Reading and writing go hand in hand, as kids match pictures with words, cut and paste, and make their own fun-to-read mini-dictionaries. Words are drawn from favorite themes—Transportation to Farm Animals, Senses to Seasons. Kids will delight in collecting all 15 of these fun, interactive learning tools! 96 pages.
The Norm Chronicles: Stories and Numbers About Danger
This is a far from average book: the real story behind the statistics on risk, chance and choice. Meet Norm. He's 31, 5'9", just over 13 stone, and works a 39 hour week. He likes a drink, doesn't do enough exercise and occasionally treats himself to a bar of chocolate (milk). He's a pretty average kind of guy. In fact, he is the average guy in this clever and unusual take on statistical risk, chance, and how these two factors affect our everyday choices.
Some in the social sciences argue that the same logic applies to both qualitative and quantitative methods. In A Tale of Two Cultures, Gary Goertz and James Mahoney demonstrate that these two paradigms constitute different cultures, each internally coherent yet marked by contrasting norms, practices, and toolkits. They identify and discuss major differences between these two traditions that touch nearly every aspect of social science research, including design, goals, causal effects and models, concepts and measurement, data analysis, and case selection.
Spring is in full blossom, and love is in the air. English is riddled with sayings that relate to relationships and romance. The infographic lists examples of idioms that are heard frequently during these magical months that are associated with love.
How many or how much can be expressed through the use of quantifiers. A few tips and a handy infographic will take the mystery out of these helpful word tools.
