Oxford University Press

This second edition has been completely revised and expanded to become the most up-to-date and thorough professional reference text in this fast-moving area of biostatistics. It contains an additional two chapters on fully parametric models for discrete repeated measures data and statistical models for time-dependent predictors....

A self-contained graduate level text describing recent advances in deep inelastic scattering in high energy physics. The technique can be traced back to the experiments that led to Rutherford's discovery of the atomic nucleus. The underlying theory and formalism are outlined and particular attention is given to the detailed determination of...

This book offers an engaging account of the portrayal of outsiders in Shakespeare's writings. It considers characters who are outsiders for an array of reasons including their race, religion, gender, psychology, and morality, and highlights the idea of otherness as a relative rather than fixed term....

Princeton neuroscientist Michael Graziano lays out an audacious new theory to account for the deepest mystery of them all: what is consciousness? Linking consciousness with social intelligence, Graziano discusses the science, the philosophy, and the implications....

How decision making goes wrong, and the ethics of smart drugsHow do our brains make choices? How do factors such as Alzheimer's or depression impair decision-making? Presenting the latest research on 'hot' and 'cold' decision-making, Barbara Sahakian and Jamie Nicole LaBuzetta look at the therapeutic smart drugs now...

Causes and Consequences of the Global Financial CrisisWritten by an author who had identified many of these issues in advance of the financial crash, this is an accessible, balanced, and comprehensive guide to the chief causes, responses to, and consequences of the recent financial crisis, covering both housing markets and financial institutions....