How to Conduct Self-Administered and Mail Surveys (The Survey Kit 3)

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"The authors discuss self-administered questionnaires, the content and format of the questionnaire, "user-friendly" questionnaires and response categories, and survey implementation. They offer excellent checklists for deciding whether or not to use a mail questionnaire, for constructing questions and response categories, for minimizing bias, for writing questionnaire specifications, for formatting and finalizing questionnaires, and for motivating respondents and writing cover letters."
--Peter Hernon, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College

How do you decide whether a self-administered questionnaire is appropriate for your research question? This book provides readers with an answer to this question while giving them all the basic tools needed for conducting a self-administered or mail survey. Updated to include data from the 2000 Census, the authors show how to develop questions and format a user-friendly questionnaire; pretest, pilot test, and revise questionnaires; and write advance and cover letters that help motivate and increase response rates. They describe how to track and time follow-ups to non-respondents; estimate personnel requirements; and determine the costs of a self-administered or mailed survey. They also demonstrate how to process, edit, and code questionnaires; keep records; fully document how the questionnaire was developed and administered; and how the data collected is related to the questionnaire. New to this edition is expanded coverage on Web-based questionnaires, and literacy and language issues.

CIA Review, Part 3: Management Control & Information

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I passed Part 3 the first time...

CIA Review, Part 3: Management Control & Information
Irvin N. Gleim
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ASIN: 158194182X

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I passed Part 3 the first time..........2007-02-25

I used this book to study for Part 3 in 2006. I had not had accounting classes in over 12 years - but I am an IT professional. I passed the test on the first try - so I give the book credit for helping me prepare for the exam. The Questions/Answers were of the biggest benefit. I also used the IIA's extra questions/answers CD which was helpful.

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3 Auditing
Vincent W. Lambers , and Richard Delgaudio
Manufacturer: Lambers Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Lambers CPA Review presents the 1999/2000 edition of Auditing: CPA exam preparation. This book contains review material, examples and over 700 practice questions and solutions from past CPA exams. Auditing is the third volume of the Lambers CPA Review textbook set.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction, General and Field Standards
2. The Third Standard of Field Work-Evidence
3. Standards of Reporting
4. Attestation Standards, Government Auditing Standards, Quality Control Standards
5. Reviews, Compilations, Special Reports and Other Reports
6. The Audit Sampling Process
7. Electronic Data Processing

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CPA Exam 2004: This book covers auditing topics on the new computer based CPA Exam. Inside you will find review material, examples and practice questions with solutions.

AUDITING / WITH 3.5" DISK (OLDER EDITION)

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AUDITING / WITH 3.5" DISK (OLDER EDITION)
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CPA Comprehensive Exam Review: Auditing 1998-1999 (Vol 3)

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Helped me pass

CPA Comprehensive Exam Review: Auditing 1998-1999 (Vol 3)
Nathan M. Bisk
Manufacturer: Bisk Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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Helped me pass.......2001-08-07

This is a well written book with concrete examples and real, accurate questions. It helped me to pass the exam the first time I took it.

CPA Exam Preparation 2002: Auditing (Lambers Cpa Review 2002, 3)

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CPA Exam Preparation 2002: Auditing (Lambers Cpa Review 2002, 3)
Vincent W. Lambers , and Richard Delgaudio
Manufacturer: Lambers CPA Review
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ASIN: 1892115581

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Auditing: Volume Three of the Lambers four-volume set contains review material, examples and past exam questions and solutions related to auditing topics on the May and November 2002 CPA exams. The complete Lambers four-volume set for 2002 is also available on Amazon.com

Data and Applications Security XXI: 21st Annual IFIP WG 11.3 Working Conference on Data and Applications Security, Redondo Beach, CA, USA, July 8-11, 2007, ... (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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Data and Applications Security XXI: 21st Annual IFIP WG 11.3 Working Conference on Data and Applications Security, Redondo Beach, CA, USA, July 8-11, 2007, ... (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Manufacturer: Springer
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 354073533X

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21st Annual Working Conference on Data and Applications Security held in Redondo Beach, CA, USA in July 2007.

The 18 revised full papers and 2 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 44 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on secure query evaluation, location-based security/mobile security, distributed security issues, cryptographic-based security, temporal access control and usage control, as well as system security issues.

