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10 reviews
A.V. Gordon

Open University Press, 2005

Best book on the subject
MUST HAVE BOOK. By far the best book on the subject. Even if you have already purchased Richard Montauk book or any other MBA consulting book, I still advise that you buy and read this book. If you have not purchased any book yet, I strongly recommend you to start with this book. If you are targeting top 15 MBA programs, reading this book will be the best thing you could do to improve ...

How to Get a PhD: A Handbook for Students and Their Supervisors

10 reviews
Estelle Phillips, Derek.S. Pugh

Open University Press, 2005

PhD fast and easy.
Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to grow up and be a doctor, cure people in ER just like Dr. John Carter. In fact, it was the death of Dr. Mark Greene that made me realize how much of a waste I am to society. I just finished reading this great great book and I think I am all set to do a PhD in the United States of the Kingdom; 12 steps closer to my dream. Thanks to this great book, ...

Simulation for the Social Scientist

2 reviews
Nigel Gilbert, Klaus G Troitzsch

Open University Press, 2005

This world-class social science book just got even better with this new 2nd edition.
This is an excellent introduction to and comprehensive historical and analytical survey of the interdisciplinary science of social simulation modeling, written by two internationally-acclaimed computational social scientists. The initial chapters focus on the foundations of computational modeling in the social sciences. Subsequent chapters provide lucid and well-documented materials on system ...

How to Research

2 reviews
Lorraine Blaxter, Christina Hughes, ...

Open University Press, 2006

Applies to many disciplines
This book was the required textbook for a research class I took as part of my library master's program. The book is from the UK, so as an American, I did stumble over some of the phrasing! But, overall, it was an excellent read, which is something rare in a textbook. It neatly covers most of what you need to know to start on a research project for many of the social sciences, and is not just ...

Introduction to Epidemiology (Understanding Public Health)

1 review
Lucianne Bailey, Katerina Vardulaki, ...

Open University Press, 2005

V. Good. A++
Very nice packaging and a good quility book. Worth buying, that is if your studying about that subject!

Doing Your Research Project 4/e
Judith Bell

Open University Press, 2005

An invaluable tool for anyone carrying out a research project We all learn to do research by actually doing it, but a great deal of time and effort can be wasted and goodwill dissipated by inadequate preparation. This book provides beginner researchers with the tools to do the job, to help them avoid some of the pitfalls and time-wasting false trails, and to establish good research habits. It takes researchers from the stage of ...

Movie Business Book

8 reviews
Jason E. Squire

Open University Press, 2006

Comprehensive Overview of Movie Industry for Everyone
My wife and I are movie fans...though not like those hard core guys who hang out at independent film festivals...and we love this book. It's a wonderful introduction to all the ins and outs of the movie business. The writers talk about film as a business and how the business side of film influences their creative choices. Revenue streams, copywrite issues, and how to "make it in Hollywood" are ...

Approaches to Psychology

4 reviews
William E. Glassman, Marilyn Hadad

Open University Press, 2008

The best Approach to learning Psychology
William E. Glassman's textbook "Approaches to Psychology" (3rd edition) is an invaluable book for anyone hoping to learn about psychology. I am a year 11 IB student currently studying Psychology and I have found that although this textbook tends to lack when it comes to pictures and diagrams, the content is not only detailed but direct. Other textbooks devoted to Psychology have been more ...

SPSS Survival Manual

23 reviews
Julie Pallant

Open University Press, 2007

SPSS Survival Manual
This is the best SPSS manual I've had. It's comprehensive and easy to follow. I really enjoy it.

Assessment for Learning

1 review
Paul Black, Chris Harrison, ...

Open University Press, 2003

Ever wanted to help people learn instead of teaching?
This teaches you how to make people learn, not how to teach! I am a doctor, this is about Primary School teaching - best book I have ever read for learning to help students and doctors to learn! Go on, break out of your silo you doctors! Brilliant stuff - read it on one night and change your teaching forever

Changing Health Behaviour: Intervention and Research with Social Cognition Models

1 review

Open University Press, 2002

Terrific introduction to NVivo software by a researcher
This is a terrific book. For it is a clearly conceptualized, organized, and written introduction to NVivo qualitative data analysis software by a researcher (rather than, for example, by a writer of computer manuals) that is not only a helpful and practical guide to the software but also a guide to the kinds of issues that arise in qualitative research. He also discusses how the software can be ...

