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Against the background of language & nation formation in Indonesia this book demonstrates how language planning is inseparable from the broader actions of the state & how postcolonial nationalism & globalization have had profound implications for language use & state actions to control it Using language planners' texts national & regional policy statements & the discussions of university English majors it explores the borders of what can be defined as Indonesian Javanese & English languages & how this is informed by ideologies of language & nationalism in contemporary Indonesia The tensions played out in the book between the ideologically perceived languages around which policies are built & the realities of linguistic performance & the resources of the individual are echoed across the globe making this book crucial reading for anyone interested in the interplay of language planning & language use ...

States of Happiness is Suzanne Batty's second full-length collection following her much praised debut The Barking Thing published in 2007 96 pages Batty Suzanne ...

A lively collection of literature science & art delving into the mysteries of human consciousness with a new introduction by Mark Haddon published to coincide with a major exhibition at Wellcome Collection in 2016 " The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy & vague Who shall say where the one ends & where the other begins?" Edgar Allan Poe Understanding the nature of consciousness continues to challenge even our leading scientists & psychologists Yet we all experience some form of consciousness & make daily journeys between different conscious states as we sleep & wake Through the eyes of writers artists scientists & philoso-phers States of Mind explores the meaning of consciousness & in particular the nature of interrupted or liminal conscious experiences such as somnambulism synaesthesia & disorders of memory These diverse
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Includes:: works by Jane Austen Samuel Taylor Coleridge Arthur Conan Doyle Francis Crick Rene Descartes Emily Dickinson H L Gold Franz Kafka H P Lovecraft Marcel Proust Mary Shelley Henry David Thoreau Alan Turing H G Wells & Emile Zola WELLCOME COLLECTIONWellcome Collection is a free museum & library that aims to challenge how we think & feel about health Inspired by the medical objects & curiosities collected by Henry Wellcome it connects science medicine life & art Wellcome Collection exhibitions events & books explore a diverse range of subjects including consciousness forensic medicine emotions sexology identity & death Wellcome Collection is part of Wellcome a global charitable foundation that exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas to thrive funding over 14000 researchers & projects in more than 70 countries wellcomecollectionorg



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Brace yourself for the high-octane head rush of Stateshift! The aim of Stateshift is to cunningly use a series of power-ups to boost bash drift & simply destroy your opponents as well as stay on the road ahead! Take on 15 other fearless racers across 9 exhilarating tournaments to claim your title as the greatest driver in the world! Set in the future during a period of political unrest a series of bloody conflicts have brought the world&s economy to the brink of collapse This has resulted in mass global poverty where the poor strive to survive with only one motivation illegal Stateshift racing! Danger is never far away with a full arsenal of devastating weaponry armed & ready to unleash at the touch of a button Collect homing missiles mines rocket launchers to gain the edge in a race to the finish line where only the fastest & deadliest pilots will survive Use the different abilities to shift your vehicle into 4 different states
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Longlisted for the Bailey's Prize 2015 The New York Times Bestseller 2014 National Book Awards Finalist 2015 PENFaulkner Award Finalist What was lost in the collapse almost everything almost everyone but there is still such beauty One snowy night in Toronto famous actor Arthur Leander dies on stage whilst performing the role of a lifetime That same evening a deadly virus touches down in North America The world will never be the same again Twenty years later Kirsten an actress in the Travelling Symphony performs Shakespeare in the settlements that have grown up since the collapse But then her newly hopeful world is threatened If civilization was lost what would you preserve? & how far would you go to protect it?'BEST NOVEL The big one One of the 2014 books that I did read stands above all the others Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel beautifully written & wonderfully elegiac a book that I will long remember & return to' George RR Martin author of Game of Thrones' Emily St John Mandel's Station Eleven is that rare find that feels familiar & extraordinary at the same time This is truly something special' Erin Morgenstern author of The Night Circus ...

