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Reference guide for those working in the area of statistics, probability theory, biostatistics, quality control, and economics. Emphasis is on applications of statistical methods in sociology, engineering, computer science, biomedicine, psychology, and survey methodology.

Provides coverage of statistical methods, including confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modeling, random effect/multilevel modeling, generalized linear models, and computationally intensive methods such as the bootstrap.

This encyclopedia has information on modern statistical methods and offers a practical orientation as well as case studies. It provides in-depth coverage of a wide variety of topics, including six sigma, data mining, process capability, measurement systems analysis, robust design, process control, system reliability, and more.

Covers nearly all aspects and ramifications of stress, including neuroimmune interactions, cytokines, enzymatic disorders, effects on the cardiovascular system, immunity and inflammation, disasters, mental illnesses, and physical illnesses.

Covers all major facets of survey research methodology, including selecting the sample design and sampling frame, designing and pretesting the questionnaire, data collection and coding, the issues surrounding diminishing response rates, confidentiality, privacy, and informed consent and other ethical issues.

Provides an overview of the fundamentals and advances in telecommunications. The text includes roughly 300 articles on various topics, including optical communications, modulation and demodulation, coding and decoding, communication networks, antennas, and more.

Covering anatomy, physiology, neuropsychology, clinical neurology, neuropharmacology, evolutionary biology, genetics, and behavioral science, this four-volume encyclopedia contains over 200 articles from experts around the world as well as over 1,000 figures and illustrations.

Presents entries devoted to key concepts and specific chemicals within the field of toxicology. There are also entries devoted to international organizations, well-known toxic-related incidents such as Love Canal and Chernobyl, the societal implications of toxicological knowledge, environmental crimes, chemical and biological warfare in ancient times, and the history of the U.S. environmental movement.

This reference work covers many subjects within the field of traumatology, including trauma psychology, military psychiatry and behavioral health, post-traumatic stress and stress disorders, trauma social work, disaster mental health, and socio-historical examinations of long-term effects of major traumas experienced by whole communities and nations, both natural (Pompeii, Hurricane Katrina) and man-made (the Holocaust, 9/11).

This reference work examines the history and impact of U.S. relations with Native Americans. Entries cover everything critical to provide a full understanding of the context to U.S./Native American relations, from history, politics, and sociology to civil rights and culture.