John Daniels and Lee Radebaugh share their first hand knowledge of international business through this new edition of their market leading textbook. This textbook thoroughly discusses the differences faced in international environments, the overall strategies that companies can take, and the functional alternatives for operating abroad. Cited as ...
The updated second edition offers expanded discussions of the chi square test of significance and the potential measures of association available for use with categoric data. Reviewing basic techniques in analysis of nominal data, this paper employs survey research data on party identification and ideologies to indicate which measures and tests ...
This path-breaking book reconceptualizes our understanding of political tolerance as well as of its foundations. Previous studies, the authors contend, overemphasized the role of education in explaining the presence of tolerance, while giving insufficient weight to personality and ideological factors. With an innovative methodology for measuring ...
A presentation and critique of the use of multiple measures of theoretical concepts for the assessment of validity (using the multi-trait multi-method matrix) and reliability (using multiple indicators with a path analytic framework).
A statistical method which will appeal to two groups in particular: those who are currently using the more traditional technique of exploratory factor analysis; and those who are interested in the analysis of covariance structures, commonly known as the LISREL model. The first group will find that this technique may be more appropriate to the ...
Provides an introduction to the fundamentals of scaling theory and construction, focusing on a variety of unidimensional scaling models. The authors present an overview and comparative analysis of such techniques as Thurstone scaling, Likert scaling, Guttman scaling, and unfolding theory, with emphasis on their varying conceptions of ...
Ordinary regression analysis is not appropriate for investigating dichotomous or otherwise 'limited' dependent variables, but this volume examines three techniques -- linear probability, probit, and logit models -- which are well-suited for such data. It reviews the linear probability model and discusses alternative specifications of non-linear ...
The "Statistical Abstract of the United States, "published since 1878, is the standard summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. It is designed to serve as a convenient volume for statistical reference and as a guide to other statistical publications and sources. The latter function is served ...
For international business courses in both undergraduate and graduate programs. Offering a fourteen-chapter format, this brief text provides students with a "quick read" of the most pertinent issues in international business. *Chapter-opening vignettes. - Illustrates for students the importance of chapter material. *Intentionally strategic ...
Three Way Scaling assumes a working knowledge of multidimensional scaling and Matrix Algebra, which are both introduced in earlier volumes of this series. Arabie, Carroll and DeSarbo begin their discussion with an example of the use of the INDSCAL model, they explain the model and give a second extended example. The authors then present a detailed ...
Research from across the social sciences is converging on cooperation as a key factor in human functioning. Written by esteemed political scientists and psychologists, this volume brings together political scientists and psychologists to identify and analyze recent social-scientific research on cooperation and present an overview of current ...
Riding straight out of the pages of Western history, W. J. L. Sullivan arrives, hat firmly planted on his head, to tell in his own plain way about his time as a sergeant of the Texas Rangers. The years were 1889 to 1901, and there was lawlessness enough on the frontiers of Texas to occupy any able-bodied man with a horse, a six-shooter, and a hard ...
While scholars in political science, social psychology, and mass communications have made notable contributions to understanding democratic citizenship, they concentrate on very different dimensions of citizenship. The current volume challenges this fragmentary pattern of inquiry, and adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of ...
In 1892, while training for his historic fight with Gentleman Jim Corbett, undefeated heavyweight boxing champion John L. Sullivan wrote "Reminiscences of a 19th Century Gladiator," a summation of his extraordinary life and career. In the book, the "Boston Strong Boy" shares with the reader the story of his humble origins and the obstacles, both ...
Pheadrus Sykes, Scribe to the Clergy on the Mainland, was on a mission of exploration, and discovery. He was about to step foot on the New World, the new continent. His job-to map the flora, and fauna of the Dark Lands. It had been one hundred years since the New World was discovered. Thomsa Firth was the captain of the ship that made that ...
The Electorate Reconsidered deals with important and concurrent changes in both the American electorate and the methods used to study it. The American voting public now shows a greater awareness of ideology and a new consistency of belief. It also shows a marked deterioration, however, of its faith in politicians and in its own political ...
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