New Literacies

1 review
Colin Lankshear, Michele Knobel

Open University Press, 2006

Excellent book for any teacher or teacher educator
Fascinating book. It's the most accessible and clear account of new literacies that I've read. The chapter "from Reading to New Literacy Studies" succinctly and clearly describes the social, economic, and educational factors that have influenced the evolution of the terms literacy and new literacies. The chapter "Faking It: The National Grid for Learning" is a useful example of what New ...

Dementia Reconsidered: the Person Comes First
Tom Kitwood

Open University Press, 1997

"For some years now, Tom Kitwood's work on dementia care has stood out as the most important, innovative and creative development in a field that has for too long been neglected. This book is a landmark in dementia care; it brings together, and elaborates on, Kitwood's theory of dementia and of person-centred care in an accessible fashion, that will make this an essential source for all working and researching in the field of dementia care." ...

SPSS Survival Manual: A Step By Step Guide to Data Analysis Using SPSS for Windows (Version 10)

9 reviews
Julie Pallant

Open University Press, 2001

It Got Me an A on the Midterm
I was behind in class, I was not "getting it" and I was desperate! So I bought all the SPSS books I could find. Pallant's book is the one I used. Everything I needed to know and be able to do was clearly explained. The accompanying online database served as an example, showing me how to enter data. This book will not go on my bookshelf; it will remain on my desk through my dissertation and ...

Teaching for Quality Learning at University (Society for Research Into Highter Education)

2 reviews
John Biggs, Catherine Tang

Open University Press, 2007

Teaching For Quality Learning at University
An excellent resource for teachers in territary institutions who have a passion for teaching for quality. It is a good resource for understand and implementing the outcomes based teaching and learning approach, which is helping students engage in deep learning approach. The chapters are well laid out in a simple and systematic manner.

Philosophies of Social Science
Gerard Delanty, Piet Strydom

Open University Press, 2003

?This book will certainly prove to be a useful resource and reference point ? a good addition to anyone?s bookshelf.? Network "This is a superb collection, expertly presented. The overall conception seems splendid, giving an excellent sense of the issues... The selection and length of the readings is admirably judged, with both the classic texts and the few unpublished pieces making just the right points." William Outhwaite, Professor of ...

Personality Psychology: Domains of Knowledge About Human Nature

3 reviews
Randy J. Larsen, David M. Buss

Open University Press, 2000

Great Book!
This book is probably one of the best textbooks that I have encountered in my study of psychology. Buss/Larsen put this book together very well and included all the important facts on personality. I really enjoyed the different self tests that were included.

Gender and Ageing (Ageing & Later Life Series)
Sara Arber, Kate Davidson, ...

Open University Press, 2003

This book is a follow-up to Arber and Ginn's award winning Connecting Gender and Ageing (1995). It contains original chapters from eminent writers on gender and ageing, addressing newly emergent areas within gender and ageing, including gender identity and masculinity in later life. Early work on gender and ageing was dominated by a focus on older women. The present collection breaks with this tradition by emphasizing changing gender roles and ...

Work, Consumerism and the New Poor (Issues in Society)

1 review
Zygmunt Bauman

Open University Press, 2004

"No such thing as society"
Zygmunt Bauman's argument, put very simply, boils down to the fact that in the present consumerist society, the plight of the dispossessed is to be helpless spectators of other people's party, and to be made to experience the humiliating gap between themselves and the successful: the big spenders. Not so long ago the Protestant "work ethic" was the basis of capitalist societies. It's within ...

An Introduction to Counselling

1 review
John McLeod

Open University Press, 2003

This book is an intelligent and impressive achievement.
Two sins of "Introductions to" books. 1. They treat readers as if they are incapable of understanding more than the absolute basics. References to further readings in such texts reflect a similar attitude or 2. They fail to set the topic within a context. Rather, they plunge headlong into the topic via dollops of technical language and the citing of highly esoteric references. McLeod's ...

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