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How do social structures and group behaviors arise from the interaction of individuals? Growing Artificial Societies approaches this question with cutting-edge computer simulation techniques. Fundamental collective behaviors such as group formation, cultural transmission, combat, and trade are seen to "emerge" from the interaction of individual agents following a few simple rules. In their program, named Sugarscape, Epstein and Axtell begin the development of a "bottom up" social science that is capturing the attention of researchers and commentators alike. The study is part of the 2050 Project, a joint venture of the Santa Fe Institute, the World Resources Institute, and the Brookings Institution. The project is an international effort to identify conditions for a sustainable global system in the next century and to design policies to help achieve such a system. Growing Artificial Societies is also available on CD-ROM, which includes about 50 animations that develop the scenarios described in the text. Copublished with the Brookings Institution.
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Since Peter H. Rossi, Mark W. Lipsey, and Howard E. Freeman first published Evaluation: A Systematic Approach, more than 90,000 readers have considered it the premier text on how to design, implement, and appraise social programs through evaluation. In this, the completely revised Seventh Edition, authors Rossi and Lipsey include the latest techniques and approaches to evaluation as well as guidelines to tailor evaluations to fit programs and social contexts.This bestselling text covers the full range of evaluation topics, including- Framing evaluation questions- Uncovering program theory- Studying implementation- Designing impact assessments- Assessing program costs and benefits- Understanding the politics of evaluatingWith decades of hands-on experience conducting evaluations, the authors provide scores of examples to help students understand how evaluators deal with various critical issues. They include a glossary of key terms and concepts, making this the most comprehensive and authoritative evaluation text available.Thoroughly revised, the Seventh Edition now includes- Substantially more attention to outcome measurement- Lengthy discussions of program theory, including a section about detecting program effects and interpreting their practical significance- An augmented and updated discussion of major evaluation designs- A detailed exposition of meta-analysis as an approach to the synthesis of evaluation studies- Alternative approaches to evaluation- Examples of successful evaluations- Discussions of the political and social contexts of evaluation
Social costs. Social benefits --- Social policy --- Methods in social research (general) --- H 62.A1 Social Sciences (General) - Study and teaching. Research - - Periodicals. Societies. Serials --- Evaluation research (Social action programs) --- Program Evaluation --- Research --- Sciences sociales --- Recherche évaluative (programmes d'action sociale) --- Évaluation --- Recherche --- #SBIB:041.IO --- #SBIB:303H15 --- #SBIB:303H60 --- #SBIB:35H415 --- Evaluation of social action programs --- Evaluative research (Social action programs) --- Evaluation --- Social action --- Social sciences --- Social service --- Methoden en technieken van de bestuurswetenschappen --- Bijzondere methoden: algemeen --- Beleidscyclus: evaluatie --- Évaluation. --- Recherche.
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Social sciences (general) --- Rationalism --- Social sciences --- Social surveys --- Rationalisme --- Sciences sociales --- Enquêtes sociales --- Methodology --- Méthodologie --- Philosophy --- maatschappijwetenschappen, methoden --- enquêtetechnieken --- -Social sciences --- -Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Religion --- Belief and doubt --- Deism --- Free thought --- Realism --- Rationalism. --- Methodology. --- Philosophy. --- -Methodology --- Enquêtes sociales --- Méthodologie --- Social philosophy --- Social theory --- Research --- Handbooks, manuals, etc. --- Social sciences - Methodology --- Social sciences - Philosophy
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Human sciences (algemeen) --- Pure sciences. Natural sciences (general) --- Social sciences (general) --- Encyclopedias and dictionaries. --- Hypothesis --- Theory (Philosophy) --- Dictionaries. --- 001.5 <031> --- 001.6 --- Encyclopedias and dictionaries --- -Theory (Philosophy) --- -Philosophy --- Assumption --- Supposition --- Logic --- Reasoning --- Science --- Books of knowledge --- Cyclopedias --- Dictionaries --- Encyclopedias and dictionaries, English --- Knowledge, Books of --- Subject dictionaries --- Reference books --- Wetenschappelijke theorieën, hypothesen en systemen--Encyclopedieën. Lexica --- Wetenschappelijke wetten --- Methodology --- Wetenschap --- woordenboeken --- -Wetenschappelijke theorieën, hypothesen en systemen--Encyclopedieën. Lexica --- woordenboeken. --- 001.6 Wetenschappelijke wetten --- 001.5 <031> Wetenschappelijke theorieën, hypothesen en systemen--Encyclopedieën. Lexica --- -Books of knowledge --- Philosophy --- Hypothesis - Dictionaries. --- Theory (Philosophy) - Dictionaries. --- Theories
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Les recherches dans le domaine de la santé recourent de plus en plus fréquemment aux méthodes qualitatives, caractérisées par leur diversité : enquêtes anthropologiques à visée compréhensive, évaluations dinterventions ou encore recherches exploratoires en vue de la mise en place dessais cliniques. Leur enseignement a donc un rôle essentiel à jouer dans le développement actuel de la recherche en santé.Ce manuel est à la fois théorique et pratique. Il rappelle lancrage historique et disciplinaire des recherches qualitatives en santé et présente ensuite les méthodes de recherche qualitative en exposant leurs fondements, leurs principes, leurs outils et pratiques appliqués à la santé. Il illustre la mise en oeuvre de ces méthodes à travers des exemples détaillés de recherches qualitatives en santé menées dans différents domaines et selon des approches variées. Il donne ainsi les moyens délaborer, selon son niveau, un travail de recherche qualitative.