Praise for the First Edition of Statistical Analysis with Missing Data " An important contribution to the applied statistics literature I give the book high marks for unifying & making accessible much of the past & current work in this important area" William E Strawderman Rutgers University " This bookprovides interesting real-life examples stimulating end-of-chapter exercises & up-to-date references It should be on every applied statistician s bookshelf" The Statistician " The book should be studied in the statistical methods department in every statistical agency" Journal of Official Statistics Statistical analysis of data sets with missing values is a pervasive problem for which standard methods are of limited value The first edition of Statistical Analysis with Missing Data has been a standard reference on missing-data methods Now reflecting extensive developments in Bayesian methods for simulating posterior distributions this Second Edition by two acknowledged experts on the subject offers a thoroughly up-to-date reorganized survey of current methodology for handling missing-data problems Blending theory & application authors Roderick Little & Donald Rubin review historical approaches to the subject & describe rigorous yet simple methods for multivariate analysis with missing values They then provide a coherent theory for analysis of problems based on likelihoods derived from statistical models for the data & the missing-data mechanism & apply the theory to a wide range of important missing-data problems The new edition now enlarges its coverage to include Expanded coverage of Bayesian methodology both theoretical & computational & of multiple imputation Analysis of data with missing values where inferences are based on likelihoods derived from formal statistical models for the data-generating & missing-data mechanisms Applications of the approach in a variety of contexts including regression factor analysis contingency table analysis time series & sample survey inference Extensive references examples & exercises Amstat News asked three review editors to rate their top five favorite books in the September 2003 issue Statistical Analysis With Missing Data was among those chosen ...

Computational statistics & statistical computing are two areas that employ computational graphical & numerical approaches to solve statistical problems making the versatile R language an ideal computing environment for these fields One of the first books on these topics to feature R Statistical Computing with R covers the traditional core material of computational statistics with an emphasis on using the R language via an examples-based approach Suitable for an introductory course in computational statistics or for self-study it

Includes:: R code for all examples & R notes to help explain the R programming concepts After an overview of computational statistics & an introduction to the R computing environment the book reviews some basic concepts in probability & classical statistical inference Each subsequent chapter explores a specific topic in computational statistics These chapters cover the simulation of random variables from probability distributions the visualization of multivariate data Monte Carlo integration & variance reduction methods Monte Carlo methods in inference bootstrap & jackknife permutation tests Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods & density estimation The final chapter presents a selection of examples that illustrate the application of numerical methods using R functions Focusing on implementation rather than theory this text serves as a balanced accessible introduction to computational statistics & statistical computing

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Statistical Concepts consists of the last 9 chapters of An Introduction to Statistical Concepts 3rd ed Designed for the second course in statistics it is one of the few texts that focuses just on intermediate statistics The book highlights how statistics work & what they mean to better prepare students to analyze their own data & interpret SPSS & research results As such it offers more coverage of non-parametric procedures used when standard assumptions are violated since these methods are more frequently encountered when working with real data Determining appropriate sample sizes is emphasized throughout Only crucial equations are included The new edition features New co-author Debbie L Hahs-Vaughn the 2007 recipient of the University of Central Florida's College of Education Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award A new chapter on logistic regression models for today's more complex methodologies Much more on computing confidence intervals & conducting power analyses using GPower All new SPSS version 19 screenshots to help navigate through the program & annotated output to assist in the interpretation of results Sections on how to write-up statistical results in APA format & new templates for writing research questions New learning tools including chapter-opening vignettes outlines a list of key concepts Stop & Think boxes & many more examples tables & figures More tables of assumptions & the effects of their violation including how to test them in SPSS 33 new conceptual computational & all new interpretative problems A website with Power Points answers to the even-numbered problems detailed solutions to the odd-numbered problems & test items for instructors & for students the chapter outlines key concepts & datasets Each chapter begins with an outline a list of key concepts & a research vignette related to the concepts Realistic examples from education & the behavioral sciences illustrate those concepts Each example examines the procedures & assumptions & provides tips for how to run SPSS & develop an APA style write-up Tables of assumptions & the effects of their violation are included along with how to test assumptions in SPSS Each chapter

Includes:: computational conceptual & interpretive problems Answers to the odd-numbered problems are provided The SPSS data sets that correspond to the book's examples & problems are available on the web The book covers basic & advanced analysis of variance models & topics not dealt with in other texts such as robust methods multiple comparison & non-parametric procedures & multiple & logistic regression models Intended for courses in intermediate statistics andor statistics II taught in education andor the behavioral sciences predominantly at the master's or doctoral level Knowledge of introductory statistics is assumed

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