the spectral theorem in the early part of the ebook. Following chapters illustrate a number of application areas, exploring important examples in detail. Readers

One of the best selling PDF eBooks, Organic Chemistry 10th edition by Dr. Francis Carey and Robert M. Giuliano has been designed to meet the needs of the “mainstream” 2-semester undergraduate organic chemistry course. This best-selling etextbook gives science students a solid understanding of organic chemistry by stressing how fundamental

Fundamentals of Structural Analysis 5th edition (PDF) ebook introduces, architectural and engineering students, to the basic techniques for analyzing the most common structural elements, including: cables, trusses, beams, frames, and arches. The content in this PDF etextbook covers the classical methods of analysis for determinate and indeterminate structures, and provides

This classic PDF etextbook, Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists 9e (global) provides a rigorous introduction to basic probability theory and statistical inference, with a unique balance between methodology and theory. Interesting, relevant applications use real-life data from actual studies, showing how the concepts and methods can be used to