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Practicing and Presenting Social Research
Oral Robinson and Alexander Wilson · University of British Columbia
This open-access textbook is for those who want to write exemplary social research. It provides an extensive outline of each step of the research process: outlining practical tools for conceptualizing its beginnings, generating proposals, getting ethics approval, relaxing from the stresses of research, writing academically, conducting a literature review, drafting a methods section, collecting the right data, formulating the findings, and sharing the results.
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Introduction to Economic Analysis
Anonymous · LibreTexts
This book presents standard intermediate microeconomics material and some material that, in the authors' view, ought to be standard but is not. Introductory economics material is integrated. Standard mathematical tools, including calculus, are used throughout. The book easily serves as an intermediate microeconomics text, and can be used for a relatively sophisticated undergraduate who has not taken a basic university course in economics.
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Introduction to Gender Studies
Katie Coleman · College of the Canyons
In the contents: 3.01: Gender Socialization · 3.04: Social Learning Theory (Sociology) · 5.01: Gender Socialization
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Debating Democracy: An Introduction to U.S. Government and Politics
Joseph Braunwarth · Grossmont College
In the contents: Chapter 15: Growth and Equity- Economic and Social Policy
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Start Here, Speak Anywhere! 2e
Angela Elbanna et al. · Borough of Manhattan Community College
This book serves as a comprehensive and practical guide to public speaking, equipping readers with essential knowledge and skills to communicate effectively in a wide range of contexts. It explores the fundamental principles of public speaking, emphasizing historical perspectives, ethical considerations, and the role of listening in effective communication.
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Precarious Creativity: Global Media, Local Labor
Michael Curtin and Kevin Sanson · LibreTexts
In the contents: 07: Transnational Crews and Postsocialist Precarity Globalizing Screen Media Labor in Prague · 7.03: Globalizing a Postsocialist Production World Producers and Production Management as Cultural Interface · 17.02: Creativity and Labor in Social Movement and Production Studies A Snapshot
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Beliefs: An Open Invitation to the Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion
Amanda Zunner-Keating, Madlen Avetyan, and Ben Shepard · Los Angeles Valley College
This book was the combined efforts of the authors, contributors and editors who have been teaching these concepts to students for a number of years.
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Biological Anthropology
Tori Saneda & Michelle Field · Cascadia Community College
Biological anthropology, also known as physical anthropology, is a scientific discipline concerned with the biological and behavioral aspects of human beings, their related non-human primates and their extinct hominin ancestors. It is a subfield of anthropology that provides a biological perspective to the systematic study of human beings.
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Introduction to Community Psychology
Leonard A. Jason, Olya Glantsman, Jack F. O'Brien, and Kaitlyn N. Ramian · DePaul University
In the contents: 6.01: Social and Political Change
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Communicating to Connect - Interpersonal Communication for Today
Daniel Usera & contributing authors · Austin Community College
Communicating to Connect: Interpersonal Communication for Today introduces an undergraduate to a whole new world of concepts with an in-depth exploration of interpersonal communication. Theory and research that reflect what is currently known about interpersonal communication complement practical skills explaining why course concepts are important in an undergraduate’s everyday life.
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Nobody Wants a Boring Speech: Connect and Make It Matter
Joel Sakakihara, Russell Hong, and David A. Hamilton · De Anza College
Public speaking is a skill that grows with practice, preparation, and purpose. This accessible guide helps students develop their voice, connect with audiences, and communicate ideas confidently and ethically—in the classroom, workplace, community, and beyond.
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Stand Up, Speak Out 3e
Jason Wrench, Anne Goding, Danette Ifert Johnson, and Bernardo Alexander Attias · Milne Library Publishing
Public speaking in the twenty-first century is both an art and a science that has developed over millennia. In a world bombarded by information, the ability to communicate ideas clearly and confidently is more essential than ever. Stand Up, Speak Out guides students through the speechmaking process, from audience analysis to the final presentation.
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Communicating with Purpose
Alexandra Briggs · Northampton Community College
In the contents: 15: Mass Communication Social Media and Media Literacy · 15.03: Social Media and Web 2.0
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Child Growth and Development
Paris, Ricardo, Rymond and Johnson · College of the Canyons
In the contents: 06: Social and Emotional Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood · 6.04: Social Emotional Milestones · 09: Social Emotional Development in Early Childhood
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Developmental Psychology Childhood-Adolescence (IVC Psyc/HD 7)
Hartrisha Kaur Uchida · Irvine Valley College
In the contents: 06: Social and Emotional Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood · 6.04: Social Emotional Milestones · 09: Social Emotional Development in Early Childhood
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Early Childhood Literacy
Alice Hale · Chabot College
In the contents: 05: Understanding families' social contexts
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Introduction to Narrative Journalism
Benjamin Wielechowski · University of Michigan-Dearborn
This textbook was created for beginning narrative journalists exploring the craft. It is inspired by the Narrative Journalism course at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and it is intended to be used as a guide and handbook. It is structured around the five elements of fiction, and provides both instruction and student examples of various narrative journalism projects.
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Research Methods in Psychology
Carrie Cuttler et al. · Washington State University
This text provides an overview of research design strategies used in psychological research. It covers the basic descriptive statistics and concepts within inferential statistics that are necessary for appreciation and comprehension of research findings. The course presents the student with the fundamentals of research that all psychology majors should know. Emphasis is placed on the critical evaluation of psychological research.
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Afrofuturism Across the African Diaspora: Empowering Black Students Through Literature
Patricia France and Hajra Ismail Yacooboli · College of Marin
Afrofuturism is important because it offers a chance to continue to dream. Representation matters in many different forms. In academia there are canons of literature that center whiteness, but we need to engage students in new ways that connect to their world now. As instructors who are looking for topics to engage our many diverse students, there is beauty in using Afrofuturism in a college literature course.
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COM 1090: Interpersonal Communication - Among Family, Friends and at Work
Joel Whitaker · Prince George's Community College
In the contents: 02: Social Media and Interpersonal Communication