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Introduction to Economic Analysis
No full textThis book presents standard intermediate microeconomics material and some material that/ in the authors\u27 view/ ought to be standard but is not. Introductory economics material is integrated. Standard mathematical tools/ including calculus/ are used throughout. The book easily serves as an intermediate microeconomics text/ and can be used for a relatively sophisticated undergraduate who has not taken a basic university course in economics. The focus of this book is on the conceptual tools and not on fluff. As such/ it reflects the approach actually adopted by the majority of economists for understanding economic activity. There are lots of models and equations/ and no pictures of economists ;-) Economic analysis is used in many situations. When British Petroleum sets the price for Alaskan crude oil/ it uses an estimated demand model/ both for gasoline consumers and also for the refineries to which BP sells. Economic analysis was used by experts in the antitrust suit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice both to understand Microsoft\u27s incentive to foreclose (eliminate from the market) rival Netscape and consumer behavior in the face of alleged foreclosure. Stock market analysts use economic models to forecast the profits of companies to predict the price of their stocks. When the government forecasts the budget deficit or considers a change in environmental regulations/ it uses economic models. This book presents the building blocks of the models in common use by an army of economists thousands of times per day. This book/ plus econometrics/ provides most of the economic analysis tools to take upper division economics courses of any type.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1036/thumbnail.jp
Introduction to Psychology
No full textWhen you teach Introduction to Psychology/ do you find it difficult — much harder than teaching classes in statistics or research methods? Do you easily give a lecture on the sympathetic nervous system/ a lecture on Piaget/ and a lecture on social cognition/ but struggle with linking these topics together for the student? Do you feel like you are presenting a laundry list of research findings rather than an integrated set of principles and knowledge? Have you wondered how to ensure your course is relevant to your students? Introduction to Psychology utilizes the dual theme of behavior and empiricism to make psychology relevant to intro students. The author wrote this book to help students organize their thinking about psychology at a conceptual level. Five or ten years from now/ he does not expect his students to remember the details of most of what he teaches them. However/ he does hope that they will remember that psychology matters because it helps us understand behavior and that our knowledge of psychology is based on empirical study. This book is designed to facilitate these learning outcomes/ and he has used three techniques to help focus students on behavior: Chapter Openers: Each chapter opens showcasing an interesting real world example of people who dealing with behavioral questions and who can use psychology to help them answer them. The opener is designed to draw the student into the chapter and create an interesting in learning about the topic. Psychology in Everyday Life: Each chapter contains one or two features designed to link the principles from the chapter to real-world applications in business/ environment/ health/ law/ learning/ and other relevant domains. For instance/ the application in Chapter 7 on Development/ ”What makes good parents“ applies the concepts of parenting styles in a mini-handbook about parenting/ and the application in Chapter 3 is about the difficulties that left-handed people face performing everyday tasks in a right-handed world. Research Foci: Introduction to Psychology emphasizes empiricism throughout/ but without making it a distraction from the main story line. Each chapter presents two close-ups on research — well articulated and specific examples of research within the content area/ each including a summary of the hypotheses/ methods/ results/ and interpretations. This feature provides a continuous thread that reminds students of the importance of empirical research. The research foci also emphasize the fact that findings are not always predictable ahead of time (dispelling the myth of hindsight bias)/ and also help students understand how research really works. The author\u27s focus on behavior and empiricism has produced/ Introduction to Psychology/ a text that is better organized/ has fewer chapters/ and is somewhat shorter than many of the leading books. Now/ you don\u27t have to believe us. Check the book out online or order your desk copy today.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1037/thumbnail.jp
The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business
No full textTerence Lau & Lisa Johnson\u27s The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business is a book for today\u27s student/ who expects learning to be comprised not only of substance/ but also of interactive exercises and multimedia. This book streamlines the presentation of material to ensure that every page is relevant/ engaging/ and interesting to undergraduate business students/ without losing the depth of coverage that they need to be successful in their academic journeys and in their professional careers. This is not Legal Environment of Business (LEB) ”light.“ Rather/ this is LEB without risk of students\u27 eyes glazing over in boredom or from lack of comprehension. This is LEB presented in an exciting way/ where every page is interesting to students and relevant to real life. The authors recognize that the sheer volume of information to be covered in a LEB course makes it one of the more challenging courses for the business undergraduate. Not only do typical LEB texts read like the first year curriculum at law school/ but also the LEB course is grounded in the humanities/ which can make the subject even more demanding for students who are also taking statistics/ economics/ finance/ and accounting. Each chapter contains not only substantive law/ but also illustrative videos/ interactive exercises for hands-on learning/ and discussion questions for critical thought. Additionally/ each chapter presents ”A Question of Ethics“ section/ which contains real world ethical dilemmas relevant to the topic under study. These videos/ exercises/ discussion questions/ and ethics sections all provide opportunities for students to apply concepts that they are learning in the context of relevant LEB topics that shape or restrain actual decision-makers\u27 actions. It\u27s real world practice in the safety of the classroom environment. Lau & Johnson\u27s The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business is a textbook that students will enjoy reading. This will encourage them to come to class prepared/ and free you to teach the kind of course you want to teach. Request a desk copy and see for yourself.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1039/thumbnail.jp
