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Modern budget forecasting in the American states : precision, uncertainty, and politics / by Brogan, Michael J., 1972-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to the public budgeting forecast process -- The process and politics of generating budget forecast errors -- Inter-temporal variation, fiscal uncertainty and state-level long-term revenue budget forecasts errors -- Projecting expenditures : revenue uncertainty, public choices, political institutions, elections and forecast errors -- Interpreting budget forecast errors : fiscal shirking, financial uncertainty and public opinion -- The financial consequences of state-level budget forecast errors -- The electoral consequences of budget forecast errors -- Budget forecasting in the states : reforms, institutions, politics and uncertainty.…”
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Multivariable analysis a practical guide for clinicians and public health researchers / by Katz, Mitchell H.

Table of Contents: “…Performing the analysis -- 8. Interpreting the result -- 9. Delving deeper : checking the underlying assumptions of the analysis -- 10. …”
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Communication between cultures / by Samovar, Larry A.

Table of Contents: “…Culture and the individual: Cultural identity. -- 5. Shaping interpretations of reality: Cultural values -- 6. Language and culture : The essential partnership --7. …”

Qualitative research methods in public relations and marketing communications / by Daymon, Christine

Table of Contents: “…The nature and usefulness of qualitative research for public relations and marketing communications -- Selecting a topic and relating to your supervisor -- Reviewing the literature & writing the research proposal -- Ethical issues and access -- Ensuring the quality of research -- Choosing between different types of research -- Case studies -- Grounded theory -- Ethnography -- Discourse and critical discourse analysis -- Phenomenology -- Additional approaches : historical research and action research -- Sampling -- Interviews -- Focus groups -- Observation -- Written, visual, and multi-media materials -- Analyzing and interpreting the data -- Writing the report -- Mixed methods research -- Finishing off.…”

Communication between cultures / by Samovar, Larry A.

Table of Contents: “…Culture and the individual: Cultural identity. -- 5. Shaping interpretations of reality: Cultural values -- 6. Language and culture : The essential partnership --7. …”

Communication between cultures / by Samovar, Larry A.

Table of Contents: “…Culture and the individual: Cultural identity. -- 5. Shaping interpretations of reality: Cultural values -- 6. Language and culture : The essential partnership --7. …”

Committed to the state asylum insanity and society in nineteenth-century Quebec and Ontario / by Moran, James E.

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments ix -- Interpreting Sophie's World i -- 1 Manipulating a Monopoly: The State and the -- "Farming-Out System" in Quebec 13 -- 2 Insanity, Community, and Commissioner: -- The State and the Government System in Ontario 48 -- 3 Medicine, Moral Therapy, and Madness in -- Nineteenth-Century Quebec and Ontario 77 -- 4 Wanderer, Pauper, and Prisoner: The Social, -- Economic, and Political Contexts of Committal 113 -- 5 Criminal Insanity: The Creation and Dissolution -- of a Psychiatric Disorder 141 -- Conclusion: Re-evaluating the Asylum, the State, -- and the Management of Insanity 167.…”
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The uncensored Boris Godunov the case for Pushkin's original Comedy, with annotated text and translation / by Dunning, Chester S. L., 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Reconsidering history and expanding the canon / Caryl Emerson and Chester Dunning -- The problem of Boris Godunov : a review of interpretations and the so-called canonical text / Chester Dunning -- The exiled poet-historian and the creation of his comedy / Chester Dunning -- The tragic fate of Pushkin's comedy / Chester Dunning -- The world of laughter in Pushkin's comedy / Sergei Fomichev -- Tragedy, comedy, carnival, and history on stage / Caryl Emerson -- The ebb and flow of influence : muffling the comedic in the move toward print / Caryl Emerson -- Boris Godunov and the Russian literary canon / Caryl Emerson and Chester Dunning.…”
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Multivariable analysis a practical guide for clinicians and public health researchers / by Katz, Mitchell H.

Table of Contents: “…Performing the analysis -- 8. Interpreting the result -- 9. Delving deeper : checking the underlying assumptions of the analysis -- 10. …”
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Critically reading the theory and methods of archaeology : an introductory guide / by Gibbon, Guy E., 1939-

