Be Your Own Dick: Private Investigating Made Easy

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Get this book!.......2004-01-17

And you can get it for list within a day from the loompanics page or 8003802230. A classic in the private investigation genre. Some of the loop holes he mentions would be worth more than the price of the book alone--for protecting your own privacy as well as for ferreting out the secrets of someone else. John Q wrote this right before the turn of the century, but the gumshoe methods he espouses are sound and true even today. This author has a good understanding of the ways to obtain information and is good at getting the information across.

Easy Investigating for the average Joe.......1999-05-23

Clear and Precise and at time humorous. Interesting to read "How they do it"

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Whatever your profession, a common base of knowledge and standards of performance are required for admission to practice. As an educator, while it is true that the individual states administer actual licensure procedures, they do so based on core standards established across states. These case studies, which cover a cross-section of these core values, are highly useful for people preparing to become educational leaders and for current practicing administrators.

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Taylor Cox assembles learnings from ten years of teaching, research, and consulting related to cultural diversity in organizations into a comprehensive text for teaching, organization development, and scholarship. The result is a major advance in our understanding of cultural diversity and its effects on organizational behavior and performance.

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The methodology engineers need to plan and conduct experiments to quantify cause-and-effect mechanisms in complex systems

Updated to include the latest in experiment design, this breakthrough resource offers a comprehensive framework for the sequential building of knowledge -- a model for improvement -- that is key to making improvements. Step by step, you discover the tools and properties of sound experiments, the methods of planned experiments, and their application to the design of new and improved products and services.

Case studies of experiments in action, and forms and checklists facilitate the adoption of the methods into your daily work. The Second Edition includes new and expanded coverage of how to:

* Test changes to products, processes, and systems
*Evaluate the measurement process
* Extend planned experiments to large systems
*Apply experiments to new product design

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A serious book for quality practitioners.......2000-03-14

This is a book about quality improvement via proven techniques of statistical experiment design. It is full of illustrative examples, with mathematical details kept to a minimum. It is an excellent source of reference for industry personnel interested in improving the performance of products and processes beyond the deployment of the usual technical (engineering) approaches.

Quality Improvement through Planned Experimentation.(Review) (book review): An article from: IIE Transactions

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Quality Improvement through Planned Experimentation.(Review) (book review): An article from: IIE Transactions
Muge Gultekin
Manufacturer: Institute of Industrial Engineers, Inc. (IIE)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00099O0OY
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from IIE Transactions, published by Institute of Industrial Engineers, Inc. (IIE) on December 1, 1999. The length of the article is 617 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Quality Improvement through Planned Experimentation.(Review) (book review)
Author: Muge Gultekin
Publication: IIE Transactions (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 1999
Publisher: Institute of Industrial Engineers, Inc. (IIE)
Volume: 31 Issue: 12 Page: 1191

Article Type: Book Review

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This book explores strategy from its roots. It focuses on the belief that strategy does no just happen, it is made, this book makes four distinct contributions to dealing with the real issues that managers face: helps the manager to identify the strategy of the business unit; facilitates evaluation of this strategy; aids the analysis of opportunities and limitations; helps managers find viable strategic options for the business.

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This digital document is an article from Canadian Journal of Regional Science, published by Canadian Journal of Regional Science on June 22, 2001. The length of the article is 1988 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Amassing Power. J.B. Duke and the Saguenay River, 1897-1927. (Reviews/Comptes Rendus). (book review)
Author: Camil Girard
Publication: Canadian Journal of Regional Science (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2001
Publisher: Canadian Journal of Regional Science
Volume: 24 Issue: 2 Page: 354(4)

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Amassing Power: J. B. Duke and the Saguenay River, 1897-1927 (Studies on the History of Quebee / Etudes D'histoire Du Quebec)

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Amassing Power: J. B. Duke and the Saguenay River, 1897-1927 (Studies on the History of Quebee / Etudes D'histoire Du Quebec)
David Massell
Manufacturer: McGill-Queen's University Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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David Massell. Amassing power. (Book Reviews). (book review): An article from: American Review of Canadian Studies

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David Massell. Amassing power. (Book Reviews). (book review): An article from: American Review of Canadian Studies
James Mochoruk
Manufacturer: Association for Canadian Studies in the United States
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008IK9X2
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from American Review of Canadian Studies, published by Association for Canadian Studies in the United States on September 22, 2001. The length of the article is 1042 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: David Massell. Amassing power. (Book Reviews). (book review)
Author: James Mochoruk
Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 2001
Publisher: Association for Canadian Studies in the United States
Volume: 31 Issue: 3 Page: 525(3)

Article Type: Book Review

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In Merchants and Empire, Cathy Matson examines the economic ideas and behavior of New York City's commercial wholesalers, especially the middling merchants who, as a majority of active traders, affected the character of city commerce over its colonial years. Although less prominent in transatlantic dry goods commerce than the great traders, this middling majority spread dissenting economic ideas and flouted political authority time and again when the benefits to their interests were clear. Indeed, middling or lesser merchants fashioned a plausible alternative to mercantilism, and contributed significantly to the challenges Americans offered to British rule in the final colonial years.

Merchants & Empire Trading in Colonial New York

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Merchants & Empire Trading in Colonial New York
Cathy Matson
Manufacturer: John Hopkins University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KBH9EY

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Communicating a fascination for the everyday activities of people, this leading book on consumer behavior examines how our world is influenced by the action of marketers, and considers how products, services, and consumption contribute to the broader social world we experience. Its incredibly interesting and dynamic content proves hip and engaging, while reflecting the latest research.

