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Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Decision theory

The Production of Knowledge - Enhancing Progress in Social Science (Paperback): Colin Elman, John Gerring, James Mahoney The Production of Knowledge - Enhancing Progress in Social Science (Paperback)
Colin Elman, John Gerring, James Mahoney
R1,209 Discovery Miles 12 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Whilst a great deal of progress has been made in recent decades, concerns persist about the course of the social sciences. Progress in these disciplines is hard to assess and core scientific goals such as discovery, transparency, reproducibility, and cumulation remain frustratingly out of reach. Despite having technical acumen and an array tools at their disposal, today's social scientists may be only slightly better equipped to vanquish error and construct an edifice of truth than their forbears - who conducted analyses with slide rules and wrote up results with typewriters. This volume considers the challenges facing the social sciences, as well as possible solutions. In doing so, we adopt a systemic view of the subject matter. What are the rules and norms governing behavior in the social sciences? What kinds of research, and which sorts of researcher, succeed and fail under the current system? In what ways does this incentive structure serve, or subvert, the goal of scientific progress?

Ebook Publishing Made Easy (Paperback): Bolanle Afolayan Ebook Publishing Made Easy (Paperback)
Bolanle Afolayan
R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Consumer Decision Neuroscience - Ausgewahlte Beitrage (German, Paperback, 1. Aufl. 2022): Nadine R. Gier Consumer Decision Neuroscience - Ausgewahlte Beitrage (German, Paperback, 1. Aufl. 2022)
Nadine R. Gier
R1,083 Discovery Miles 10 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Dieses Open-Access-Buch zur Consumer Decision Neuroscience verfolgt das Ziel, durch die Integration neurowissenschaftlicher Methoden in die Kaufer- und Konsumentenverhaltensforschung die Identifikation verhaltensrelevanter, neurophysiologischer Variablen zu ermoeglichen, um darauf aufbauend eine Theorieerweiterung zu schaffen. In ausgewahlten Beitragen werden Kaufer- und Konsumentenentscheidungsprozesse anhand verschiedener methodischer, neurowissenschaftlich fundierter Herangehensweisen empirisch untersucht, um die Entscheidungsprozesse umfassend beschreiben, effektiver unterstutzen und erfolgreich vorhersagen zu koennen.

How the Brain Makes Decisions (Hardcover): Thomas Boraud How the Brain Makes Decisions (Hardcover)
Thomas Boraud
R1,452 Discovery Miles 14 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

What if our ability to make decisions was more a matter of chance than a rational process? It has long been recognized that the mind decides, the body obeys. However, as the author of this book argues, in reality it might just be the opposite. The decision-making process is produced by cerebral matter. It is a random phenomenon that results from competing processes within a network whose architecture has changed little since the first vertebrates. This book presents a 'bottom-up' approach to understanding decision making, starting from the fundamental question: what are the basic properties that a neural network of decision making needs to possess? Combining data drawn from phylogeny and physiology, the book provides a general framework for the neurobiology of decision-making in vertebrates, and explains how it evolved from the lamprey to the apes. It also looks at the consequences of such a framework: how it impacts our capacity for reasoning, and considers some aspects of the pathophysiology of higher brain functions. It ends with an open discussion of more philosophical concepts such as the nature of Free-will. Written in a lively and accessible style, the book presents an exciting perspective on understanding decision making.

Now Elected, Now What? - The Path to Successful School District Governance (Paperback): Chuck Namit Now Elected, Now What? - The Path to Successful School District Governance (Paperback)
Chuck Namit
R1,204 R784 Discovery Miles 7 840 Save R420 (35%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The information in this book will provide board members with simple tools to become an effective member of the board, even in the first term. Board members are introduced to Values Governance (R) system that incorporates community process techniques, curricular, and instructional innovations. This new model provides greater efficiency, effectiveness, and coherence in the governance of the board. With the completion of this survival guide, the new board member is ready to join the board with some skills in hand.

