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Analysis of Variance and Design of Experiments
The Pennsylvania State University · LibreTexts
This is a graduate-level course that provides a thorough introduction to statistical methods used to analyze data resulting from a wide range of experimental designs. The concepts of comparative experiments, randomization, replication, repeated measures, blocking, and factorial designs will be discussed. The main goal of the course will be to develop problem-solving skills for identifying a variety of designs and making inferences on associated parameters.
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Math 150: Survey of Math
Leah Griffith, Veronica Holbrook, Johnny Johnson & Nancy Garcia · Rio Hondo College
In this text, students will learn to read and understand quantitative information, solve practical problems, and make sound decisions using numbers. Topics include consumer applications, logic, probability, statistics, algebra, and geometry. This text is for students who need a quantitative reasoning course for graduation or transfer.
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Professor Ingrid Riedle's Political Science 201
Ingrid Riedle · City Colleges of Chicago
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Advanced Nutrition - San Diego Miramar College
Mardi Parelman · San Diego Miramar College
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B-CU: CH-141 General Chemistry 1
Sidney Bolden Jr. · Bethune-Cookman University
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Biochemistry Experiment Manual
吳繡賢 李惠春 · Tzu Chi University 慈濟大學
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Mental Health and Wellness
Cathy Thwing and student writers at Pima Community College · LibreTexts
Forming the baseline for all of us are mental health and general wellness. We look at some of the current mental health and wellness issues we're facing in this section.
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Self Determination Program Foundations
Kelly Kulzer · Taft College
Self Determination Foundations builds background knowledge in California's Self Determination Program for participants served by the regional center system, their circles of support, and independent facilitators.
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NUTRI 300: Nutrition
Rose Giordano · Folsom Lake College
This course examines nutrition as a science and the chemical properties of nutrients in foods, the sources and functions of the nutrients in all stages of the life cycle, as well as nutrition as a world problem, and consumer problems related to food. Topics emphasized include nutrient metabolism, weight loss, sports nutrition, food safety, the diet-disease relationship, global nutrition and analysis of special nutritional requirements from the prenatal period through the geriatric years.
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Garde Manger: A Guide to the Cold Kitchen
Marshall Welsh & William R. Thibodeaux · Finch Henry Job Corps Center & Nicholls State University
The Garde Manger course is an introduction to the art and craft of the cold kitchen and is rooted in preservation methods and techniques dating back to the days when the Garde Manger or 'keeper of the food' had no refrigeration and needed to preserve food for its wholesomeness. Techniques such as aspics and terrines are making a resurgence in the modern kitchen and a good foundation is important for you to be able to create your own niche as a modern chef.
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BUS 215: Introduction to Business
Brown · Cosumnes River College
This textbook provides students with insight and knowledge into developing their entrepreneurial opportunity and creating a business plan for it. Students will research entrepreneurial ideas and determine how to turn an idea into a successful startup enterprise given the current and anticipated demographic, technological, and social climates. Students will also be offered an organized, step-by-step approach to preparing a business plan.
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English C1000 Writing Handbook
Angelica Duran, Evan Stubblefield & Jose Guillermo Robledo · Pasadena City College
English C1000 Writing Handbook provides students with practical strategies for developing college-level writing skills. The handbook guides writers through the writing process, rhetorical analysis, research, argument development, revision, and academic conventions while emphasizing critical thinking, accessibility, and inclusive writing practices.
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The Language of Medical Terminology
Lisa Sturdy and Susanne Erickson · NorQuest College
The Language of Medical Terminology is an open educational resource (OER) that begins with a focus on the practice of breaking down medical terms into their component parts. This is practiced through the beginning of the book in order to develop a solid foundation on medical term parts, their meaning and how to understand the full meaning behind medical terminology as a whole.
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Math In Plain Sight
Timothy Cooley · Orange Coast College
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IVC Biol 15: Microbiology Lab Manual
Emalee MacKenzie · Irvine Valley College
This is a Microbiology lab manual that goes with a separate textbook for IVC students for a 5 unit class. This lab manual provides students with fundamental skills and concepts of the structure and physiology of non-disease and disease producing microorganisms with particular attention to bacteria. Basic techniques for culturing, staining, counting and identifying microorganisms. Designed to meet the requirement to enter one of the medical fields as well as general education.
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College Algebra and Trigonometry- Expressions, Equations, and Graphs
Holly Carley and Ariane Masuda · New York City College of Technology
This page is under construction. The thumbnail was courtesy of https://www.freepnglogos.com/pics/under-construction. This is a work in early stages which is a reworking of College Algebra with Trigonometry. It is intended to differ in treatment from other texts on the subject.
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Introduction to Anthropology: A Four Field Approach
Matthew Pawlowicz, Christopher A Brooks, Nancy Phaup, and Amy Rector · Virginia Commonwealth University
This textbook seeks to highlight the diverse voices of contemporary anthropology, emphasizing that anthropology works best amidst diversity. We hope that all students will feel more engaged when they see themselves reflected in the people, examples, and stories of contemporary anthropology, which has been profoundly improved by the inclusion of diverse, global perspectives over the past several decades.
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Physical Geology
Steven Earle · Vancover Island University
Physical Geology is a comprehensive introductory text on the physical aspects of geology, including rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, glaciation, groundwater, streams, coasts, mass wasting, climate change, planetary geology and much more. It has a strong emphasis on examples from western Canada, especially British Columbia, and also includes a chapter devoted to the geological history of western Canada.
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Small Business Management in the 21st Century
LibreTexts · LibreTexts
This text offers a unique perspective and set of capabilities for instructors. The authors designed this book with a “less can be more” approach, and by treating small business management as a practical human activity rather than as an abstract theoretical concept.
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Physical Chemistry Laboratory Manual
LibreTexts
This upper-division Physical Chemistry Laboratory Manual provides hands-on experience with experimental and computational methods used in modern physical chemistry. Topics include laboratory safety, chemical literature, experimental uncertainty and statistical analysis, thermodynamic calculations, equations of state, heat-capacity ratios, blackbody radiation, atomic and molecular spectroscopy, UV-Vis and FTIR spectroscopy, quantum-mechanical models, nanoparticles and quantum dots, chemical kinet