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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10753824-regression-modeling-strategies I heard some good things about this book, and some of it is good. Surely, the general approach outlined in the introduction is pretty sound. He sets up the following principles: Satisfaction of model…
I was recently asked to suggest introductory reviewing materials for bright laymen (see also my previous post). I ended up giving the following recommendations: – Intelligence: A very short introduction (2001, by Deary, very mainstream…
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19823567-quantitative-research-in-linguistics http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=3bb68f8bfea90338ad2efa04569108e2 There are few good things to say about this book. The best thing is on the very first page: Some things never change: the sun rises in the morning. The sun sets in…
Goodreads. The book is on Libgen (free download). Since I have ventured into criminology as part of my ongoing research program into the spatial transferability hypothesis (psychological traits are stable when people move around, including…
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11324722-the-righteous-mind http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=1b4cf46bf0d2911c6151ba706aac2ca3 I had heard good things about this book, sort of. It has been cited a lot. Enough that I would be wiling to read it, given that the author has written at least…
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23621169-the-roma Richard Lynn is so nice to periodically send me books for free. He is working on establishing his publisher, of course, and so needs media coverage. In this case, he sent me a new…
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16641082-writing-systems http://libgen.org/search.php?req=coulmas+writing&open=0&view=simple&phrase=1&column=def I read this book as part of background reading for my bachelor (which im writing here) after seeing it referred to in a few other books. As a textbook it seems fine, except…
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19824663-an-introduction-to-toxicology http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=3b495b4fd548e7574a0ec998f22afac6&open=0 Friend of mine wants me to write a book chapter or two in his book advocating nuclear energy. Specifically, a chapter about toxicology and dose response models. I felt less than…
This book is a quick read and covers the area decently well. The major drawback is that it doesnt discuss deliberative democracy or liquid democracy. IMO this book is not as good as Caplans recent…
I had low expectations for this book. It was assigned for some humanities class im taking (Studium generale). However, the book is a quite decent introduction to the field. Happily surprised. http://libgen.org/book/index.php?md5=7d804c1413f8993654ecc933170a5141 –…