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Greater racial diversity is good news for America's future
Race is once again a contentious topic in America, as shown by the divisive rise of Donald Trump and the activism of groups like Black Lives Matter. Yet Diversity Explosion argues that the current period of profound racial change will lead to a less-divided nation than today's older whites or younger minorities fear. Prominent demographer William Frey sees
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"Did you know that baseball players whose names begin with the letter "D" are more likely to die young? Or that Asian Americans are most susceptible to heart attacks on the fourth day of the month? Or that drinking a full pot of coffee every morning will add years to your life, but one cup a day increases the risk of pancreatic cancer? All of these "facts" have been argued with a straight face by credentialed researchers and backed up with reams of...
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Ya se dijo todo sobre Borges. ¿Ya se dijo todo sobre Borges? Pues no. A su obra vasta y generosa no se accede por una sola puerta de entrada, sino por una infinidad de ventanas, pasadizos y claraboyas hacia un universo que, una vez conocido, ya no se puede ni se quiere abandonar. En este libro fascinante y adictivo, Walter Sosa Escudero propone una de esas entradas: la ciencia de datos. En efecto, los números, infinitos, mapas, algoritmos, chances...
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Muchas de las investigaciones en el campo de los negocios utilizan variables cuyos datos son de tipo cualitativo o categórico, en las que no es posible la aplicación de las técnicas paramétricas. Ante esta situación, y debido a que no se dan las condiciones para utilizar los métodos de la inferencia estadística, dada la rigidez en su aplicación, los investigadores se ven limitados a desarrollar solamente un análisis descriptivo y de resumen...
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Data is a social phenomenon. This book examines the ways in which we are constantly engaging with data, consciously through the ways in which we provide data about ourselves and without awareness. It analyses the construction and use of statistics by governmental and non-governmental organisations, looking at how statistics are used in social discourse to advance interests and to achieve particular, often political ends. The authors also consider...
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At least 200,000-250,000 people died in the war in Bosnia. "There are three million child soldiers in Africa." "More than 650,000 civilians have been killed as a result of the U.S. occupation of Iraq." "Between 600,000 and 800,000 women are trafficked across borders every year." "Money laundering represents as much as 10 percent of global GDP." "Internet child porn is a $20 billion-a-year industry." These are big, attention-grabbing numbers, frequently...
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En el Reporte sobre la familia en México 2023 abordamos el cambio tecnológico y la cultura digital. Nuestras vidas han sido transformadas tan radicalmente por los avances tecnológicos de los últimos años que no creemos necesario convencer al lector de su importancia. Este reporte, por lo tanto, tiene un objetivo sencillo: brindar herramientas conceptuales que sirvan de base para reflexionar sobre el tema.
Primero presentamos un panorama del...
10) De la participación destructora a la participación sinérgica: elementos para la observación, análisi
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Esta obra recoge los últimos avances de la investigación "De la participación destructora a la participación sinérgica", iniciada durante la década de 1980 con el fin de lograr una mayor comprensión de la complejidad de los procesos de participación en la sociedad. En una primera fase, se identificaron tipologías de participación, desde la más negativa o destructora hasta la más positiva o sinérgica. Como marco de referencia se estableció...
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“Learn Statistics Fast: A Simplified Detailed Version for Students” to enables beginners to learn and understand Statistics very fast. This is an excellent overview of the fundamentals of statistics for those who have forgotten some of what they previously learned, those whose instructors left them dazed and confused, or those who just need a quick reference and statistics tutorial for beginners.
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Diana C. Mutz is the Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Population-based survey experiments have become an invaluable tool for social scientists struggling to generalize laboratory-based results, and for survey researchers besieged by uncertainties about causality. Thanks to technological advances in recent years, experiments...
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Taking Stock is a collection of lively, original essays that explore the cultures of enumeration that permeate contemporary and modern Jewish life. Speaking to the profound cultural investment in quantified forms of knowledge and representation-whether discussing the Holocaust or counting the numbers of Israeli and American Jews-these essays reveal a social life of Jewish numbers. As they trace the uses of numerical frameworks, they portray how Jews...
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"Black Stats-a comprehensive guide filled with contemporary facts and figures on African Americans-is an essential reference for anyone attempting to fathom the complex state of our nation. With fascinating and often surprising information on everything from incarceration rates, lending practices, and the arts to marriage, voting habits, and green jobs, the contextualized material in this book will better attune readers to telling trends while challenging...
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This new work offers a clear and thorough account of the threats posed by bioterrorism from the perspective of biologists. The authors examine thirteen disease-causing agents, including those responsible for anthrax, the plague, smallpox, influenza, and SARS. Each chapter considers a particular pathogen from the standpoint of its history, molecular biology, pathology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, weaponization, and defenses. The book also examines...
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Understanding statistical concepts is essential for social work professionals. It is key to understanding research and reaching evidence-based decisions in your own practice-but that is only the beginning. If you understand statistics, you can determine the best interventions for your clients. You can use new tools to monitor and evaluate the progress of your client or team. You can recognize biased systems masked by complex models and the appearance...
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"Winner of the 2015 AAPOR Book Award, American Association for Public Opinion Research" Peter V. Marsden is the Edith and Benjamin Geisinger Professor of Sociology, Harvard College Professor, and Dean of Social Science at Harvard University. He coedited the second edition of the Handbook of Survey Research.
Changes in American social attitudes and behaviors since the 1970s
Social Trends in American Life assembles a team of leading researchers to...
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Gary Goertz is professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. His books include Social Science Concepts: A User's Guide (Princeton). James Mahoney is the Fitzgerald Professor of Economic History and professor of political science and sociology at Northwestern University. His books include Colonialism and Postcolonial Development: Spanish America in Comparative Perspective.
Some in the social sciences argue that the same logic applies...
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“The Decennial Census” is the US Government's largest statistical undertaking, and it costs billions of dollars in planning, execution, and analysis. From a statistical viewpoint, it is critical because it is the only database that maps every inhabitant into a geographic location. By constitutional mandate, census data are the basis for reapportioning the House of Representatives and the Electoral College. The states use census data to redistrict...
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Quand une mise en œuvre des principes du marché ultralibéral provoque une crise écologique et idéologique précédée par des crises économiques et financières sévères au cours des XIXe et XXe siècles, puis la première véritable crise financière mondiale en 2008, trouvant sa source aux États-Unis, que peut-on penser de ce système politico-social-économique ultralibéral ? Qu'il est celui des plus forts ou plus nantis ? Les banques...
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