Risk Analysis and Management for Projects (RAMP), Third Edition (Paperback, 3rd edition): Institution of Civil Engineers, The... Risk Analysis and Management for Projects (RAMP), Third Edition (Paperback, 3rd edition)
Institution of Civil Engineers, The Actuaries Profession
R2,089 Discovery Miles 20 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

RAMP is a structured process for evaluating and controlling risk in major projects and this practical, working handbook is for everyone involved in the financial, commercial, legal or engineering aspects of a project. Providing a framework for identifying, analysing and responding to risks and then placing a financial value on them, the RAMP process covers the whole life of the asset involved, including post-completion reviews and methods for controlling any risks that remain, to increase the chances of overall project success. It can be applied to `hard' projects involving construction of physical assets or `soft' projects involving business acquisitions or the launch of a new product.

Environmental Sustainability for Engineers and Applied Scientists (Paperback): Greg Peters, Magdalena Svanstroem Environmental Sustainability for Engineers and Applied Scientists (Paperback)
Greg Peters, Magdalena Svanstroem
R1,437 Discovery Miles 14 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This textbook presents key theoretical approaches to understanding issues of sustainability and environmental management, perfectly bridging the gap between engineering and environmental science. It begins with the fundamentals of environmental modelling and toxicology, which are then used to discuss qualitative and quantitative risk assessment methods, and environmental assessments of product design. It discusses how business and government can work towards sustainability, focusing on managerial and legal tools, before considering ethics and how decisions on environmental management can be made. Students will learn quantitative methods while also gaining an understanding of qualitative, legal, and ethical aspects of sustainability. Practical applications are included throughout, and there are study questions at the end of each chapter. PowerPoint slides and jpegs of all the figures in the book are provided online. This is the perfect textbook on environmental studies for engineering and applied science students.

Take It Easy 1 (Paperback): Donovan Whyte Take It Easy 1 (Paperback)
Donovan Whyte
R384 Discovery Miles 3 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Heterogenitaet ALS Chance - Lehrerprofessionalitaet Im Wandel (German, Paperback): Gerd-bodo Von Carlsburg Heterogenitaet ALS Chance - Lehrerprofessionalitaet Im Wandel (German, Paperback)
Gerd-bodo Von Carlsburg; Ingeborg Seitz
R2,736 R2,325 Discovery Miles 23 250 Save R411 (15%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In Zeiten der Wissensgesellschaft, der Globalisierung und der damit verbundenen internationalen vergleichenden Studien nimmt die Untersuchung Bezug auf die Frage nach der Konkurrenzfahigkeit der Modernisierung des Systems Schule der letzten Jahre. Im Mittelpunkt der aktuellen Reformbestrebungen steht der Schuler. Vernachlassigt wird trotz der Pluralitat der erziehungswissenschaftlichen Theorien die Frage nach einer angemessenen Qualifikation der primaren, praktischen Agenten des Reformprozesses. Stehen die theoretischen Anspruche an eine adaquate, ideale Lehrerprofessionalitat im Widerspruch zum demografischen Alterungsprozess unserer Gesellschaft und somit der Lehrerkollegien? Am Beispiel der Bildungsreform des Bundeslandes Baden-Wurttemberg wurde nach Richtungsweisungen fur diese scheinbare Dichotomie mit der Absicht der qualitatssichernden Optimierung und gesundheitsfoerdernden Balancierung der Anforderungen und Herausforderungen des schulischen Umfeldes und den subjektiv-personellen Potenzen der Lehrer gesucht.

Basic Geometry of Voting (Paperback, 1995 ed.): Donald G. Saari Basic Geometry of Voting (Paperback, 1995 ed.)
Donald G. Saari
R2,981 Discovery Miles 29 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Amazingly, the complexities of voting theory can be explained and resolved with comfortable geometry. A geometry which unifies such seemingly disparate topics as manipulation, monotonicity, and even the apportionment issues of the US Supreme Court. Although directed mainly toward students and others wishing to learn about voting, experts will discover here many previously unpublished results. As an example, a new profile decomposition quickly resolves the age-old controversies of Condorcet and Borda, demonstrates that the rankings of pairwise and other methods differ because they rely on different information, casts serious doubt on the reliability of a Condorcet winner as a standard for the field, makes the famous Arrow's Theorem predictable, and simplifies the construction of examples.