Estadistica Aplicada a la Administracion y a la Economia with 3.5 Disk (Schaum)

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Estadistica Aplicada a la Administracion y a la Economia with 3.5 Disk (Schaum)
Leonard J. Kazmier
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Companies
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Binding: Paperback

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Government Auditing Standards: Amendment No. 3: Independence

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Government Auditing Standards: Amendment No. 3: Independence

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The Successful HR Executive: Top Human Resources Professionals on Strategies for Managing Costs, Promoting Profitability, and Knowing the Business (Inside the Minds)
Aspatore Books
Manufacturer: Aspatore Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1596222891
Release Date: 2005-08-15

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Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the worlds most respected companies nationwide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession or topic is headed and the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board to author a chapter for this book. Chapters Include: Martha Delehanty, Vice President, Human Resources, Verizon Wireless Building a Company Culture Ernest T. Whitus, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, ArvinMeritor, Inc. Striking a Balance Rachel Seff Koenig, Ed.D., National Manager of Recruiting & Development, Consolidated Graphics, Inc. Providing Value-Added Services to Promote Organizational Profitability Yvette Donado, Senior Vice President, People, Process & Communications Services, Educational Testing Service The Multiple Roles of an HR Executive Blake McHenry, Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources, TaylorMade-adidas Golf Company Creating the Best and Most Productive Workplace in the World Timothy S. Fliss, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Schneider National, Inc. Facing the Challenges of HR Terri Hill, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Nationwide Putting the Human in Human Resources Randy P. Smith, Vice President of Human Resources, CompUSA, Inc. Strategies for HR Success Shannon W. McFayden, Senior Executive Vice President, Director of Human Resources and Corporate Relations, Wachovia Balancing Head and Heart Michael W. Rude, Vice President, Human Resources, Stryker Staying Current in an Ever-Changing Role D. Douglas Dorman, SPHR, FACHE, Vice President, Human Resources, Greenville Hospital System - Health Care Human Resources Scott Lyon, Vice President of Human Resources, Mesa Air Group The Role of HR in the Changing Airline Industry Randy L. Kummer, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. The Importance of Being Change-Minded Timothy J. Verhagen, Vice President, Human Resources, Cinergy Corp. Tying HR to the Company's Strategic Plans Michael L. Kent, Vice President, Human Resources Services, Farmers Group, Inc. HR as a Twenty-First-Century Business Partner

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Commercial Transactions: Adaptable to Courses Utilizing LoPucki, Warren, Keating and Mann's Casebook on Commercial Transactions (Casenote Legal Briefs)
Keating , and Warren
Manufacturer: Aspen Publishers
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0874572673

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In the remarkable opening section of this book, a well-known Cornell astronomer gives precise thumbnail histories of the 43 basic cosmic discoveries - stars, planets, novae, pulsars, comets, gamma-ray bursts, and the like - that form the core of our knowledge of the universe. Many of them, he points out, were made accidentally and outside the mainstream of astronomical research and funding. This observation leads him to speculate on how many more major phenomena there might be and how they might be most effectively sought out in afield now dominated by large instruments and complex investigative modes and observational conditions.

The book also examines discovery in terms of its political, financial, and sociological context - the role of new technologies and of industry and the military in revealing new knowledge; and methods of funding, of peer review, and of allotting time on our largest telescopes. It concludes with specific recommendations for organizing astronomy in ways that will best lead to the discovery of the many - at least sixty - phenomena that Harwit estimates are still waiting to be found.

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Cosmic Discovery.......2000-06-20

This is an outstanding book about the history of astronomy and the future. The author shows the interrelationship between advances in instrumental capabilities and the pace of fundamental discoveries. I stongly recommend it to anyone interested in how science advances.

