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Auteur:Strayer, Eric, Griffiths, Heather, Vyain, Sally, Bry, Jeff D., Keirns, Nathan J.Sommaire: - Auteur:Holmes, Kathleen, Tamang, Asha Lal, Conerly, Tonja RSommaire:
Introduction to Sociology - 3e aligns to the topics and objectives of many introductory sociology courses. It is arranged in a manner that provides foundational sociological theories and contexts, then progresses through various aspects...
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This textbook is an introduction to the tourism and hospitality industry in British Columbia, and is written with a first year college and university audience in mind. It is a collaborative work with input from educators, industry...
- Auteur:Westcott, Morgan, Anderson, Wendy, Webster, DonSommaire:
This textbook is an introduction to the tourism and hospitality industry in British Columbia, and is written with a first year college and university audience in mind. It is a collaborative work with input from educators, industry...
- Auteur:Gay, GregSommaire:
"With raised awareness and accessibility laws emerging around the world, understanding what inclusive access to the Web means is becoming necessary knowledge for anyone who produces digital content. Much of the current information on...
- Auteur:Kang, Miliann, Lessard, Donovan, Heston, LauraSommaire:
This textbook introduces key feminist concepts and analytical frameworks used in the interdisciplinary Women, Gender, Sexualities field. It unpacks the social construction of knowledge and categories of difference, processes and...
- Auteur:Mazur, IzabelaSommaire:
This textbook is aligned with the British Columbia Adult Basic Education learning outcomes for Mathematics: Intermediate Level Algebra. The textbook introduces the fundamental concepts of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry while...
- Auteur:Tiemann, Thomas K.Sommaire:
Introductory Business Statistics provides students with an intuitive understanding of sampling distributions and their place in hypothesis testing. This texts aims to help students understand how statistics works, not just how to "get...
- Auteur:Illowsky, Barbara, Dean, Susan, Holmes, AlexanderSommaire:
Introductory Business Statistics is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the one-semester statistics course for business, economics, and related majors. Core statistical concepts and skills have been augmented with...
- Auteur:Mahbobi, Mohammad, Tiemann, Thomas K.Sommaire:
"Introductory Business Statistics with Interactive Spreadsheets - 1st Canadian Edition" is an adaptation of Thomas K. Tiemann's book, "Introductory Business Statistics". In addition to covering basics such as populations, samples, the...
Resource URLs: - Auteur:Ball, David W.Sommaire:
The goal of this textbook is not to make you an expert. True expertise in any field is a years-long endeavor. Here I [i.e. David W. Ball] will survey some of the basic topics of chemistry. This survey should give you enough knowledge to...
- Auteur:Key, Jessie A., Ball, David W.Sommaire:
The goal of this textbook is not to make you an expert. True expertise in any field is a years-long endeavor. Here I will survey some of the basic topics of chemistry. This survey should give you enough knowledge to appreciate the...
- Auteur:Zhang, Zhiyi, Shafer, Douglas S.Sommaire:
This book is meant to be a textbook for a standard one-semester introductory statistics course for general education students.Over time the core content of this course has developed into a well-defined body of material that is...
- Auteur:Illowsky, BarbaraSommaire:
Introductory Statistics follows the scope and sequence of a one-semester, introduction to statistics course and is geared toward students majoring in fields other than math or engineering. This text assumes students have been exposed to...
- Auteur:Baumback, WallySommaire:
This eBook contains self-paced learning modules that were written as a tool to guide and teach students to master Inventor. No two students learn at the same pace, therefore, the modules were written as competency-based bite-size pieces...
- Auteur:Vahidnia, Reza, Dian, F. JohnSommaire:
The phrase "Internet of Things" (IoT) alludes to the billions of physical devices connected to the Internet in order to exchange raw data and analyze the information. This book introduces the IoT use cases and technologies. It uses...
- Auteur:Wang, MeizhongSommaire:
If you are looking for a quick study guide in Computer Studies, this book is an excellent resource. Skip the lengthy and distracting books and instead use this book to guide your studies, review your knowledge, or help with tutoring....
- Auteur:Wang, MeizhongSommaire:
This textbook is a concise, understandable, and effective guide on intermediate level mathematics. This book can be used by Adult Basic Education programs at colleges; students in community colleges, high schools, tutoring, or resource...
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Since Indigenous peoples have developed time-proven approaches to sustaining both community and environment, Elders and young people are concerned that this rich legacy of Indigenous Science with its wealth of environmental knowledge...
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"Since Indigenous peoples have developed time-proven approaches to sustaining both community and environment, Elders and young people are concerned that this rich legacy of Indigenous Science with its wealth of environmental knowledge...
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