Health Care --- Qualitative Research --- Methods --- Research methods --- H 62.A5-Z Social Sciences (General) - Study and teaching. Research - - General works --- Research --- Quality Indicators, Health Care --- Public Health --- methods --- Santé publique --- Recherche qualitative. --- Indicateurs qualité santé. --- Public health --- Qualitative research. --- Health status indicators --- Recherche qualitative --- Indicateurs de santé --- Recherche --- Méthodologie. --- Methodology. --- Méthodologie --- Qualitative research --- Research design --- Santé publique --- Indicateurs qualité santé. --- Indicateurs de santé --- Méthodologie. --- Méthodologie --- Public Health. --- Research Design. --- Qualitative Research. --- Research - methods --- Public Health - methods --- Research Design --- Évaluation de résultat (soins). --- Mécanismes d'évaluation des soins de santé. --- Recherche sur les services de santé. --- Recherche médicale translationnelle.
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Manuel d'analyse qualitative. Une démarche cohérente, ancrée dans le terrain, résolument qualitative. Des astuces pratiques pour déjouer les pièges habituels de l'analyse qualitative. Des illustrations issues de recherches menées par des étudiants Pour apprendre à explorer la façon dont les acteurs appréhendent leur vécu ; réaliser sa propre recherche qualitative, pas à pas ; ouvrir de nouvelles pistes d'interprétation, créer une analyse personnelle et adaptée au phénomène étudié ; apposer efficacement des mots dans la marge ; tracer des schémas clairs ; écrire et publier régulièrement.
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Such diverse thinkers as Lao-Tze, Confucius, and U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld have all pointed out that we need to be able to tell the difference between real and assumed knowledge. The systematic review is a scientific tool that can help with this difficult task. It can help, for example, with appraising, summarising, and communicating the results and implications of otherwise unmanageable quantities of data.This book, written by two highly-respected social scientists, provides an overview of systematic literature review methods:* Outlining the rationale and methods of systematic reviews;* Giving worked examples from social science and other fields;* Applying the practice to all social science disciplines;* It requires no previous knowledge, but takes the reader through the process stage by stage;* Drawing on examples from such diverse fields as psychology, criminology, education, transport, social welfare, public health, and housing and urban policy, among others.* Including detailed sections on assessing the quality of both quantitative, and qualitative research; searching for evidence in the social sciences;meta-analytic and other methods of evidence synthesis; publication bias; heterogeneity; and approaches to dissemination.
Social sciences --- #SBIB:303H10 --- 303 --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- 303 Methoden bij sociaalwetenschappelijk onderzoek --- Methoden bij sociaalwetenschappelijk onderzoek --- Research&delete& --- Methodology --- Statistical methods --- Methoden en technieken: algemene handboeken en reeksen --- Research --- Methodology. --- Statistical methods. --- Methods in social research (general) --- H 62.A5-Z Social Sciences (General) - Study and teaching. Research - - General works --- Research methods --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY -- 343.901 --- STATISTICAL METHODS -- 343.901 --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY -- 370.40 --- STATISTICAL METHODS -- 370.40 --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY -- 371.1 --- STATISTICAL METHODS -- 371.1 --- STATISTICAL METHODS -- 301.08 --- Social sciences - Research - Methodology --- Social sciences - Statistical methods
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This volume is based on lectures given at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Stochastic Games and Applications," which took place at Stony Brook, NY, USA, July 1999. It gives the editors great pleasure to present it on the occasion of L.S. Shapley's eightieth birthday, and on the fiftieth "birthday" of his seminal paper "Stochastic Games," with which this volume opens. We wish to thank NATO for the grant that made the Institute and this volume possible, and the Center for Game Theory in Economics of the State University of New York at Stony Brook for hosting this event. We also wish to thank the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, for providing continuing financial support, without which this project would never have been completed. In particular, we are grateful to our editorial assistant Mike Borns, whose work has been indispensable. We also would like to acknowledge the support of the Ecole Poly tech nique, Paris, and the Israel Science Foundation. March 2003 Abraham Neyman and Sylvain Sorin ix STOCHASTIC GAMES L.S. SHAPLEY University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles, USA 1. Introduction In a stochastic game the play proceeds by steps from position to position, according to transition probabilities controlled jointly by the two players.
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