Category: Textbooks

This singular reference, Handbook of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work Practice and Research (PDF) explores religion and spirituality as a vital, though often misconstrued, a lens for building a better understanding of and empathy with clients. A diverse palette of faiths and traditions is compared and contrasted (occasionally with

Introducing statistical ideas and practice in a style liberal arts majors can fully understand, Statistics: Concepts and Controversies 9th Edition, (PDF) by Notz and Moore gives you the tools that will help college students and other readers grasp the impact of statistics on all aspects of our lives. A newer

Revised and expanded to reflect the most recent innovations in the field, The Scientific Examination of Documents: Methods and Techniques 4th edition (PDF) is an accessible and handy volume detailing current best-practices for forensic document examination. Since the 1st edition published in 1989, there have been many drastic changes in

Framed in a student-friendly writing style, this textbook, Healey’s The Essentials of Statistics: A Tool for Social Research 4th edition (PDF) presents the essentials of statistics with an applied approach. Author Joseph Healey encourages skill development for statistical literacy, emphasizing computational competence and the ability to read social science literature

Feedback can dramatically improve student learning – if done correctly. Giving high-quality feedback is one of the most vital roles of a teacher. But if the feedback is not done accurately it can have a slight – or even negative effect – on learning. Challenging Learning Through Feedback (PDF) provides teachers with