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Modern Weights and Measures Regulation in the United States
Craig A. Leisy
TAYLOR FRANCIS LTD
2021
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In this book, Craig A. Leisy provides a concise history of weights and measures regulation in the United States from the early 20th century up to the present day.Written for academic and professional readers, Leisy describes basic terms and concepts, the origins and history of weights and measures laws, weights and measures regulation, the economics of regulation, key enforcement cases, landmark legal decisions, the effects of public policy, and a forecast on the future of weights and measures regulation. He also discusses the impact of weights and measures regulation on both producers (sellers) and consumers (buyers) in the marketplace. The book also features a new 2019 survey of state weights and measures regulatory programs, an introduction to the economics of weights and measures regulation, a case study of the municipal weights and measures regulatory program in Seattle, Washington, details of a major gasoline dispenser fraud case in Los Angeles County, and landmark legal cases related to net contents of packaged goods.Modern Weights and Measures Regulation in the United States is the only book on this subject from the perspective of a former long-time weights and measures regulatory official.
Modern Weights and Measures Regulation in the United States
Craig A. Leisy
TAYLOR FRANCIS LTD
2023
nidottu
In this book, Craig A. Leisy provides a concise history of weights and measures regulation in the United States from the early 20th century up to the present day.Written for academic and professional readers, Leisy describes basic terms and concepts, the origins and history of weights and measures laws, weights and measures regulation, the economics of regulation, key enforcement cases, landmark legal decisions, the effects of public policy, and a forecast on the future of weights and measures regulation. He also discusses the impact of weights and measures regulation on both producers (sellers) and consumers (buyers) in the marketplace. The book also features a new 2019 survey of state weights and measures regulatory programs, an introduction to the economics of weights and measures regulation, a case study of the municipal weights and measures regulatory program in Seattle, Washington, details of a major gasoline dispenser fraud case in Los Angeles County, and landmark legal cases related to net contents of packaged goods.Modern Weights and Measures Regulation in the United States is the only book on this subject from the perspective of a former long-time weights and measures regulatory official.
This practical and easy-to-use book offers professional educators of any academic level, subject area, or position the tools, techniques, and strategies to disseminate, share, publish, and promote the results of their action research projects and studies.Acclaimed author Craig A. Mertler offers a clear-cut guide for practitioner-researchers, covering the following:A robust overview of action research/practitioner research, including its characteristics, processes, and professional benefits;Discussion of the main products for disseminating practitioner research, including written reports, presentations, and visual formats;Delivery strategies for disseminating practitioner research, including refereed publications (both practitioner and scholarly), face-to-face and virtual presentations (conferences, local presentations, and elsewhere), as well as social media and electronic media, from blogs and podcasts to Twitter and LinkedIn.Written for any educational practitioner in any role—from in-service and pre-service teachers in PK-12 or higher education settings to scholars, administrators, policymakers, staff, graduate students, and other researchers—this book offers a pragmatic and motivational guide useful for any field of education in which practitioner research is component.
This practical and easy-to-use book offers professional educators of any academic level, subject area, or position the tools, techniques, and strategies to disseminate, share, publish, and promote the results of their action research projects and studies.Acclaimed author Craig A. Mertler offers a clear-cut guide for practitioner-researchers, covering the following:A robust overview of action research/practitioner research, including its characteristics, processes, and professional benefits;Discussion of the main products for disseminating practitioner research, including written reports, presentations, and visual formats;Delivery strategies for disseminating practitioner research, including refereed publications (both practitioner and scholarly), face-to-face and virtual presentations (conferences, local presentations, and elsewhere), as well as social media and electronic media, from blogs and podcasts to Twitter and LinkedIn.Written for any educational practitioner in any role—from in-service and pre-service teachers in PK-12 or higher education settings to scholars, administrators, policymakers, staff, graduate students, and other researchers—this book offers a pragmatic and motivational guide useful for any field of education in which practitioner research is component.
How to Talk to Your Son about Fascism is a practical guide for parents, carers, and others with young men in their lives on how to talk with those young men about fascism and the right-wing, which specifically and particularly preys on them for recruitment.Its central goal is to present research, history, and analysis about how and why the right-wing recruits young men to parents, educators, and anyone with a young person in their lives. The book covers the history of right-wing recruitment of young men, explaining why the right-wing focuses on recruiting men both on a theoretical basis and through the logic of movement-building, and then moves to practical analysis and suggestions for how to counter recruitment today. Recommendations come from excerpts and existing scholarship. Readers will come out of the book with a better understanding of what fascism is and how it works, how it preys on young men, how it recruits and appeals to them, and how to stop this from happening.This book will be of interest to antifascist researchers and activists, as well as parents, carers, and the general reader concerned about the rise of the extreme right.