Modelling Mortality with Actuarial Applications (Hardcover): Angus S. Macdonald, Stephen J. Richards, Iain D. Currie Modelling Mortality with Actuarial Applications (Hardcover)
Angus S. Macdonald, Stephen J. Richards, Iain D. Currie
R2,067 Discovery Miles 20 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Actuaries have access to a wealth of individual data in pension and insurance portfolios, but rarely use its full potential. This book will pave the way, from methods using aggregate counts to modern developments in survival analysis. Based on the fundamental concept of the hazard rate, Part I shows how and why to build statistical models, based on data at the level of the individual persons in a pension scheme or life insurance portfolio. Extensive use is made of the R statistics package. Smooth models, including regression and spline models in one and two dimensions, are covered in depth in Part II. Finally, Part III uses multiple-state models to extend survival models beyond the simple life/death setting, and includes a brief introduction to the modern counting process approach. Practising actuaries will find this book indispensable, and students will find it helpful when preparing for their professional examinations.

Sleeping On The Anointing - You're not an Oops, you're an awe. (Paperback): Derek Bryan Sleeping On The Anointing - You're not an Oops, you're an awe. (Paperback)
Derek Bryan
R388 Discovery Miles 3 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Let Kids Be Kids - Raising Happy, Healthy and Safe Children (Paperback): Susie O'Neill Let Kids Be Kids - Raising Happy, Healthy and Safe Children (Paperback)
Susie O'Neill
R549 Discovery Miles 5 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
International Health and Safety at Work Revision Guide - for the NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational... International Health and Safety at Work Revision Guide - for the NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (Paperback, 3rd edition)
Ed Ferrett
R996 Discovery Miles 9 960 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

1. Fully aligned to the NEBOSH International Certificate in Health and Safety (IGC) 2019 syllabus 2. An authoritative and helpful study guide for the c.30,000 students a year worldwide pursuing the IGC qualification 3. Written by renowned health and safety expert and former NEBOSH Vice Chairman Dr Ed Ferrett 4. Accessible text design, clearly mapping out key learning outcomes and revision points for easy learning and memorization 5. Companion guide to the 4th edition of the renowned International Health and Safety at Work textbook

Collective Bargaining Preparation Essentials - The Handbook (Second Edition) (Paperback, 2nd ed.): Hugh J Finlayson Collective Bargaining Preparation Essentials - The Handbook (Second Edition) (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
Hugh J Finlayson
R608 Discovery Miles 6 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Lighting the Path For Arya (Paperback): Dan Angkiangco Lighting the Path For Arya (Paperback)
Dan Angkiangco
R487 Discovery Miles 4 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Games, Strategies, and Decision Making (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2014): Joseph Harrington Games, Strategies, and Decision Making (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2014)
Joseph Harrington
R2,643 Discovery Miles 26 430 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This innovative textbook makes the tools and applications of game theory and strategic reasoning both fascinating and easy to understand. Each chapter focuses a specific strategic situation as a way of introducing core concepts informally at first, then more fully, with a minimum of mathematics. At the heart of the book is a diverse collection of strategic scenarios, not only from business and politics, but from history, fiction, sports, and everyday life as well. With this approach, students don't just learn clever answers to puzzles, but instead acquire genuine insights into human behaviour. Written for major courses in economics, business, political science, and international relations, this textbook is accessible to students across the undergraduate spectrum.

