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  | | Armed and Considered Dangerous(2nd Edition) New Second Edition by James D. Wright, Dr Peter H. Rossi, Nicholas E. Libby, Wright And Rossi, Peter Henry Rossi Paperback, 292 Pages, Published 2008 by Aldine Transaction ISBN-13: 978-0-202-36242-7, ISBN: 0-202-36242-6 ""Armed and Considered Dangerous" is a book about "bad guys" and their guns. But Wright and Rossi contend that for every suspected criminal who owns and abuses a firearm, a hundred or more average citizens own guns for sport, for recreation, for self-protection, and for other reasons generally regarded as appropriate or legitimate. "Armed and Considered Dangerous" is the most ambitious survey ever undertaken of criminal acquisition, poss ..." |
 | | The Education of Catholic Americans(Updated) by Andrew M. Greeley, Dr Peter H. Rossi, Stephen M. Krason Paperback, 396 Pages, Published 2013 by Aldine Transaction ISBN-13: 978-1-4128-5290-6, ISBN: 1-4128-5290-0 "Belief in universal education as the means to prevent divisions among social classes has long been an important element in American society. This highly-regarded sociological study refutes prejudices against Catholic education, such as claims that Catholic schools are authoritarian, and that they no longer have a valuable role to play in society. Andrew M. Greeley and Peter H. Rossi tackle issues about Catholic education at all levels: ..." |
 | | Victims of the Environment(Reprint) Loss from Natural Hazards in the United States, 1970-1980 by Professor James D. Wright, Dr Peter H. Rossi, Joseph A. Pereira, Eleanor Weber-Burdin Paperback, 238 Pages, Published 1983 by Springer ISBN-13: 978-1-4613-3771-3, ISBN: 1-4613-3771-2 |
 | | Money, Work, and Crime Experimental Evidence by Peter H. Rossi, Richard A. Berk, Kenneth J. Lenihan 260 Pages, Published 2013 by Elsevier ISBN-13: 978-1-4832-6580-3, ISBN: 1-4832-6580-3 "Experimental Evidence Peter H. Rossi, Richard A. Berk, Kenneth J. Lenihan ... Groups 3 and 4 Difference (received financial (did not receive due to Arrest charge aid) financial aid) Total financial aid Theft crimes (robbery, burglary, larceny, etc.) ..." |
 | | Money, Work, and Crime Experimental Evidence by Peter H. Rossi Paperback, Published 2013 by Academic Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4832-4574-4, ISBN: 1-4832-4574-8 |
 | | Lifestyle and Social Structure Concepts, Definitions, Analyses by Michael E. Sobel, Peter H. Rossi 240 Pages, Published 2013 by Elsevier ISBN-13: 978-1-4832-6028-0, ISBN: 1-4832-6028-3 "Concepts, Definitions, Analyses Michael E. Sobel Peter H. Rossi. elements that comprise style exhibit stylistic unity; that is, certain characteristics occur only with certain others, etc. This last ... Ackerman argues that style is “a way of characterizing relationships among works of art that were made at the same time and/or place, or by the same person or group [1963, p. 164].” For the concept to fulfill these functions it must ..." |
 | | Handbook of Survey Research by Peter H. Rossi, James D. Wright, Andy B. Anderson 774 Pages, Published 2013 by Academic Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4832-7630-4, ISBN: 1-4832-7630-9 "Applying Heise and Bohrnstedt's (1970) model, in which they adopt Lord and Novick's definition of reliability as the ratio of true score to observed variance, to ( 3.46) yields their estimate of reliability, called Q. Specifically - X'.1V(y) – X-IV(y)h: #-l X'-1C(yi, yj) where h is the communality" of item i. Although it is easy to demonstrate that Q is a better estimate of reliability than Cronbach's (1951) a ( Greene & Carmines, 19 ..." |
 | | Psychological Anthropology Approaches To Culture And Personality by William Foote Whyte, Dr Peter H. Rossi, Peter H. Rossi Paperback, 554 Pages, Published 2012 by Literary Licensing, Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-258-24797-3, ISBN: 1-258-24797-6 "Contributing Authors Include Edward Norbeck, George De Vos, Robert A. Levine, And Many Others. Dorsey Series In Anthropology And Sociology." |
