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Approaches to Social Research

The Case of Deaf Studies

In Approaches to Social Research: The Case of Deaf Studies, Alys Young and Bogusia Temple explore the relationship between key methodological debates in social research and the special context of studies concerning d/Deaf people(s). The book is organized around 7 topics: being d/Deaf as a site of contested identity and representation; epistemology and the boundaries of claims for population specific and plural epistemologies; ethics and the implications of collective identity on standard ethical principles and practices; populations and sampling given the highly heterogeneous nature of d/Deaf people(s); narrative methodologies re-examined in light of the visual nature of signed languages; interpretation, translation and transcription and the context of multiple modalities; and information and communication technologies as transformative epistemologies. Through these themes, new aspects of old debates within social research become evident, and the authors challenge specialist field of studies by, with, and about d/Deaf people. Throughout the volume, the authors also show how the field provides challenges to established ways of thinking and working. The book is of interest to scholars within and outside of research concerning d/Deaf people(s), as well as practitioners in the fields of deaf education, social work and allied health professions.

In other words, the epistemological underpinnings in this case directly influenced
the method (the tools used within the statement-sorting task). The point we are
making here is that we cannot assume that just because researchers use ...

Comparison of two approaches for determining ground-water discharge and pumpage in the lower Arkansas River basin, Colorado, 1997-98

Estimates of mean differences in pumpage between power conversion coefficient
approach and totalizing flowmeter for the grand mean and fixed effects of method
, make, and type [NS, mean is not significantly different from zero at the ...

The Management of Uncertainty: Approaches, Methods and Applications

For thirty years, the literature on decision-making and planning has been divided into two camps : work premised on rational models of choice and work designed to discredit such models. The sustained critic of fully rational decision-making theories has al ready a long history and a constant message to deliver : in practice, consequential decision-making hardly fulfills the canons of perfect rationality. There is also evidence that decision-making and planning are not unitary processes. Although the concept of "decision-making" connotes the idea of a single process, making a single choice involves a complex of processing tasks : structuring the problem, finding alternatives worth considering, deciding what information is relevant, assessing various consequences, and a variety of others. The aim of this volume is to bring together and try to inter relate some of the concepts and relevant knowledge from various disciplines concerned with one important aspect of this complex process : the management of uncertainty. It is hardly necessary to reiterate the case made by numerous authors about our changing and increasingly uncertain world. Suffice it to say here that it is uncertainty about the future, and in many cases about the past and the present also, which makes decision-making and planning so difficul t. The management of uncertainty may be defined as the way in which uncertainty is treated and processed in decision-making.

alternatives and Choosing a preferred line of action. Multiple Decision Aid (MDA)
is a method that does not deal directly with uncertainty. It handles unknown
consequences and lack of data in the assessment and ranking of alternatives by
using subjective assessment, discussion and structured debate in addition to
technical and statistical techniques. 3.2 Partial Uncertainty B In cases where
there is no agreement on goals negotiation is clearly the most appropriate
method to be used.

Innovative Approaches for Teaching Community Organization Skills in the Classroom

Bring your students the latest developments in community organization! Innovative Approaches for Teaching Community Organization Skills in the Classroom will help social work educators efficiently teach students methods of practice that they need to know in order to offer the best services to clients with a variety of different needs in a variety of settings. Here you'll find assignments and exercises that combine new technology with progressive ideas about integrating theory and practice. This valuable book consistently addresses topics that will stimulate discussion on the value assumptions inherent in community practice, appropriate ways to transmit these values in the classroom, and the best way to help students develop their own frameworks for ethical decisionmaking. Innovative Approaches for Teaching Community Organization Skills in the Classroom will be a valuable addition to your collection. This accessible and comprehensive book identifies and provides detailed information for teaching these skills in the classroom: ethical decisionmaking community assessment interpersonal skills development making your practice effective in a multi-cultural environment organizing your practice with computer technology This book describes teaching methods that will educate your students on the development of self-awareness, multicultural competency, and ethical content for practice, preparing them for the diverse situations that may arise in their professional careers.

Method. Eric Zachary, DSW, MSW SUMMARY. The breakdown of community in
poor and working-class urban neighborhoods is well documented. Most efforts to
rebuild a sense of community assign a major role to indigenous leaders.

Symbolic and Quantiative Approaches to Resoning with Uncertainty

12th European Conference, ECSQARU 2013, Utrecht, The Netherlands, July 8-10, 2013, Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty, ECSQARU 2013, held in Utrecht, The Netherlands, in July 2013. The 44 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 89 submissions. Papers come from researchers interested in advancing the technology and from practitioners using uncertainty techniques in real-world applications. The scope of the ECSQARU conferences encompasses fundamental issues, representation, inference, learning, and decision making in qualitative and numeric uncertainty paradigms.

