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Gathering The Student's Perception Of Teaching And Learning Environments: A Customisable Email Data Collection Tool, Robert Corderoy, Sandra Wills, Raymond Stace, Albert Ip Oct 2011

Gathering The Student's Perception Of Teaching And Learning Environments: A Customisable Email Data Collection Tool, Robert Corderoy, Sandra Wills, Raymond Stace, Albert Ip

Sandra Wills

No abstract provided.


Poverty Changes In Developing Countries, Gary S. Fields Oct 2011

Poverty Changes In Developing Countries, Gary S. Fields

Gary S Fields

[Excerpt] This chapter is concerned with measuring how the extent of poverty changes in a country over time. 'Poverty', as the term is used here, denotes the inability of an individual or a family to command sufficient resources to satisfy basic needs. The poverty line is a constant real amount below which people are said to be poor. The extent of poverty in a country is then based on variables such as the number who are poor and the extent of their resource shortfall. This chapter treats three topics: how poverty is defined, how much poverty there is, and how …


Is Data To Knowledge As The Wasp Is To The Fig Tree? Reconsidering Licklider’S Intergalactic Network In The Days Of Data Deluge., Christine L. Borgman Jun 2011

Is Data To Knowledge As The Wasp Is To The Fig Tree? Reconsidering Licklider’S Intergalactic Network In The Days Of Data Deluge., Christine L. Borgman

Christine L. Borgman

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Mining The Decennial Censuses For Louisiana Data, 1940-2000, Lora K. Amsberryaugier, Marilyn Hankel Apr 2011

Mining The Decennial Censuses For Louisiana Data, 1940-2000, Lora K. Amsberryaugier, Marilyn Hankel

Lora K. Amsberryaugier

Exploration of Louisiana demographic information and data available in the 1940 through 2000 decennial censuses. This article was created as a resource for librarians and other census researchers.