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This book is intended for the statistician or student interested
in becoming a statistical consultant, as well as clients who need
to understand what is involved in the consulting process. It
discusses different consulting environments, provides detailed
descriptions of communication skills a consultant must possess, and
provides concrete examples and case-studies of varying complexity.
Emphasis is placed on the importance of engaging the client's
understanding of the purpose and interpretation of statistical
procedures.
"Statistical Consulting" provides the reader with a detailed overview of the knowledge and communication skills that a statistician needs to be an effective consultant. The reference to "reader" is intentional since the aim of this book is to clearly illustrate what the consultant needs to know from the client--and why! For clients who need to seek the help of a statistical consultant, this book explains, in plain language, what is involved in the consulting process. This book is primarily written for the student or statistician who is interested in becoming involved in consulting activities. Different types of statistical consulting environments are discussed, followed by a detailed description of the communication skills that a statistician needs to develop to be an effective consultant. In describing the statistical methodology that a consultant can employ, the importance of engaging the client's understanding of the purpose and interpretation of a statistical procedure is emphasized. It is assumed that the reader has the necessary technical skills to apply the statistical methods used in this book. Part I of the book concludes with a consultation project reproduced in its entirety. A wide range of case studies of varying complexity are presented in Part II of the book that will help the reader understand and appreciate the diversity of projects that can arise in statistical consulting. The appendices provide valuable information on resources, details on the SAS and S-PLUS software packages, and a collection of useful reference tables. This book would also be a suitable text for a graduate course on statistical consulting and a course outline is provided for the instructor in Appendix A.
What happened to the Quebec sovereignty movement after 1995? In
Sleeping Dogs, Andrew McDougall reveals how a change in federalist
strategy, combined with an improving political context, helped
Canada stabilize its federal system and bury the "Quebec question"
for the foreseeable future. The book identifies five potential
reasons the Quebec sovereignty movement lost momentum and argues
that all contributed to a political environment that benefited
federalists. McDougall explores topics of elite accommodation,
generational change, changing identity politics, economic
globalization, and constitutional fatigue. He argues that
Canada’s federalist political elites have capitalized on these
developments to stabilize the country by dropping the national
question – even when they might still hold very different visions
of the Constitution. Building on "constitutional abeyance" theory,
the author conceives of this strategic change as the restoration of
a constitutional abeyance among federalist actors. Considering
recent history in light of subsequent developments, Sleeping Dogs
is a timely and important attempt to understand the evolving
situation in Quebec and Canadian federalism.
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Andrew McDougall; Created by Royal College of Physicians of Edinbu, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
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R702
Discovery Miles 7 020
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Roads to Confederation surveys the way in which scholars from
different disciplines, writing in different periods, viewed the
Confederation process and the making of Canada. Recognizing that
Confederation has been traditionally defined as a process affecting
only British North America's Anglophone and Francophone
communities, Roads to Confederation offers a broader approach to
the making of Canada, and includes scholarship written over 145
years. Volume 2 of this collection focuses on three major themes.
It presents research from the perspective of Canada's regions, with
one chapter focusing exclusively on the competing understandings of
1867 from the perspective of Quebec. Next, it includes material
pertaining to the geopolitical underpinnings of 1867 that addresses
the relationship between Confederation, the U.S. Civil War and
American expansionism, Great Britain and war in the European
theatre. Also included is leading scholarship by Stanley B.
Ryerson, Adele Perry, Fernand Dumond, Ian McKay and James W.
Daschuk that questions whether Confederation itself was a formative
event. Together with its companion volume, this is an invaluable
resource for those who wish to deepen their understanding of the
historical foundations on which Canada rests.
What happened to the Quebec sovereignty movement after 1995? In
Sleeping Dogs, Andrew McDougall reveals how a change in federalist
strategy, combined with an improving political context, helped
Canada stabilize its federal system and bury the "Quebec question"
for the foreseeable future. The book identifies five potential
reasons the Quebec sovereignty movement lost momentum and argues
that all contributed to a political environment that benefited
federalists. McDougall explores topics of elite accommodation,
generational change, changing identity politics, economic
globalization, and constitutional fatigue. He argues that
Canada’s federalist political elites have capitalized on these
developments to stabilize the country by dropping the national
question – even when they might still hold very different visions
of the Constitution. Building on "constitutional abeyance" theory,
the author conceives of this strategic change as the restoration of
a constitutional abeyance among federalist actors. Considering
recent history in light of subsequent developments, Sleeping Dogs
is a timely and important attempt to understand the evolving
situation in Quebec and Canadian federalism.
In recognition of Canada's sesquicentennial, this two-volume set
brings together previously published scholarship on Confederation
into one collection. The editors sought to reproduce not only the
"classic" studies about the people, ideas, and events associated
with the passage of the British North America Act, 1867, but also
scholarly works that capture the complexities of the Confederation
project. This ambitious anthology challenges the notion that there
exists one dominant narrative underpinning 1867, and includes
research that focuses on Indigenous peoples. Seven articles written
in French are translated for the first time for publication in this
collection. In the first volume of this anthology, Roads to
Confederation introduces readers to the competing approaches to the
study of Confederation and provides material that considers the
nature of the 1867 project from the perspective of peoples and
communities who have been traditionally excluded from the
literature. It also includes the definitive scholarship on the
ideational underpinnings of the making of Canada as well as several
leading articles that set out different ways to understand the
nature and purpose of the 1867 agreement.
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