A four-part organization looks at consumers as individuals, consumers as decision makers, consumers and subcultures, and consumers and culture.

For brand managers, marketing research analysts, and account executives.

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Excellent standard textbook
Fickleness of Consumer Behavior Defined and Described

Consumer Behavior (7th Edition)
Leon Schiffman , and Leslie Kanuk
Manufacturer: Pearson Education
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0130841293

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This revision of a classic book retains the market segmentation approach that has set the standard for consumer behavior study through 6 editions. Emphasizes the role of technology: the impact of technology on consumers and how they make their buying decisions is integrated throughout the text. For anyone interested in Consumer Behavior.

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Excellent standard textbook.......2000-10-10

I have used this textbook for 5 years for my marketing diploma students. The book has proved itself in South Africa and used by hundreds of students with success. My only wish is that the authors change the attiutude measurement section and add clearer examples.

Fickleness of Consumer Behavior Defined and Described.......2000-04-16

The textbook used in my Graduate Diploma in Marketing course, it gave me great insights in the fields of Consumer Behavior. I especially enjoyed the many interesting ads used throughout the text to illustrate certain learning points. Very readable.

Marketing Research, 7th Edition (Marketing Research)

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this book is a piece of garbage
Description of methods, rather than a teaching guide
Ineffective presentation and weak on mutlivariable analysis
Good overview but weak in substance
Classic text on marketing research

Marketing Research, 7th Edition (Marketing Research)
David A. Aaker , V. Kumar , and George S. Day
Manufacturer: Wiley
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0471363405

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Transform a world of marketing data into strategic advantage In a world exploding with marketing data, there's one text that keeps pace with the latest tools, applications, and developments in marketing research. Now in its Seventh Edition, Aaker, Kumar, and Day's Marketing Research shows future managers and researchers when marketing research can and should be used, what research alternatives exist, how to recognize effective and ineffective research, and how to interpret and apply the results. The authors take readers step by step through the entire marketing research process, describing the most advanced and current methodologies. Reflecting emerging trends and changes in the marketplace, this new edition has been completely revised, updated, and enhanced. New features include:
* Relevant and recent examples and citations
* Expanded coverage of e-commerce and database marketing
* New cases and problems, covering a wide range of products and organizations
* Marketing Research in Business sections in each chapter that focus on the real-world applications of marketing research
* Firm-specific and data-specific URLs connecting to the most recent information
* New coverage of the use of SPSS(r) in illustrating the data analysis
Now available with SPSS(r) software. This Seventh Edition can be packaged with SPSS(r) Student Version 9.0 (Set ISBN: 0-471-39564-1).

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this book is a piece of garbage.......2006-12-03

The book does not give any practical view on the subject. The theories are vaguely narrated but not explained. Overall structure totally misses the point of teaching - the concepts and methodoligies are used within the text and elaborated later. Sections explaining various mathemathical models I consider being incomprehensible.

Description of methods, rather than a teaching guide.......2003-02-12

This book is a collection of marketing research techniques described at lenght. Serves well as a reference to what happens (conceptually) in each technique. It does not serve as a teaching guide, since there is very little description of the actual procedures involved in performing the techniques. Additionally, almost no information on the actual statistics behind each technique.

Ineffective presentation and weak on mutlivariable analysis.......2002-08-04

I purchased this book (7th, ISBN=*405) as my first book on Marketing Research. However, this book is very disappointing; multivariable analysis sections are superficial in treatment. In particular, the authors avoid math treatment once basic statistics sections are over. I don't understand the techniques described in those multivariable analysis sections based on whatfs written in this book; I already have the understandings in some of the topics discussed in the book, so I know what I am talking about partly. Also the rest of non-statistical sections are very boring to read, and examples are in some cases not easy to relate to the material in the context directly. What makes me most bored might be authors explaining trivial things like "Hospital is the place to go when you get sick....g (Analogy) Considering the quality of this book in terms of depth, this book is way overpriced. I recommend the following books instead: Business Research Methods by Zikmund (much clear presentation on methodologies), and Probability and Statistics by DeGroot (one of the best in these subjects) for non-multivariable sections, and for multivariable sections, Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis by Wichern and Johnson (for math taste), and Multivariate Data Analysis by Anderson, et al (for non-math taste). Also recommended is Data Mining Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques with Java Implementations by Witten and Frank (for Data Mining programming). P.S. this 7th ISBN=*405 does not include CDROM.

Good overview but weak in substance.......2002-07-08

Considering that this book was written by the King of Marketing Research and Brand Management, Prof. David Aaker, I had expected more in a graduate-level textbook. However, the examples are simplistic, cases are weak, and the section on statistical methods and analysis would be better omitted in favor of a statistics-specific textbook.

Classic text on marketing research.......2001-04-08

A classic text - continually revised over the years and gets better every time. Had a prior edition during my MBA studies a decade ago and bought a recent edition; a great source of reference for marketing research & analysis.

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Volume 2 Problem solving and planning tools

Part 1: Practical tools for problem solving
This part looks at tools that define, analyze, and resolve issues. They utilize people's knowledge, ideas, and experience. The tools in this part are flow charts, brainstorming, cause-and-effect diagrams, nominal group technique, and force field analysis.

Part 2: Practical tools for planning
This part covers the tools for planning that make change manageable, understandable, controlled, and timely. The tools are flexible; they can be used for both strategic planning, and implementing change/improvement. The tools in this part are affinity diagram, relations diagram, systematic diagram, process decision program chart, arrow diagram, matrix, and matrix data analysis.

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