It's Not Rocket Science - a Guide to the School Improvement Cycle : With Examples from New Zealand and Australian Schools

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910915676503321
• Autore: Bendikson Linda
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bielefeld : , : Myers Education Press, , 2023; ©2023
• ISBN: 1-9755-0543-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (237 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): MeyerFrauke; TimperleyHelen
• Disciplina: 371.200994
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: Presents an easy-to-read, practical guide to effectively leading school improvement. This book walks leaders through each step of The School Improvement Cycle developed by Bendikson and Meyer, providing case studies, examples, and helpful tools from primary and secondary schools for the implementation of each step.

Bayesian approaches to clinical trials and health care evaluation / / David J. Spiegelhalter, Keith R. Abrams, Jonathan P. Myles

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911020144903321
• Autore: Spiegelhalter D. J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2004
• ISBN: 9786610269303; 9781280269301; 1280269308; 9780470092590; 0470092599; 9780470092606; 0470092602
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (408 p.)
• Collana: Statistics in practice
• Altri autori (Persone): AbramsK. R (Keith R.); MylesJonathan P
• Disciplina: 519.5/42/02461
• Soggetti: Bayesian statistical decision theory; Medicine - Research - Statistical methods; Clinical trials - Statistical methods
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-380) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Bayesian Approaches to Clinical Trials and Health-Care Evaluation; Contents; Preface; List of examples; 1 Introduction; 1.1 What are Bayesian methods?; 1.2 What do we mean by 'health-care evaluation'?; 1.3 A Bayesian approach to evaluation; 1.4 The aim of this book and the intended audience; 1.5 Structure of the book; 2 Basic Concepts from Traditional Statistical Analysis; 2.1 Probability; 2.1.1 What is probability?; 2.1.2 Odds and log-odds; 2.1.3 Bayes theorem for simple events; 2.2 Random variables, parameters and likelihood; 2.2.1 Random variables and their distributions; 2.2.2 Expectation, variance, covariance and correlation 2.2.3 Parametric distributions and conditional independence; 2.2.4 Likelihoods; 2.3 The normal distribution; 2.4 Normal likelihoods; 2.4.1 Normal approximations for binary data; 2.4.2 Normal likelihoods for survival data; 2.4.3 Normal likelihoods for count responses; 2.4.4 Normal ; likelihoods for continuous responses; 2.5 Classical inference; 2.6 A catalogue of useful distributions*; 2.6.1 Binomial and Bernoulli; 2.6.2 Poisson; 2.6.3 Beta; 2.6.4 Uniform; 2.6.5 Gamma; 2.6.6 Root-inverse-gamma; 2.6.7 Half-normal; 2.6.8 Log-normal; 2.6.9 Student's 2.6.10 Bivariate normal; 2.7 Key points; Exercises; 3 An Overview of the Bayesian Approach; 3.1 Subjectivity and context; 3.2 Bayes theorem for two hypotheses; 3.3 Comparing simple hypotheses: likelihood ratios and Bayes factors; 3.4 Exchangeability and parametric modelling*; 3.5 Bayes theorem for general quantities; 3.6 Bayesian analysis with binary data; 3.6.1 Binary data with a discrete prior distribution; 3.6.2 Conjugate analysis for binary data; 3.7 Bayesian analysis with normal distributions; 3.8 Point estimation, interval estimation and interval hypotheses; 3.9 The prior distribution 3.10 How to use Bayes theorem to interpret trial results; 3.11 The 'credibility' of significant trial results*; 3.12 Sequential use of Bayes theorem*; 3.13 Predictions; 3.13.1 Predictions in the Bayesian framework; 3.13.2 Predictions for binary data*; 3.13.3 Predictions for normal data; 3.14 Decision-making; 3.15 Design; 3.16 Use of historical data; 3.17 Multiplicity, exchangeability and hierarchical models; 3.18 Dealing with nuisance parameters*; 3.18.1 Alternative methods for eliminating nuisance parameters*; 3.18.2 Profile likelihood in a hierarchical model*; 3.19 Computational issues 3.19.1 Monte Carlo methods; 3.19.2 Markov chain Monte Carlo methods; 3.19.3 WinBUGS; 3.20 Schools of Bayesians; 3.21 A Bayesian checklist; 3.22 Further reading; 3.23 Key points; Exercises; 4 Comparison of Alternative Approaches to Inference; 4.1 A structure for alternative approaches; 4.2 Conventional statistical methods used in health-care evaluation; 4.3 The likelihood principle, sequential analysis and types of error; 4.3.1 The likelihood principle; 4.3.2 Sequential analysis; 4.3.3 Type I and Type II error; 4.4 P-values and Bayes factors*; 4.4.1 Criticism of P-values
• Sommario/riassunto: READ ALL ABOUT IT! David Spiegelhalter has recently joined the ranks of Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Stephen Hawking by becoming a fellow of the Royal Society. Originating from the Medical Research Council's biostatistics unit, David has played a leading role in the Bristol heart surgery and Harold Shipman inquiries. Order a copy of this author's comprehensive text TODAY! The Bayesian approach involves synthesising data and judgement in order to reach conclusions about unknown quantities and make predictions. Bayesian methods have become increasingly popular in recent years, notab