Sichtweisen Erfolgreicher Schulleiter - Eine Analyse Zur Fuehrung Von Good-Practice-Schulen Im Uebergang Schule - Beruf in Der... Sichtweisen Erfolgreicher Schulleiter - Eine Analyse Zur Fuehrung Von Good-Practice-Schulen Im Uebergang Schule - Beruf in Der Internationalen Bodenseeregion (German, Hardcover)
Joachim Rottmann; Armin Sehrer
R1,670 Discovery Miles 16 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Schulen haben seit Jahren neue Freiheiten der Schulentwicklung. Diese Forschungsarbeit betrachtet dabei die Rolle der Schulleiter und geht der Frage nach, wie Schulen in Deutschland, OEsterreich und der Schweiz diese Freiheiten in der Berufsorientierung und im UEbergangsmanagement von der Schule zum Beruf empfinden und nutzen. Mit einem Methodenmix werden Good-Practice-Schulen in der internationalen Bodenseeregion identifiziert. Die Sichtweisen der entsprechenden Schulleiter und Experten der Schulentwicklung wurden in Leitfadeninterviews erhoben und analysiert. In diesem Beitrag zur UEbergangs-, Schulleiter- und Regionalforschung werden unterschiedliche Schulleitertypen herausgearbeitet und daraus ein heuristisches Modell sowie praxisrelevante und bildungspolitische Empfehlungen abgeleitet.

The Engerny Thing (Paperback): James Titmas The Engerny Thing (Paperback)
James Titmas
R350 R322 Discovery Miles 3 220 Save R28 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Global Catastrophic Risks (Paperback): Nick Bostrom, Milan M. Cirkovic Global Catastrophic Risks (Paperback)
Nick Bostrom, Milan M. Cirkovic
R871 Discovery Miles 8 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A global catastrophic risk is one with the potential to wreak death and destruction on a global scale. In human history, wars and plagues have done so on more than one occasion, and misguided ideologies and totalitarian regimes have darkened an entire era or a region. Advances in technology are adding dangers of a new kind. It could happen again.
In Global Catastrophic Risks 25 leading experts look at the gravest risks facing humanity in the 21st century, including asteroid impacts, gamma-ray bursts, Earth-based natural catastrophes, nuclear war, terrorism, global warming, biological weapons, totalitarianism, advanced nanotechnology, general artificial intelligence, and social collapse. The book also addresses over-arching issues - policy responses and methods for predicting and managing catastrophes.
This is invaluable reading for anyone interested in the big issues of our time; for students focusing on science, society, technology, and public policy; and for academics, policy-makers, and professionals working in these acutely important fields.

Being Rational and Being Right (Paperback): Juan Comesana Being Rational and Being Right (Paperback)
Juan Comesana
R753 Discovery Miles 7 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In Being Rational and Being Right, Juan Comesana argues for a cluster of theses related to the rationality of action and belief. His starting point is that rational action requires rational belief but tolerates false belief. From there, Comesana provides a novel account of empirical evidence according to which said evidence consists of the content of undefeated experiences. This view, which Comesana calls Experientialism, differs from the two main views of empirical evidence on offer nowadays: Factualism, according to which our evidence is what we know, and Psychologism, according to which our experiences themselves are evidence. He reasons that Experientialism fares better than these rival views in explaining different features of rational belief and action. Comesana embeds this discussion in a Bayesian framework, and discusses in addition the problem of normative requirements, the easy knowledge problem, and how Experientialism compares to forms of evidentialism and reliabilism.

Risk: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback, New): Baruch Fischhoff, John Kadvany Risk: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback, New)
Baruch Fischhoff, John Kadvany
R299 R270 Discovery Miles 2 700 Save R29 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

