The third edition gives students the extra guidance with SPSS they need without taking up valuable in-class time. Designed to work across disciplines, the step-by-step examples, hints and insights will give students the extra guidance they need to pick an analysis, run it using SPSS, and write it up. From measures of central tendency up to linear regression, the third edition covers topics most commonly covered in introductory statistics classes, showing the user how to plan a study, prepare data for analysis, perform the analysis and interpret the output from SPSS. The new Third Edition covers IBM (R) SPSS (R) version 25, includes a new section on Syntax, and all chapters have been updated to reflect current menu options along with many SPSS screenshots, making the process much simpler for the user. In addition, helpful hints and insights are provided through the features "Tips and Caveats" and "Sidebars."
Seven Skills of Media Literacy 1st Edition supplements W. James Potter's core text, Media Literacy 9th Edition. Seven Skills will go into depth about how to teach the seven skills that will help improve student's media literacy in their everyday lives. Potter offers practical guidance and exercises, with each chapter of the book addressing one skill.
Helping students of all disciplines build the skills they need to recruit, select, train, and develop people, this second edition explores the important strategic function HR plays in today's organizations. A wide variety of applications, self-assessments, and experiential exercises keep students engaged and help them see the relevancy of HR as they learn skills they can use in their personal and professional lives. Bestselling authors Robert N. Lussier and John R. Hendon include 13 new case studies and new coverage of the agile workplace, generational differences, gamification, social media, and diversity and inclusion.
Social Welfare Policy in a Changing World is an approachable and student-friendly text that links policy and practice and employs a critical analytic lens to U.S. social welfare policy. With particular attention to disparities based on class, race/ethnicity, ability, sexual orientation and gender, authors Shannon R. Lane, Elizabeth Palley, and Corey Shdaimah assess the impact of policies at the micro, meso, and macro levels.
Working Under Budget, Time, Data, and Political Constraints
RealWorld Evaluation: Working Under Budget, Time, Data, and Political Constraints addresses the challenges of conducting program evaluations in real-world contexts where evaluators and their clients face budget and time constraints. The text is organized around the authors' seven-step model that has been tested in workshops and practice environments to help the evaluation implementers and managers make the best choices when faced with real world constraints. New to this edition: A new chapter focusing on gender equality and women's empowerment provides an overview of approaches for assessing program impacts and helping readers achieve a conceptual understanding of these issues. Coverage of Digital technology and Data science is now included to explore the opportunities and challenges in building bridges between data scientists and development evaluators and offer insights on ethical and responsible data practices. Increased coverage of themes regarding complexity, emergence, issue of agency, and implications of equity has been added throughout. Equity issues are discussed throughout to emphasize the need for a complexity-focused evaluation methodology and expand readers' knowledge of these programs.
The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving
Drawing on more than 40 years of experience with policy analysis, best-selling authors Eugene Bardach and Eric M. Patashnik use real-world examples to teach students how to be effective, accurate, and persuasive policy analysts. The Sixth Edition of A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis presents dozens of concrete tips, new case studies, and step-by-step strategies for the budding analyst as well as the seasoned professional.
The SAGE Guide to Writing in Corrections equips students with transferable writing skills that can be applied across the field of corrections-both academically and professionally. Authors Steven Hougland and Jennifer M. Allen interweave professional and applied writing, academic writing, and information literacy, with the result being a stronger, more confident writer in their classes and in the field.
Applications in STATA (R), IBM (R) SPSS (R), SAS (R), R, & HLM (TM)
Specifically designed for instructors teaching multilevel modeling courses where students use a variety of software packages, this text offers detailed guidance on the software and uniquely focuses on introductory multilevel modeling. The authors take a hands-on, applications-focused approach, allowing students to learn multilevel modeling using the software of their choice and highlighting the different assumptions implicit in each software package.
"It is the gold standard for texts on congressional campaigns and elections." - Bruce A. Larson, Gettysburg College In Congressional Elections: Campaigning at Home and in Washington authors Paul Herrnson and Costas Panagopoulos combine top-notch research with real-world politics as they argues that successful candidates run two campaigns: one for votes, the other for resources. Using campaign finance data, original survey research, and hundreds of interviews with candidates and political insiders, Herrnson and Panagopoulos look at how this dual strategy affects who wins and how it ultimately shapes the entire electoral system. The Eighth Edition considers the impact of the Internet and social media on campaigning in the 2018 elections; the growing influence of interest groups; and the influence of new voting methods on candidate, party, and voter mobilization tactics.
