Streetwise Independent Consulting: Your Comprehensive Guide to Building Your Own Consulting Business (Adams Streetwise Consulting)

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bouclier.......2005-03-10

This book is excellent. I definitely recommend it to people like myself who wish to start a consulting practice from scratch with no prior knowledge in consulting. It's motivating and gives the reader the kow-how.

Comprehensive, but way to basic.......2000-08-30

Although this book does cover numerous topics, the information provided is common sense "fluff" and not detailed at all. If you have never consulted before, this might be a good source of information; however, if you are currently a consultant considering the leap to independence, this book will be of little value to you. I don't feel it was worth the [$].

Excellent guide for Independent Consultants.......2000-06-10

David Kintler and Bob Adams have laid out a great plan to becoming an independent consultant, no matter what field you are in. It is a guided step through the beginning stages to a finished corporation with samples of legal paperwork, business letters, etc. Extremely comprehensive.

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Nonlinear measurement data arise in a wide variety of biological and biomedical applications, such as longitudinal clinical trials, studies of drug kinetics and growth, and the analysis of assay and laboratory data. Nonlinear Models for Repeated Measurement Data provides the first unified development of methods and models for data of this type, with a detailed treatment of inference for the nonlinear mixed effects and its extensions. A particular strength of the book is the inclusion of several detailed case studies from the areas of population pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, immunoassay and bioassay development and the analysis of growth curves.

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great coverage of theory and applications.......2000-08-09

Analysis of repeated measurement data is commonplace in clinical trials and there is a great body of literature and books on the repeated measures analysis using linear models. The many fine texts on repeated measure linear models are often found with the term longitudinal data analysis because the repeated measurements are given over time. As Davidian and Giltinan point out htere is a need for nonlinear models in the case of pharmacokinetics trials. The theory is new and is presented here in a text for the first time. The authors provide many real applications from their experience. They present a good mix of theory and applications. Thorough references to the literature are given. Even though the development is new the authors do treat the computational aspects. Software implementation for Bayesian Hierarchical models is also mentioned. SAS macros that have been developed are also covered. The methodology is developed in the first eight chapters with applications and case studies in Chapters 9-11. Chapter 12 provides open problems to interest researchers. It contains useful information for practitioners but requires mathematical sophistication.

Linear and Nonlinear Models for the Analysis of Repeated Measurements (STATISTICS: TEXTBOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS)

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Linear and Nonlinear Models for the Analysis of Repeated Measurements (STATISTICS: TEXTBOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS)
Edward Vonesh , and Vernon M. Chinchilli
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Nonlinear, or digital, editing involves the manipulation of digitized video. Software applications permit the editor to cut, splice, make transitions, and edit film more precisely than was ever possible with conventional film editing techniques. Final Cut Express 2 is an inexpensive version of Apple's Final Cut Pro software, the leading nonlinear editing program for the Mac platform. In its first year, Final Cut Express proved to be a compelling alternative for hobbyists, students, and professionals who had formerly been limited to iMovie.

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Good review but very poor editing.......2006-02-06

I'm posting this review after making it through the first 4 chapters, as I think that this is usually the point of no return when you decide if you can stick with a software book or toss it on the pile of good intentions. The reading can be a bit tedious at times since the author mentions many items at the start that you will get to "later." Part of this stems from the fact that FCE is a very complex program with a million functions so I can understand the difficulty of trying to reduce the complexity.

However, be forewarned that the book is lacking a good glossary and the author throws in jargon in many spots without a thorough explanation. A good example is in a tip box in the third chapter that describes the different ways to break up your video. Just as the author is describing how to cut video, he throws in a blurb about using a ripple delete without telling the reader what this is. Ironically, the term is in bold text, leading one to think that it could be a good glossary entry or should be listed in the index in the back when unfortunately neither is the case. Be ready to Google a lot of terms as you work through this book and hit the Apple discussion boards. My other critical point at this stage in the book is that several steps are re-hased too often as if the author assumes you have closed down windows between lessons and are starting over again.

Lastly, whoever was lead editor on this book needs a thorough lashing, as there are many silly mistakes (e.g. pointing out a feature on the far left of a screen when it is in fact on the far right) that should have been caught before this book went to press.

Not worth it.......2005-12-09

I bought this book on the basis of the positive reviews, and boy, do I regret it. This was very little help and is written in a schizophrenic, haphazard form that is maddening. Example: right after he has you load up the first lesson, he goes off on long explanations of functions that he then says will be used in later chapters, not that one. Then he gets back to the lesson - supposedly - and goes off explaining other controls. Finally, the chapter ends and YOU'VE NEVER EVEN USED THE LESSON! He tells you to close it up and start importing your own material.

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Editing with Final Cut Express.......2005-10-02

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Great book gets you started, plus a wonderful author to help you out of tough spots.......2005-09-03

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