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This concise volume is the place to start for anyone considering a career in museums. Museum professional and author N. Elizabeth Schlatter outlines the nature of the profession as a whole, the rewar

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This book takes the reader through the basics of using the R statistical programming environment for data analysis using a series of case studies based around tasks that answer real research questions

This book takes the reader through the basics of using the R statistical programming environment for data analysis using a series of case studies based around tasks that answer real research questions

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Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists is written to inform, instruct and inspire journalists on the investigative possibilities offered by the Freedom of Information Act. Coveri

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Social-ecological challenges call for a far better integration of the social sciences into conservation training and practice. Environmental problems are, first and foremost, people problems. Without

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