Cosmic Discoveries The Search, Scope & Heritage of Astronomy

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Cosmic Discoveries The Search, Scope & Heritage of Astronomy
Harwit Martin
Manufacturer: Basic Books Inc.
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000LCIMV6

COSMIC DISCOVERY - THE SEARCH, SCOPE AND HERITAGE OF ASTRONOMY

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COSMIC DISCOVERY - THE SEARCH, SCOPE AND HERITAGE OF ASTRONOMY
HARWIT MARTIN
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Cosmic discovery : the search, scope, and heritage of astronomy / Martin Harwit

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Cosmic discovery : the search, scope, and heritage of astronomy / Martin Harwit
Martin (1931-) Harwit
Manufacturer: New York : Basic Books
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Cosmic Discovery The Search, Scope, and Heritage of Astronomy
Martin Hartwit
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COSMIC DISCOVERY: The Search, Scope, and Heritage of Astronomy
Martin Harwit
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OQUMTE

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Any lawyer would love to have this guide to DNA that is easy to read and easy to understand. Beautifully illustrated, the book focuses on the language of genes, genomes, DNA, biotechnology, and heredity. --David Marshall Nissman, J.D.

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Medical science constantly demands our attention, as patients or relatives, concerned citizens, voters, investors, or simply curious individuals. But for those without training, the language of science is often hard to follow. The A to Z of DNA Science book series defines and illustrates specialized terms in ways that non-specialists can appreciate and enjoy. This volume focuses on the language of genes, genomes, DNA, biotechnology, and heredity, defining, explaining, and illustrating over 200 terms used in books, broadcasting, websites, and newspaper and magazine articles.

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The Best Book For a Non-Scientist / WONDERFUL!.......2003-02-19

Five wonderful stars and the highest rating for making DNA science understandable for me.

I am not a professional reviewer and not a scientist, and can only write about what this little book has meant to me.

I wanted to say, especially in light of the last review, that this is the only resource like this anywhere I could find. It has clearly and wonderfully explained all these interconnected terms to me in a way that is really insightful, valuable and I think quite remarkable. I now can say "I get it."

I carry this with me most of the time and use it to remind me or explain to me the fairly unique language that even television reporters (and especially writers in major magazines and newspapers) use to explain new DNA-based findings. I am surprised how technical these writers think we (the general public) are in this area. I use this book to decipher the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and even the CNN reports on genetics I am interested in.

This book is a blessing in that respect. I can find the term, see what other related words might further help define it for me, and see a drawing to help even more.

I don't think it was meant to do more than that, and it does that perfectly.

So when a review calls it less than magical, I think that is probably from someone with a lot more science in their personal life than the general public might have. I think writers and scientists really misunderstand how little "we" know about this area and they use so much technical jargon every time they speak or write.

I suspect that having a strong understanding of DNA might make a reader wonder why this book is important or needed. I just wanted to say that it is needed because most of us do not know a lot of this science, but we now find it in our daily lives and important and interesting.

This is the tool we were waiting for. The overly complete and technical textbooks have been out there for years. If you want to learn more, go there.

However, if you are just a regular person who wants to understand the vocabulary of this amazing science then this is perfect. I feel educated and empowered by this great little book.

Three cheers for all involved and my highest recommendations.

The Perfect Guide for a Non-Scientist / WONDERFUL!.......2003-02-19

Five wonderful stars and the highest rating for making DNA science understandable for me.

I am not a professional reviewer and not a scientist, and can only write about what this little book has meant to me.

This book is a blessing in that respect. I can find the term, see what other related words might further help define it for me, and see a drawing to help even more.

I don't think it was meant to do more than that, and it does that perfectly.

This is the tool we were waiting for. The overly complete and technical textbooks have been out there for years. If you want to learn more, go there.

However, if you are just a regular person who wants to understand the vocabulary of this amazing science then this is perfect. I feel educated and empowered by this great little book.

Three cheers for all involved and my highest recommendations.

A good idea with mediocre execution.......2003-01-05

An A to Z of DNA Science is an illustrated glossary coauthored by the Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Science Education at the National Human Genome Research Institute at NIH. (The third author created the illustrations). For each glossary term the authors provide a concise, one-sentence definition, a longer explanatory paragraph, and often an accompanying illustration.

Given the authors' respective credentials as science communicators and educators, I was surprised and disappointed by the ambiguity inherent to the writing style, inconsistencies among and within definitions, and the paucity of terms represented.

The lack of clarity in the writing was particularly striking given the following excerpt from Dr. W. French Anderson's preface to the book: "[This book's] core value...is the increased access into, and understanding of, the world of genetic research that it provides to the non-scientist through clear, well-defined terms."