A New England? : Peace and War 1886-1918

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910971444003321
• Autore: Searle G. R
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, , 2005; ©2005
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (951 pages)
• Collana: The new Oxford history of England
• Disciplina: 941.081
• Soggetti: World War, 1914-1918 - England; Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901.651 0Great Britain History Edward VII, 1901-1910; Great Britain History George V, 1910-1936
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- General Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Plates -- List of Tables and Map -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I: England in 1886 -- 1. Nationalism and Nationality -- 1. English and 'Celts' -- 2. Foreign Immigration -- 3. The English Exodus -- 4. 'Our Kith and Kin' -- 5. Foreigners -- 6. The Empire and 'Race' -- 7. Schooling and Patriotism -- 8. Conclusion -- 2. Generation and Gender -- 1. The Young -- 2. The Position of Women -- 3. Gender Roles -- 4. Sexual Mores -- 5. Votes for Women -- 6. Conclusion -- 3. Social Identities: Class, Community, and the Masses -- 1. Locality -- 2. Vertical Stratification: Occupation -- 3. Horizontal Stratification: Class -- 4. Religion and Culture -- 5. The Rise of Mass Society -- 6. Status Hierarchies -- 7. Conclusion -- 4. Governance and Politics -- 1. Uniting the United Kingdom -- 2. Governance -- 3. A Ruling Class? -- 4. The Electoral System -- 5. The Shaping of Party Allegiance -- 6. Party and Its Critics -- Part II: Late Victorian England 1886-1899 -- 5. Home Rule and the Politics of Unionism -- 1. The Aftermath of the Home Rule Crisis -- 2. Salisbury and the Unionist Alliance, 1886-1892 -- 3. The Liberals in Office, 1892-1895 -- 4. The Disappearance of the Irish Question? -- 6. the Social Question: Conflict and Stability, 1886-1899 -- 1. The Crisis of the 1880s -- 2. Agricultural Depression and Rural Society -- 3. ; Industrial Unrest and the 'New Unionism' -- 4. The March of Progress? -- 5. The Social Explorers and the 'People of the Abyss' -- 6. The Making of Social Policy -- 7. Politics and the Social Question, 1886-1899 -- 1. The Salisbury Government, 1886-1892 -- 2. The Liberal Ministries, 1892-1895 -- 3. The Unionists After 1895 -- 4. Local Politics in Late Victorian Britain -- 5. Popular Politics and the Rise of Labour.; 8. Uneasy Dominion: Britain Under Challenge, 1886-1899 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Overseas Trade and Investment -- 3. A Great Power in Retreat? -- 4. The Problem of Imperial Defence -- 5. Modernizing the Army -- 6. Salisbury and the Foreign Office -- 7. Egypt Secured -- 8. Prelude to the Second Boer War -- 9. The Boer War, 1899-1902 -- 1. Pyrrhic Victory? -- 2. On the Home Front -- 3. Liberal Troubles and Unionist Muddles -- 4. The Inquest -- Part III: Edwardian England -- 10. The Unionist Project, 1902-1905 -- International Relations -- 1. The Reorganization of Imperial Defence -- 2. The End of Isolation? -- The Domestic Front -- 1. The 1902 Education Act -- 2. The Genesis of Tariff Reform -- 3. Drifting to Disaster -- 4. A Doomed Project? -- 5. The End of