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Explanatory Models, Unit Standards, and Personalized Learning in Educational …
The papers by Jack Stenner included in this book document the technical details of an art and science of measurement that creates new entrepreneurial business opportunities. Jack brought theory, instruments, and data together in ways that are applicable not only in the context of a given test of reading or mathematics ability, but which more importantly catalyzed literacy and numeracy capital i…
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- 30 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
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- LXXIII, 325
Diversity in Computer Science
This book is also the story of how we(the authors) as computer science researchers embarked on a journey to engage with a new research field – equity and gender in computing – about which we had only sporadic knowledge when we began. We refer here to equity and gender in computing as a research field – but in reality, this research field is a multiplicity of entangled paths, concepts, and…
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- 978-3-031-13314-5
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- Computer Science
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Self as Method
Despite China’s rise to the status of global power, many Chinese youths are anxious about their personal future, in large measure because the rapid changes have left them feeling adrift. This book, available in open access, provides a manifesto of intellectual activism that counsels China’s young people to think by themselves and for themselves. Consisting of three conversations between Xi…
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- 978-981-19-4953-1
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- 1 b/w illustrations
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- VII, 268
The Economics of Big Science
The essays in this open access volume identify the key ingredients for success in capitalizing on public investments in scientific projects and the development of large-scale research infrastructures. Investment in science – whether in education and training or through public funding for developing new research tools and technologies – is a crucial priority. Authors from big research lab…
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Standardisierte Inhaltsanalyse in der Kommunikationswissenschaft – Standard…
Im vorliegenden Open-Access Handbuch wird der Status Quo standardisierter, inhaltsanalytischer Forschung in der Kommunikationswissenschaft identifiziert, systematisiert und für Forschende und Studierende zugänglich gemacht. Es behandelt Themen- und Forschungsbereiche des Nachrichtenjournalismus, der fiktionalen Inhalte sowie der Kommunikation von professionellen und LaienkommunikatorInnen. De…
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- 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
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- XII, 478
Effective Statistical Learning Methods for Actuaries II
This book summarizes the state of the art in tree-based methods for insurance: regression trees, random forests and boosting methods. It also exhibits the tools which make it possible to assess the predictive performance of tree-based models. Actuaries need these advanced analytical tools to turn the massive data sets now at their disposal into opportunities.
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- 978-3-030-57556-4
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- Springer Actuarial
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- X, 228
The Independent Variable Problem
This open access publication deals with the operationalisation of the welfare state as an independent variable. To study how welfare states affect social inequality, individual behaviour, attitudes and more in different countries, an empirical operationalisation of the welfare state or specific elements of social policy is required. However, this operationalisation is fraught with some impor…
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- 978-3-658-39422-6
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- Sozialstrukturanalyse
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- XIII, 224
Data Science and Social Research
This edited volume lays the groundwork for Social Data Science, addressing epistemological issues, methods, technologies, software and applications of data science in the social sciences. It presents data science techniques for the collection, analysis and use of both online and offline new (big) data in social research and related applications. Among others, the individual contributions cover …
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- 978-3-319-55477-8
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- Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization
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- IX, 300
Solving Ordinary Differential Equations in Python
This open access volume explains the foundations of modern solvers for ordinary differential equations (ODEs). Formulating and solving ODEs is an essential part of mathematical modeling and computational science, and numerous solvers are available in commercial and open source software. However, no single ODE solver is the best choice for every single problem, and choosing the right solver requ…
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- 978-3-031-46768-4
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- XII, 114
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Planetary Hinterlands
This open access book considers the concept of the hinterland as a crucial tool for understanding the global and planetary present as a time defined by the lasting legacies of colonialism, increasing labor precarity under late capitalist regimes, and looming climate disasters. Traditionally seen to serve a (colonial) port or market town, the hinterland here becomes a lens to attend to the times…
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- 978-3-031-24243-4
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- XVI, 341
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