For example, the definition of a "genotype" is listed as "the genetic identity of an individual that does not show as outward characteristics." The use of the word "that" instead of the word "which" implies that the authors are distinguishing "genotype" from some other genetic identity that does show as outward characteristics. Even as a neophyte in this arena, I am fairly certain that some portion of the genetic identity codes for outwardly identifiable traits. Clearly, this is simply a case of poor grammar. One would expect more from science educators, especially when the result is semantic ambiguity.

In some cases, poor writing results in apparent inconsistencies and tautologies within definitions. For example, the notion of "contig" is first defined as "a chromosome map", then as a "collection of overlapping clones", and finally, a "contig map" (a new term?) is described as "a physical map reflected by an overlapping series of clones". Thus, if we subscribe to the first definition, then a contig map is a map of a chromosome map. But from the second and third definitions, we can also infer that a contig map is a physical map reflected by a contig. Confused? So was I.

In a field that Dr. Anderson refers to as "exacting", it is unfortunate that this book seems to have inconsistencies also among its definitions. For example, "genome" (a fundamental term in DNA Science), is defined to include both the DNA in the nucleus of a cell as well as the DNA found in mitochondria. However, if one were to look up the term "mitochondrial DNA", one would find that it is "a complete and independent genome". If this is not contradictory, it certainly requires a modicum of elaboration in order to reconcile the seemingly incongruous definitions.

Finally, while brevity may be the soul of wit (to steal from Mr. Twain), in science, it leads to conceptual poverty. Though much of the explanatory text seemed to be of an appropriate length for this type of book, some key terms and their related concepts seemed to be missing. For example, the illustration for a "chromosome" depicts two "chromatids", which are also referenced in the explanation of a "centromere". However the "chromatid" is simply not included as a glossary term in this book.

On this basis of this review, one might expect to see a numerical rating lower than three. However, despite the shortcomings described above, I was sufficiently motivated by my interest in each definition to pursue other related definitions. Ultimately, I found myself flipping pages back and forth throughout the book in an effort to pursue various conceptual threads. If the book can stimulate such interest in me, then perhaps it will also be of interest to others - particularly in a second edition which has been embellished for completeness, and edited for clarity and consistency.

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An A to Z of DNA Science: What Scientists Mean When They Talk About Genes and Genomes
Jeffre Witherly; Galen P. Perry; Darryl L
Manufacturer: COLD SPRING HARBOR
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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by Thomson Gale on February 7, 2007. The length of the article is 747 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Several factors converge to create area's foul air.(Environment)(A rise in wood stove use and a lack of rain and wind help generate polluted skies)
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A model for the reversible washout of sulfur dioxide, ammonia and carbon dioxide from a polluted atmosphere and the production of sulfates in raindrops

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A model for the reversible washout of sulfur dioxide, ammonia and carbon dioxide from a polluted atmosphere and the production of sulfates in raindrops
Robert F Adamowicz
Manufacturer: Dept. of Applied Science, Brookhaven National Laboratory ;
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Polluted Rain
12th, 19; Miller, Morton W.; Morrow, Paul E.; Toribara, Taft Yutaka; University of Rochester Dept. of Radiation Biology and Biophysics Rochester International Conference on Environmental Toxicity
Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: B000OSHFM4

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This book answers the burning question: What happens when prophetic speculation hits the fan? The resulting comedy of eschatological errors leads to a sidesplitting international crisis with a delightfully ironic resolution. The suspense will keep you on the edge of your seat - if the laughter doesn't knock you off.

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Funny and thought-provoking book.......2003-02-13

I laughed out loud. This book is a spoof on a very popular series on the end times. The tongue-in-cheek humor is worth reading but there's a bonus. It really makes you think. Scott Garber is the one of the best contemporary Christian essayists I know and this, his first book, is a good read. Enjoy!

Fun, witty and insghtful!.......2003-02-12

Garrison Keillor once noted that "There is very little room for satire in the pulpit." As a pastor, I have experienced the truth of this observation. However, there is certainly room for it in Scripture and on my book shelf, which is where my copy of "The Rapture Follies" now resides. You should know that I have never read a single word of a single book in the "Left Behind" series, or anything by Frank Peretti for that matter, mostly because I enjoy good satire to mediocre fiction. But I read and enjoyed this book, even though I occasionally had to say "ouch" as observations about the protagaonist hit a little too close to home. The book is fun, witty, and insightful.

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