Oxford University Press

This pocket guide introduces readers to linear regression analysis, analysis of variance and covariance, and path analysis with an emphasis on the basic statistics. It prepares entry-level doctoral students and early career social work researchers with limited statistics exposure in the use of multivariate methods by providing an easy-to-understand...

The search for the origin of HIV/AIDsVirus Hunt is a tale of scientific endeavour. Tracing the fascinating twenty year quest to find the origin of the virus that causes AIDS, Dorothy H. Crawford takes us on a journey around the world, to recount the vital research that eventually unravelled how, when, and where the virus first infected humans....

A Musician's Guide to the Alexander TechniqueA thorough revision of a classic and essential guide, Indirect Procedures in its second edition is a comprehensive and practical guide to a musician's health and wellbeing....

The United States, Canada, and MexicoThe second edition of Prairie Directory of North America is a comprehensive guide to locating North American public prairies, grasslands, and savannas....

Collecting, evaluating and improving measures of disease risk factorsAccurate measurement of exposure to putative causes of disease is essential to the validity of epidemiologic research. This is a new edition of a unique book outlining the principles and techniques of exposure measurement....

Gender and Pathways to the State LegislaturesThis book advances a new approach for understanding women's election to office, proposing a relationally embedded model of candidate emergence. Analyzing nationwide surveys of state legislators, the authors challenge assumptions of a single model of candidate emergence and the necessity for women to...