We find risks everywhere-from genetically modified crops, medical malpractice, and stem-cell therapy to intimacy, online predators, identity theft, inflation, and robbery. They arise from our own acts and they are imposed on us. In this Very Short Introduction, Baruch Fischhoff and John Kadvany draw on the sciences and humanities to explore and explain the many kinds of risk. Using simple conceptual frameworks from decision theory and behavioural research, they examine the science and practice of creating measures of risk, showing how scientists address risks by combining historical records, scientific theories, probability, and expert judgment.Risk: A Very Short Introduction describes what has been learned by cognitive scientists about how people deal with risks, applying these lessons to diverse examples, and demonstrating how understanding risk can aid choices in everyday life and public policies for health, safety, environment, finance, and many other topics. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Bildungsziel Nachhaltigkeit!? - Eine Interdisziplinaere Reflexion (German, Hardcover): Gerhard Droesser Bildungsziel Nachhaltigkeit!? - Eine Interdisziplinaere Reflexion (German, Hardcover)
Gerhard Droesser; Sascha Zinn
R2,222 Discovery Miles 22 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Die Jahre 2005 bis 2014 wurden durch die UN-Vollversammlung zur Weltdekade Bildung fur nachhaltige Entwicklung ausgerufen. Dabei ist das theoretische Fundament vielen Bildungsakteuren nur unzureichend bekannt. Dies - so die zentrale These dieser Arbeit - hat seine Ursache im mangelnden nachhaltigkeitstheoretischen Bezug der Bildung fur nachhaltige Entwicklung. Die Arbeit bietet diesen theoretischen Rahmen. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Frage nach den Werten in der Natur. Zur Beantwortung dieser Frage wird ein differenzierter Blick auf die Phanomenbereiche der Werte und der Natur genommen, um aus dieser Perspektive die beiden konkurrierenden Konzepte der starken und schwachen Nachhaltigkeit zu reflektieren.

Portfolio ALS Baustein Einer Neuen Lernkultur - Eine Empirische Studie Zur Implementierung Des Europaeischen Portfolios Der... Portfolio ALS Baustein Einer Neuen Lernkultur - Eine Empirische Studie Zur Implementierung Des Europaeischen Portfolios Der Sprachen (German, Hardcover)
Gabriele Blell; Carmen Becker
R1,469 Discovery Miles 14 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Seit der Einfuhrung des Europaischen Portfolios der Sprachen (EPS) im Jahr 2001 ist dem Portfolio ein starkes Potenzial zur Veranderung der Lernkultur im Fremdsprachenunterricht zugeschrieben worden. Die quantitative empirische Studie untersucht die Wirksamkeit der Portfolioimplementierung sowie das Modifikationspotenzial des EPS aus der Sicht von Lehrkraften. Der niedersachsische Modellversuch zur Einfuhrung des EPS wird evaluiert und die Untersuchungsergebnisse zur Bildung eines Modells fur die Implementierung herangezogen. Im Ergebnis zeigt sich, dass das Innovationspotenzial des EPS nur wirken kann, wenn Lehrkrafte Veranderungen auf den Ebenen der Organisation sowie der Lern- und Gesprachskultur vornehmen.

Anticipating Correlations - A New Paradigm for Risk Management (Hardcover): Robert Engle Anticipating Correlations - A New Paradigm for Risk Management (Hardcover)
Robert Engle
R1,476 Discovery Miles 14 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Financial markets respond to information virtually instantaneously. Each new piece of information influences the prices of assets and their correlations with each other, and as the system rapidly changes, so too do correlation forecasts. This fast-evolving environment presents econometricians with the challenge of forecasting dynamic correlations, which are essential inputs to risk measurement, portfolio allocation, derivative pricing, and many other critical financial activities. In Anticipating Correlations, Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Engle introduces an important new method for estimating correlations for large systems of assets: Dynamic Conditional Correlation (DCC).

Engle demonstrates the role of correlations in financial decision making, and addresses the economic underpinnings and theoretical properties of correlations and their relation to other measures of dependence. He compares DCC with other correlation estimators such as historical correlation, exponential smoothing, and multivariate GARCH, and he presents a range of important applications of DCC. Engle presents the asymmetric model and illustrates it using a multicountry equity and bond return model. He introduces the new FACTOR DCC model that blends factor models with the DCC to produce a model with the best features of both, and illustrates it using an array of U.S. large-cap equities. Engle shows how overinvestment in collateralized debt obligations, or CDOs, lies at the heart of the subprime mortgage crisis--and how the correlation models in this book could have foreseen the risks. A technical chapter of econometric results also is included.

Based on the Econometric and Tinbergen Institutes Lectures, "Anticipating Correlations" puts powerful new forecasting tools into the hands of researchers, financial analysts, risk managers, derivative quants, and graduate students.

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