Light and Matter
No full textThis is an introductory text intended for a one-year introductory course of the type typically taken by biology majors/ or for AP Physics B. Algebra and trig are used/ and there are optional calculus-based sections.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1045/thumbnail.jp
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
No full textThe Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure appear in the Appendix to Title 28 of the United State Code. This publication was made with data provided by the United States government on the Office of Law Revision Counsel Bulk US Code. This title is current through July 31/ 2014. All updates to this material will appear at the above URL.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1079/thumbnail.jp
Federal Rules of Evidence
No full textThese are the Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) as effective December 01/ 2016. The FRE govern the introduction of evidence in civil and criminal trials in United States federal courts. These Rules are often the foundation for the standard upper level law school course in Evidence.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1090/thumbnail.jp
Foundations of Business Law and Legal Environment
No full textMayer/ Warner/ Siedel and Lieberman\u27s Foundations of Business Law and the Legal Environment is an up-to-date textbook with comprehensive coverage of legal and regulatory issues for your introductory Legal Environment or Business Law course. The text is organized to permit instructors to tailor the materials to their particular approach. The authors take special care to engage students by relating law to everyday events with which they are already familiar with their clear/ concise and readable style. Business Law and the Legal Environment provides students with context and essential concepts across a broad range of legal issues with which managers and business executives must grapple. The text provides the vocabulary and legal savvy necessary for business people to talk in an educated way to their customers/ employees/ suppliers/ government officials — and to their own lawyers.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1103/thumbnail.jp
Human Relations
No full textHuman Relations by Laura Portolese-Dias addresses all of the critical topics to obtain career success as they relate to professional relationships. Knowing how to get along with others/ resolve workplace conflict/ manage relationships/ communicate well/ and make good decisions are all critical skills all students need to succeed in career and in life. Human Relations is not an organizational behavior; rather/ it provides a good baseline of issues students will deal with in their careers on a day-to-day basis. It is also not a professional communications/ business English/ or professionalism textbook/ as its focus is much broader — on general career success and how to effectively maneuver in the workplace. From communication challenges to focusing on one\u27s own emotional intelligence/ the examples throughout Human Relations will help students understand the importance of the human side in their career. This book\u27s easy-to-understand language and tone is written to convey practical information in an engaging way. Every chapter opens with a realistic example which introduces a concept to be explained in detail later. Each chapter contains relevant examples/ YouTube videos/ figures/ learning objectives/ key takeaways/ exercises/ and a chapter-ending case that offer different ways to promote learning. Many of the end-of-section exercises offer self-assessment quizzes/ so students may engage in self-understanding and development.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1106/thumbnail.jp
Open Data Structures: An Introduction
No full textOffered as an introduction to the field of data structures and algorithms/ Open Data Structures covers the implementation and analysis of data structures for sequences (lists)/ queues/ priority queues/ unordered dictionaries/ ordered dictionaries/ and graphs. Focusing on a mathematically rigorous approach that is fast/ practical/ and efficient/ Morin clearly and briskly presents instruction along with source code. Analyzed and implemented in Java/ the data structures presented in the book include stacks/ queues/ deques/ and lists implemented as arrays and linked-lists; space-efficient implementations of lists; skip lists; hash tables and hash codes; binary search trees including treaps/ scapegoat trees/ and red-black trees; integer searching structures including binary tries/ x-fast tries/ and y-fast tries; heaps/ including implicit binary heaps and randomized meldable heaps; graphs/ including adjacency matrix and adjacency list representations; and B-trees. A modern treatment of an essential computer science topic/ Open Data Structures is a measured balance between classical topics and state-of-the art structures that will serve the needs of all undergraduate students or self-directed learners.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1134/thumbnail.jp
Precalculus
No full textPrior to 1990/ the performance of a student in precalculus at the University of Washington was not a predictor of success in calculus. For this reason/ the mathematics department set out to create a new course with a specific set of goals in mind: A review of the essential mathematics needed to succeed in calculus. An emphasis on problem solving/ the idea being to gain both experience and confidence in working with a particular set of mathematical tools. This text was created to achieve these goals and the 2004-05 academic year marks the eleventh year in which it has been used. Several thousand students have successfully passed through the course. This book is full of worked out examples. We use the the notation “Soluion.” to indicate where the reasoning for a problem begins; the symbol ?? is used to indicate the end of the solution to a problem. There is a Table of Contents that is useful in helping you find a topic treated earlier in the course. It is also a good rough outline when it comes time to study for the final examination. The book also includes an index at the end. Finally/ there is an appendix at the end of the text with ”answers” to most of the problems in the text. It should be emphasized these are ”answers” as opposed to ”solutions”. Any homework problems you may be asked to turn in will require you include all your work; in other words/ a detailed solution. Simply writing down the answer from the back of the text would never be sufficient; the answers are intended to be a guide to help insure you are on the right track.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1138/thumbnail.jp