 | | Natural Hazards and Public Choice The State and Local Politics of Hazard Mitigation by James D. Wright, Peter H. Rossi, Eleanor Weber-Burdin 356 Pages, Published 2013 by Elsevier ISBN-13: 978-1-4832-6551-3, ISBN: 1-4832-6551-X "The State and Local Politics of Hazard Mitigation James D Wright, Eleanor Weber -Burdin, Peter H. Rossi. # Local Communities with the Highest Average Seriousness Ratings for Each Major Disaster Type 1. TORNADOES Average Rating Rank" Tulsa, OK 6.29 4th Birmingham, AL 5. 47 8th Lee County, AL 4.94 6th St. Martin ... 32 lst Elizabeth, NJ 7.00 4th Chester, PA 6.54 6th Montgomery Co., TX 6.50 lst Houston, TX 6. 32 5th Metairie, LA 6.25 3 ..." |
 | | Down and Out in America The Origins of Homelessness by Peter H. Rossi 255 Pages, Published 1991 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-16232-4, ISBN: 0-226-16232-X "All were interviewed at the General Assistance offices. In addition, follow-up interviews with 355 were obtained six months later in August 1984. The full results of the study are reported in Matthew Stagner and Harold Richman, General Assistance Profiles: Findings from a Longitudinal Study of Newly Approved Recipients (Springfield: Illinois Department of Public Aid, 1985). Chicago AFDC Study of Clients The tabulations concerning C ..." |
 | | Psychological Anthropology Approaches To Culture And Personality Hsu, Francis Lang Kwang; Rossi, Peter H. and Whyte, William Foote by Dr Peter H. Rossi, William Foote Whyte Hardcover, 554 Pages, Published 2012 by Literary Licensing, Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-258-23569-7, ISBN: 1-258-23569-2 "Contributing Authors Include Edward Norbeck, George De Vos, Robert A. Levine, And Many Others. Dorsey Series In Anthropology And Sociology." |
 | | The Econometric and Tinbergen Institutes Lectures Bayesian Non- and Semi-Parametric Methods and Applications by Peter Rossi 224 Pages, Published 2014 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-5030-3, ISBN: 1-4008-5030-4 "Much of the work in Bayesian econometrics has focused on showing the value of Bayesian methods for parametric ... This contrasts to the approach often favored in the non-Bayesian econometrics literature which I will call “partial-information." |
 | | Lecture Notes in Statistics Case Studies in Bayesian Statistics : Volume III 121 by Constantine Gatsonis, James S. Hodges, Robert E. Kass, Robert E. Mcculloch, Peter Rossi, Nozer D. Singpurwalla 471 Pages, Published 2012 by Springer Science & Business Media ISBN-13: 978-1-4612-2290-3, ISBN: 1-4612-2290-7 "Discussion Andrew Gelman, University of California, Berkeley Introduction and overview Bernardo (1996) is a beautiful paper with two especially nice features. ... proportional representation system means that if you can forecast statewide votes for the parties, you can immediately forecast their vote shares. In contrast, in the United States (and Britain), with winner-take-all elections in legislative districts, it is necessary to ..." |
 | | Feeding the Poor Assessing Federal Food Aid by Peter Henry Rossi, Aei Press Paperback, 182 Pages, Published 2008 by Aei Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8447-4011-9, ISBN: 0-8447-4011-X "In the midst of the welfare reform revolution, Peter H. Rossi examines five major food assistance programs, whose combined annual budgets approach $40 billion. His comprehensive assessment of the research concerning the impact of these programs describes their historical origins, goals, and operations and then uses the best available research to assess their impact and effectiveness." |
 | | Saitensprung(1st Edition) A Night in the Pub by Peter Rossi Broschiert, 184 Pages, Published 2008 by Books On Demand Gmbh ISBN-13: 978-3-8370-2593-4, ISBN: 3-8370-2593-4 "AußerdemeineganzeMenge Auszüge aus mexikanischen und spanischen Speisekarten (sollten die Eagles etwa über den Geruchvon Essenphilosophiert haben?). ... Irgendwann erfuhr ichbei der Lektüre eines T.C. Boyle Romans („ Grün istdie Hoffnung“), dass colitas dieFrüchte der ... Mitabsoluter Sicherheitwirdwohl keiner jemals erfahren, waswirklichmit diesem merkwürdigenTextgemeint ist. Ichwar ..." |
 | | Guatemala, Belize und zurück(1st Edition) "Eine Männer-Reise durch Lateinamerika" oder "Was Machos wirklich denken" by Peter Rossi Broschiert, 268 Pages, Published 2008 by Books On Demand ISBN-13: 978-3-8370-2690-0, ISBN: 3-8370-2690-6 "jedoch der Strategie, sicher zu stellen, dass Ulrike immer ein volles Glas vor sich stehen hat. Wenn sie dicht ist, wird's leichter. Die Jungs sind zumindest keine Schnorrer. Auch wenn sie nur einen Bruchteil von dem trinken, was wir in uns ' rein ..." |