1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457053703321

Autore

Hughes Aaron W

Titolo

Situating Islam [[electronic resource] ] : The Past and Future of an Academic Discipline

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2008

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (143 p.)

Collana

Religion in Culture: Studies in Social Contest and Construction

Disciplina

297.071

305.697

Soggetti

Islam -- Research

Islam -- Study and teaching

Islam - Study and teaching

Islam - Research

Religion

Islam

Philosophy & Religion

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Conclusion:; Notes; Bibliography; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

The formation of any scholarly discourse is contingent upon the creation of a vocabulary and a set of categories responsible for manufacturing the data that it deems "significant" or not. The discovery of raw data, the manufacture of theoretical or interpretive frameworks that make sense of such data, and subsequent scholarly conventions responsible for its dissemination are always mediated by particular social, ideological, and political contexts. This book documents these contexts in the creation of the discipline known as Islamic Studies and demonstrates how they have been instrumental in s



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910141616403321

Autore

Carpenter James R

Titolo

Multiple imputation and its application [[electronic resource] /] / James R. Carpenter and Michael G. Kenward

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley, 2013

ISBN

1-119-94228-4

1-119-94227-6

1-118-44261-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (490 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Statistics in Practice

Statistics in practice

Altri autori (Persone)

KenwardMichael G. <1956->

Disciplina

610.724

Soggetti

Statistics

Multiple imputation (Statistics)

Medicine - Research - Statistical methods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note:  Reasons for missing data Summary -- The Multiple Imputation Procedure and Its Justification --  Multiple imputation of binary and ordinal data -- Imputation of unordered categorical data -- Non-linear relationships -- Interactions -- Survival data, skips and large datasets -- Multilevel multiple imputation -- Sensitivity analysis: MI unleashed -- Including survey weights -- Robust Multiple Imputation.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book is written with three main aims; to provide a thorough introduction to the general MI methods, to provide a detailed discussion of the practical use of the MI method and to present real-world examples drawn from the field of biostatistics"--Provided by publisher.