National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, Board on International Scientific Organizations, U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Center fo
The proceedings from the August 2000 conference in Makuhari, Japan include reflections on the workshop itself, notes from panel and small-group discussions, and an appendix featuring supplementary materials, as well as papers on teacher preparation a...Loe edasi...
Committee on National Statistics, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Angela Williams Foster, Faith Mit
Sari: New Findings on Welfare and Children's Development: Summary of a Research Briefing
Federal law prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of seven protected classes including race. Despite 30 years of legal prohibition under the Fair Housing Act, however, there is evidence of continuing discrimination in American housing, as do...Loe edasi...
Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Angela Williams Foster, Faith Mitchell, Stephen E. Fienberg
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Mar-2002, Hardback, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309381680)
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Federal law prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of seven protected classes including race. Despite 30 years of legal prohibition under the Fair Housing Act, however, there is evidence of continuing discrimination in American housing,...Loe edasi...
Panel to Review the 2000 Census, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, National Ac
The first part, a letter reporting on the decision to permit unadjusted data from the 2000 census to be used for federal fund allocation and other purposes, underscores the importance of the decennial US census count. The interim report then delineat...Loe edasi...
Panel to Review the 2000 Census, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Constance F. Citro, Daniel L. C
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Jan-2002, Hardback, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309382496)
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This volume contains the full text of two reports: one is an interim review of major census operations, which also assesses the U.S. Census bureaus recommendation in March 2001 regarding statistical adjustment of census data for redistricting....Loe edasi...
National Research Council, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics, Committee on Law and Justice, Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs, Carol V. Petrie, John V. P
(Ilmumisaeg: 27-Oct-2001, Hardback, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309072731)
The final report of the Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs, assessing the knowledge available and needed to inform US national drug control policy. The executive summary of the earlier Phase I Report is appended. The committee...Loe edasi...
Committee on National Statistics, Terri M. Scanlan, William D. Kalsbeek, Edward B. Perrin, National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
The Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) convened a workshop on November 4-5, 1999, to identify new directions for health statistics and the implications for health data of changes in the health arena faced by DHHS; state and local health depar...Loe edasi...
Committee on National Statistics, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Edward B. Perrin, William D. Kal
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Aug-2001, Paperback, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309076869)
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The Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) convened a workshop on November 4-5, 1999, to identify new directions for health statistics and the implications for health data of changes in the health arena faced by DHHS; state and local health...Loe edasi...
Institute of Medicine, National Research Council, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Committee on Law and Justice, Panel on Juvenile Crime: Prevention, Treatm
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Jul-2001, Hardback, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309068420)
Assessing whats known about juvenile crime and its prevention, treatment, and control, this study seeks to point the way toward more effective policies based on empirical evidence and also to highlight areas that need more research. The studys nati...Loe edasi...
Institute of Medicine, National Research Council, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Panel on Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Workplace
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Jun-2001, Hardback, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309072847)
The panel has assembled the science base supporting current concepts of musculoskeletal disorders as they relate to the workplace, ranging from tissue biology through the variety of mechanical, organization. and psychosocial factors operating in the...Loe edasi...
Committee on Law and Justice, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Philip Heymann, Carol V. Petrie
This workshop arose out of the efforts of the Committee on Law and Justice to assist the National Institute of Justice in identifying gaps in the overall research portfolio on crime and justice. It was designed to develop ideas about the kinds of kn...Loe edasi...
Committee on Law and Justice, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Philip Heymann, Carol V. Petrie
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-May-2001, Hardback, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309382120)
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This workshop arose out of the efforts of the Committee on Law and Justice to assist the National Institute of Justice in identifying gaps in the overall research portfolio on crime and justice. It was designed to develop ideas about the kinds...Loe edasi...
National Research Council, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration, Charles B. Keely, Holly E. Reed
Papers from a November 1999 workshop on mortality patterns in complex emergencies, organized by the Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration, and held in Washington, D.C., overview the state of knowledge about mortality in past complex humani...Loe edasi...
National Research Council, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences, Committee on Future Directions for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the Natio
Brings together a committee of 15 scientists with backgrounds in the biomedical, social behavioral, and scientific disciplines, who together identify and address a broad set of issues relating to the health of the US population. Themes addressed inc...Loe edasi...
Committee on Law and Justice, Nancy Crowell, Joseph Foote, Joan Petersilia, National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Although violent crime in the United States has declined over the past five years, certain groups appear to remain at disproportionately high risk for violent victimization. In the United States, people with developmental disabilities-such as mental...Loe edasi...
The American Community Survey (ACS), to be run by the Census Bureau, will be a large (250,000 housing units a month), predominantly mailout/mailback survey that will collect information similar to that on the decennial census long form. This title su...Loe edasi...
Many of the papers presented in this collection (the second of two volumes) were presented during a research conference on racial trends in the US held in October 1998 in Washington DC. The contributors are academics in public policy, sociology, Afr...Loe edasi...
The papers collected in this first of two volumes were first presented at the Research Conference on Racial Trends in the US, which was organized following discussions between the National Research Council and the Presidents (Clinton) Initiative on...Loe edasi...
Faith Mitchell, William Julius Wilson, Neil J. Smelser, National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Academy of Sciences
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Feb-2001, Hardback, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309064958)
Explores the trends among African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Native Americans in the context of a white majority. This volume presents the findings and analysis on racial and social dynamics, with recommendations for research. Volume...Loe edasi...
Constance F. Citro, Miron L. Straf, Margaret E. Martin, National Research Council, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics
