This text provides comprehensive coverage of research methods and statistics in a readable and student-friendly format. A wide variety of methodologies including descriptive, experimental and quasi-experimental research, historical studies, qualitative methods, and single subject designs are covered. A complete range of research tools as well as descriptive and inferential statistics are also included, making this text the definitive resource for introductory research courses.
The Describer's Dictionary: A Treasury of Terms & Literary Quotations
Have you ever found yourself grasping in vain for that ideal descriptive word lost somewhere within the misty recesses of your vocabulary? Or felt frustrated that an oddly shaped structure or pretty setting you wished to portray in writing didn't quite translate clearly to paper?
If the answer to either of these questions is yes, then The Describer's Dictionary is exactly the book you need. Open it, and you have not only just the right words but—bringing them to life—stellar literary examples of descriptive writing as well.
The present volume is a complete revision of a work of the same title published in I946 in the University of Michigan Publications in Linguistics. But instead of setting up morphological and phonological processes as basic to the descriptive methodology, it treats the morpheme together with its allomorphs as the fundamental feature.
Forty-six beautifully illustrated varieties of the "queen of flowers": hybrid teas, grandiflora, floribunda, climbers, miniatures, and historic roses. Descriptive captions.
This book is a practical guide for making over 30 necklaces, bracelets and earrings using netting stitch. It includes over 100 clear and descriptive diagrams, carefully detailing every step of the beading process.