How to Talk to Your Son about Fascism is a practical guide for parents, carers, and others with young men in their lives on how to talk with those young men about fascism and the right-wing, which specifically and particularly preys on them for recruitment.Its central goal is to present research, history, and analysis about how and why the right-wing recruits young men to parents, educators, and anyone with a young person in their lives. The book covers the history of right-wing recruitment of young men, explaining why the right-wing focuses on recruiting men both on a theoretical basis and through the logic of movement-building, and then moves to practical analysis and suggestions for how to counter recruitment today. Recommendations come from excerpts and existing scholarship. Readers will come out of the book with a better understanding of what fascism is and how it works, how it preys on young men, how it recruits and appeals to them, and how to stop this from happening.This book will be of interest to antifascist researchers and activists, as well as parents, carers, and the general reader concerned about the rise of the extreme right.
Advanced and Multivariate Statistical Methods
Craig A. Mertler; Rachel A. Vannatta; Kristina N. LaVenia
TAYLOR FRANCIS LTD
2025
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Advanced and Multivariate Statistical Methods, Eighth Edition offers conceptual and practical insights into multivariate statistical techniques, designed for students without requiring deep technical or mathematical expertise.This updated text facilitates conceptual understanding of multivariate statistical methods by limiting the technical nature of the discussion of those concepts and focusing on their practical applications. It equips students with the tools to critically evaluate research articles that utilize these techniques and prepares graduate students to apply multivariate methods in analysing their own quantitative data or that of their institutions.This new edition has resources for instructors and students, including an online test bank, downloadable data sets, and ‘how to’ videos of the SPSS procedures, available via the companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/mertler) and signposted throughout the book for easy reference. A brief discussion of practical significance has also been added to Chapter 1.This book is tailored for students taking a multivariate statistics course in graduate programs across a range of fields, including psychology, education, sociology, criminal justice, social work, mass communication, and nursing.
Advanced and Multivariate Statistical Methods
Craig A. Mertler; Rachel A. Vannatta; Kristina N. LaVenia
TAYLOR FRANCIS LTD
2025
sidottu
Advanced and Multivariate Statistical Methods, Eighth Edition offers conceptual and practical insights into multivariate statistical techniques, designed for students without requiring deep technical or mathematical expertise.This updated text facilitates conceptual understanding of multivariate statistical methods by limiting the technical nature of the discussion of those concepts and focusing on their practical applications. It equips students with the tools to critically evaluate research articles that utilize these techniques and prepares graduate students to apply multivariate methods in analysing their own quantitative data or that of their institutions.This new edition has resources for instructors and students, including an online test bank, downloadable data sets, and ‘how to’ videos of the SPSS procedures, available via the companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/mertler) and signposted throughout the book for easy reference. A brief discussion of practical significance has also been added to Chapter 1.This book is tailored for students taking a multivariate statistics course in graduate programs across a range of fields, including psychology, education, sociology, criminal justice, social work, mass communication, and nursing.
Action Research: Improving Schools and Empowering Educators, Seventh Edition introduces both beginning and experienced educators to the process of designing and conducting classroom-based action research. This practical text focuses on research methods and procedures that educators can use in their everyday instructional practices, classroom activities, and school settings.
After the Governor of Michigan begins receiving threats from a militant environmental group, he calls in extra security.The problem? He fears there might be a traitor on his security detail.The solution? Call in an independent contractor.The man for the job? An ex-boxer and semi-retired fixer named Shelby Alexander.But who can be trusted? As it turns out ... no one.Along with his best buddy and right hand man Jerry "Mack" MacIntyre, Shelby steps in to protect the governor of his beloved state. It doesn't take long for the fireworks to start and the betrayals to run thick and heavy.Don't miss this rollercoaster ride of danger, action, and high stakes treachery
Author Craig A. Opal addresses the most important prophetic questions of our time: How many Seals of Revelation have been broken and has the last Great Tribulation already begun? Many from all over the world are beginning to ask this, because they can see for themselves the evidences of the end times all around them. "Revelation Unleashed: Re-Discovering The Blessed Hope," answers this question and many others, as we inch closer and closer to the first "Great and Terrible Day of the Lord's Wrath," which is about to be unleashed on the world any day now. Are you ready for what is about to happen? Did you know that a massive worldwide earthquake along with millions of fires was predicted to occur in the last days? Did you know that the "Great Tribulation" begins with these events among others? Craig will not only show you proof that these things are about to occur, but also to give hope and encouragement to those who are looking for answers, as well as an escape from the troubles to come.