the Unionist Ascendancy -- 6. The Forging of the Progressive Alliance -- 7. Defeat -- Transition to Liberal Rule, 1906-1908 -- 1. The 1906 General Election -- 2. The Liberals in Office: the Early Years -- 11. The Liberal Party and Social Welfare Politics -- 1. The Liberal Welfare Reforms -- 2. Rationale for Legislation -- 3. Creating an Imperial Race? -- 4. The Political Legacy of Welfare Reform -- 5. Health and Welfare in Edwardian Britain -- 12. The Years of 'Crisis', 1908-1914 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Constitutional Crisis -- 3. Crisis in Ireland -- 4. The Issue of Corruption -- 5. The Great Labour Unrest -- 6. The Women's Revolt -- 7. The Strange Death of Liberal England? -- 13. The Road to War -- 1. Imperial Policy -- 2. The Formation of the Anglo-russian Entente -- 3. The Hardening of the Anglo-french Entente -- 4. The Strategic Dilemma -- 5. Grey Under Challenge -- 6. Invasion Scares and Spies -- 7. A Militarized Society? -- 8. Feeling in the Country -- 9. The Challenge of the Peace Movement -- 10. Crisis -- Part IV: Leisure, Culture, and Science -- 14. The Pursuit of Pleasure.; 1. Time for Play -- 2. The Role of Religion -- 3. Rational Recreation -- 4. Rise of the Leisure Industry -- 5. 'I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside' -- 6. Forbidden Pleasures -- 7. Hobbies -- 15. Art and Culture -- 1. The Market for Art -- 2. Art and Morality -- 3. Realism and Modernism -- 4. The Nature of 'Englishness' -- 5. Pastoralism -- 6. Conclusion -- 16. Science and Learning -- 1. The Age of Discovery -- 2. Technology and Science -- 3. Britain's International Performance -- 4. The 'Endowment of Research' Movement -- 5. Attitudes to Science and Technology -- 6. Science and Spirituality -- 7. Social Science -- 8. The Triumph of Academia? -- Part V: The Great War -- 17. The Great War: The Loss of Innocence, 1914-1916 -- 1. 'All over by Christmas?': August-december 1914 -- 2. The End of the Liberal Ministry, January-May 1915 -- 3. Troubled Days, May-December 1915 -- 4. Jutland and the War at Sea -- 5. The Somme Campaign -- 6. Background to the December 1916 Crisis -- 18. The Great War: Tragedy and Triumph, 1916-1918 -- 1. Turning over a New Leaf ? -- 2. Gambling on Nivelle -- 3. The Unrestricted U-Boat Campaign -- 4. Third Ypres and Cambrai -- 5. Crumbling Morale -- 6. Planning for 1918 -- 7. 'Backs to the Wall' -- 8. Lloyd George's Triumph -- 9. Forward to Victory -- 19. The Patriotic Experience -- 1. The Experience of War -- 2. National Identities -- 3. Pacifists, Patriots, and Jingoes -- 20. War and the Reshaping of Identities -- 1. Gender and Generation -- 2. Class and the Military Participation Ratio -- 3. The Growth of the State -- 4. Political Identities -- Chronology -- List of Cabinets -- General ; Elections -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This absorbing narrative history brings into sharp and lively focus a period of immense energy, creativity, and turmoil. The book opens in 1886, as the Empire is poised to celebrate Victoria's golden jubilee, and ends in 1918 at the close of the 'war to end all wars', with England knowing that an era has conclusively ended. It vividly portrays ever.