Keith Chan - Böcker

Developing Cross-Cultural Measurement in Social Work Research and Evaluation, Second Edition is an applied practice-to-research text, with a focus on developing, assessing, and validating meaningful measurements across cultures and populations. This book deeply examines cultural differences that may present problems with measurements for target populations relevant to social work researchers, and features practical hands-on solutions to managing these problems using advanced quantitative methods. The authors present a step-by step approach, beginning with the conceptualization of measurements for different cultures, the processes involved in identifying item questions, and the quantitative techniques that can be used to validate new or pre-existing measures. This Second Edition also includes sample syntax from publicly available data for social work researchers to learn to conduct these types of analyses with their own research.New to the Second Edition:- Emphasis on Item Response Theory, and a new chapter devoted to the concept. - Increased focus on the process of instrument development, based on real-world examples - in particular, a detailed examination of the development of a new cross-cultural instrument, the Empathy Scale, created and validated by a group of multinational and culturally diverse students from the US, China, Mexico, and Turkey under the supervision of Dr. Tran.- Significant updates of all content to reflect new developments in cross-cultural research across social sciences and psychological disciplines.

This book fills a critical gap in scholarship from social workers in the effort to eradicate anti-Asian racism through exploration in the historical and current political context. Asian Americans are the fastest growing population among all racial and ethnic groups. Recent events have highlighted incidents of anti-Asian racism which has a long history tied to various marginalized identities in the U.S. This book examines the experiences and impacts of racism from the perspective of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and delves into evidence-based micro, mezzo, and macro solutions. This book intends to serve as a timely and comprehensive resource for social work educators, researchers and practitioners committed to eliminating anti-Asian racism experienced by a population that will no longer accept the label of being "invisible."This book is the first of its kind to systematically examine the history of anti-Asian racism in the U.S., its impact on the intersectionality of different marginalized identities within Asian American communities, and provides innovative, evidence-based solutions that social work educators, practitioners, and researchers can adopt to dismantle anti-Asian racism.

Technical insights on the vital aspects of hardware and software components in modern wireless system design Introduction to Wireless System Design: From Circuits to Web-based Applications provides an introductory level overview for readers to acquire technical insights on the most important aspects of modern wireless system design from an industrial and practical perspective. Various functional blocks of wireless systems and products are discussed and analyzed with practical examples of commercial products. Software development is addressed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the development of complete wireless systems. The book concludes by presenting practical design examples followed by future trends. Core topics covered in this book include wireless standards for GPS, Bluetooth, cellular, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, LoRaWAN, Sigfox, and NBIoT; major transmitter issues including power gain, power efficiency, harmonic prevention, and suppression; and server software development for building dynamic web interfaces using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Written by three highly qualified authors, the book also includes information on: System characteristics of hardware receivers, including noise temperature, bandwidth, figure, and sensitivityComponents of circuit blocks in hardware transmitters, including oscillator, modulator, buffer amplifier, frequency multiplier, power amplifier, output filterTypes of antennas, including dipole, monopole, loop, beam-forming, and miniature designs like patch, inverted-L, inverted-F, and meandered lineElements of software architecture design, including user interface, data and sequence flow, and timing diagramsSmartphone application software development, with insight on tools such as Android Studio, Flutter, React, and SwiftIntroduction to Wireless System Design: From Circuits to Web-based Applications is a highly practical and actionable resource on the subject for practicing engineers and programmers, as well as graduate and undergraduate students in related programs of study.