We compare 4 methods to compile a probabilistic graphical model:6 – compiling
to SDD without exploiting local structure (denoted by none); – compiling to SDD,
exploiting local structure as in Section 4.2 (sdd); – encoding the PGM as a CNF, ...

Complex Electromagnetic Problems and Numerical Simulation Approaches

Complex Electromagnetic Problems and Numerical Simulation Approaches Today, engineering problems are very complex, requiring powerful computer simulations to power them. For engineers, observable-based parameterization as well as numerically computable forms-with rapid convergent properties if in a series-are essential. Complex Electromagnetic Problems and Numerical Simulation Approaches, along with its companion FTP site, will show you how to take on complex electromagnetic problems and solve them in an accurate and efficient manner. Organized into two distinct parts, this comprehensive resource first introduces you to the concepts, approaches, and numerical simulation techniques that will be used throughout the book and then, in Part II, offers step-by-step guidance as to their practical, real-world applications. Self-contained chapters will enable you to find specific solutions to numerous problems. Filled with in-depth insight and expert advice, Complex Electromagnetic Problems and Numerical Simulation Approaches: Describes ground wave propagation Examines antenna systems Deals with radar cross section (RCS) modeling Explores microstrip network design with FDTD and TLM techniques Discusses electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and bio-electromagnetics (BEM) modeling Presents radar simulation Whether you're a professional electromagnetic engineer requiring a consolidated overview of the subject or an academic/student who wishes to use powerful simulators as a learning tool, Complex Electromagnetic Problems and Numerical Simulation Approaches-with its focus on model development, model justification, and range of validity-is the right book for you.

1.6.1 Method of Moments One of the most powerful techniques, which has been
in use for more than three decades in ... integral equations by reducing them to a
system of linear equations and on applying method of weighted residuals.

New Approaches for Isolation of Cryptosporidium and Giardia

CHAPTER 4 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS The objective of this project was
to develop improved methods for protozoan analysis of water samples, and it was
met successfully. The work coincided with an effort by the USEPA to develop ...

Myth and Symbol: Critical Approaches and Applications

Critical Approaches Frye: The Road of Excess Knights: King Lear as Metaphor Kushner: The Critical Method of Gaston Bachelard Gershman: Surrealism: Myth and Reality Applications The Writer and His Method Winner: Myth as a Device in the Works of Chekhov Nothnagle: Myth in the Poetic Creation of Agrippa D'Aubigne Campbell: The Transformation of Biblical Myth: MacLeish's Use of the Adam and Job Stories Hiller: The Symbolism of Gestus in Brecht's Drama Sr. Joselyn: Animal Imagery in Katherine Anne Porter's Fiction The Work Examined--Archetypes and Interpretations LaGuardia: Chastity, Regeneration, and World Order in All's Well that Ends Well Jones: Immortality in Two of Milton's Elegies Dougherty: Of Ruskin's Gardens Kern: Myth and Symbol in Criticism of Faulkner's "The Bear" Welliver: The De Vulgari Eloquentia and Dante's Quasi After-Life Vickery: The Golden Bough: Impact and Archetype

A wise approach to his method of literary criticism might be for us to reflect upon
this title, with its bold linking of a famous method of mental therapy and of the
name of a phenomenon of nature which is also the most versatile of all symbols.

Knowledge-Based Intelligent System Advancements: Systemic and Cybernetic Approaches

Systemic and Cybernetic Approaches

Knowledge-Based Intelligent System Advancements: Systemic and Cybernetic Approaches presents selected new AI–based ideas and methods for analysis and decision making in intelligent information systems derived using systemic and cybernetic approaches. This book is useful for researchers, practitioners and students interested intelligent information retrieval and processing, machine learning and adaptation, knowledge discovery, applications of fuzzy based methods and neural networks.

FUtUrE rEsEArcH DIrEctIONs Future works with MHR method are connected with
object recognition after geometrical transformations of curve (translations,
rotations, scaling)- only nodes are transformed and new curve (for example
contour of ...

Software Engineering: Effective Teaching and Learning Approaches and Practices

Effective Teaching and Learning Approaches and Practices

Over the past decade, software engineering has developed into a highly respected field. Though computing and software engineering education continues to emerge as a prominent interest area of study, few books specifically focus on software engineering education itself. Software Engineering: Effective Teaching and Learning Approaches and Practices presents the latest developments in software engineering education, drawing contributions from over 20 software engineering educators from around the globe. Encompassing areas such as student assessment and learning, innovative teaching methods, and educational technology, this much-needed book greatly enhances libraries with its unique research content.

These include misuse and abuse cases, attack trees, and formal methods. Others
, such as the Common Criteria and SCR, suggest their own requirements
engineering process. The SQUARE methodology seeks to build security
concepts into ...