Table of Contents: “…-- Are concepts given archaeological interpretations? -- Are the conclusions reasonable?…”
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Modern budget forecasting in the American states : precision, uncertainty, and politics / by Brogan, Michael J., 1972-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to the public budgeting forecast process -- The process and politics of generating budget forecast errors -- Inter-temporal variation, fiscal uncertainty and state-level long-term revenue budget forecasts errors -- Projecting expenditures : revenue uncertainty, public choices, political institutions, elections and forecast errors -- Interpreting budget forecast errors : fiscal shirking, financial uncertainty and public opinion -- The financial consequences of state-level budget forecast errors -- The electoral consequences of budget forecast errors -- Budget forecasting in the states : reforms, institutions, politics and uncertainty.…”
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Animosity, the Bible, and us some European, North American, and South African perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…: an ethical analysis of the exhortation in 1 Peter 3:9 not to repay evil with evil / Fika J. van Rensburg -- Animosity in the Johannine Epistles : a difference in the interpretation of a shared tradition / Dirk G. van der Merwe -- Hostility against the wealth of Babylon : Revelation 17:1-19:10 / Paul B. …”
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Animosity, the Bible, and us some European, North American, and South African perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…: an ethical analysis of the exhortation in 1 Peter 3:9 not to repay evil with evil / Fika J. van Rensburg -- Animosity in the Johannine Epistles : a difference in the interpretation of a shared tradition / Dirk G. van der Merwe -- Hostility against the wealth of Babylon : Revelation 17:1-19:10 / Paul B. …”
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Paul through Mediterranean eyes : cultural studies in 1 Corinthians / by Bailey, Kenneth E.

Table of Contents: “…Prelude: prophetic homily style and its interpretation -- The cross and Christian unity: 1 Corinthians 1:10-4:16 -- Sex: men and women in the human family: 1 Corinthians 4:17-7:40 -- Christian and pagan: freedom and responsibility: 1 Corinthians 8:1-11:1 -- Worship: men and women in the church: 1 Corinthians 11:2-14:40 -- Resurrection: faith, Christ and victory: 1 Corinthians 15:1-58 -- Appendix 1: common themes in 1 Corinthians and Amos -- Appendix 2: evidence from the oriental version noted in this study.…”

Critical thinking skills : developing effective analysis and argument. by Cottrell, Stella

Table of Contents: “…: Finding and evaluating sources of evidence -- Critical reading and note-making: critical selection, interpretation and noting of source material -- Critical, analytical writing: critical thinking when writing -- Where's the analysis? …”

Going to the sources : a guide to historical research and writing / by Brundage, Anthony, 1938-

Table of Contents: “…The Ever-Changing Shape and Texture of the Past -- The Nature and Variety of Historical Sources -- Finding Your Sources : The Online Library Catalog and Beyond -- Getting the Most Out of History Books : Critical Reading and Assessment -- Beyond Textual Sources : Historians' Use of Other Media -- Exploring Changing Interpretations : The Historiographical Essay -- Engaging with Primary Sources : The Research Paper -- Conclusion: The Open-Ended Nature of History -- Appendix A: Published Bibliographies -- Appendix B: Major Databases for Bibliographic Searching -- Appendix C: Footnote/Endnote Formatting -- Appendix D: Bibliography Formatting -- Appendix E: Commonly Used Abbreviations.…”

The Tao of the West Western transformations of Taoist thought / by Clarke, J. J. (John James), 1937-

Table of Contents: “…'Cramped scholars': Western interpretations of Daoism -- 4. 'The Great Clod': Daoist natural philosophy -- 5. …”
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The essential Davidson by Davidson, Donald, 1917-2003

Table of Contents: “…(1969) -- Individuation of events (1969) -- Mental events (1970) ; Appendix : Emeroses by other names (1966) -- Intending (1978) -- Paradoxes of irrationality (1982) -- Truth and meaning (1967) -- On saying that (1968) -- Radical interpretation (1973) -- On the very idea of a conceptual scheme (1974) -- What metaphors mean (1978) -- A coherence theory of truth and knowledge (1983) ; Appendix : Afterthoughts (1987) -- First person authority (1984) -- A nice derangement of epitaphs (1986).…”
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The history of the New York Court of Appeals, 1932-2003 by Meyer, Bernard S.

Table of Contents: “…A brief overview of the court of appeals -- Jurisdiction of the court of appeals -- Interrelation of the court of appeals, the legislature, and the executive -- Common law and the court of appeals -- Statutory interpretation -- Form of opinions and reports -- The great depression -- New judicial federalism -- Motion picture censorship -- Obscenity, indecency, and immorality -- Religion -- Real property -- Contracts -- Torts -- Corporations -- Arbitration -- Criminal law -- Evidence -- Conflict of laws -- Procedure -- Education -- Abortion, right to control own medical care, and some related matters -- Family law -- Election law -- Antitrust and restraints on competition -- Picketing and labor relations -- The chief judges' contributions : state of the judiciary.…”
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Managing water resources past and present

Table of Contents: “…Edmunds -- Water in Mediterranean history / Peregrine Horden -- The development of American water resources : planners, politicians, and constitutional interpretation / Martin Reuss -- Managing water for the future : the case of England and Wales / Ian Byatt -- Water for Europe : the creation of the European Water Framework Directive / Maria Kaika -- Water laws for water security in the twenty-first century / Stefano Burchi -- Water and conflicts, Hobbes v. …”
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