National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics, Esha Sinha, Holly G. Rhodes, Carol C. House
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) of the National Science Foundation is responsible for national reporting of the research and development (R&D) activities that occur in all sectors of the United States economy. For most...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Care Services, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Holly G. Rhodes
Measuring the Risks and Causes of Premature Death is the summary of two workshops conducted by The Committee on Population of the National Research Council at the National Academies to address the data sources, science and future research needs to u...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics, Panel on Addressing Priority Technical Issues for the Next Decade of the American Community Survey
The American Community Survey (ACS) was conceptualized as a replacement to the census long form, which collected detailed population and housing data from a sample of the U.S. population, once a decade, as part of the decennial census operations. Th...Lasīt vairāk
Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Institute of Medicine, National Research Council, Margie Patlak
(Izdošanas datums: 26-Jan-2015, Hardback, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309386852)
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Over the past few decades there have been major successes in creating evidence-based interventions to improve the cognitive, affective, and behavioral health of children. Many of these interventions have been put into practice at the local, sta...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, Board on International Scientific Organizations, USNC/Psychology Workshop Planning Committee on Building Infrastructure for International Collaborative Research in the Social
In recent years, as science becomes increasingly international and collaborative, the importance of projects that involve research teams and research subjects from different countries has grown markedly. Such teams often cross disciplinary, cultural...Lasīt vairāk
During the period 1990 to 2010, U.S. job growth occurred primarily in the high-skilled and low-skilled sectors. Yet, one-third of projected job growth for the period 2010-2020 will require middle-skilled workerswho will earn strong middle-class wage...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Law and Justice, Committee on a Prioritized Plan to Implement a Developmental Approach in Juvenile Justice Reform
In the past decade, a number of state, local, and tribal jurisdictions have begun to take significant steps to overhaul their juvenile justice systems - for example, reducing the use of juvenile detention and out-of-home placement, bringing greater...Lasīt vairāk
Sociality, Hierarchy, Health: Comparative Biodemography is a collection of papers that examine cross-species comparisons of social environments with a focus on social behaviors along with social hierarchies and connections, to examine their effects...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Life Sciences, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Maureen Mellody
The Earths population, currently 7.2 billion, is expected to rise at a rapid rate over the next 40 years. Current projections state that the Earth will need to support 9.6 billion people by the year 2050, a figure that climbs to nearly 11 billion b...Lasīt vairāk
Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Committee on Law and Justice, Institute of Medicine, National Research Council, Patti Simon, Steve Olson
(Izdošanas datums: 26-Aug-2014, Hardback, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309387279)
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Bullying - long tolerated as just a part of growing up - finally has been recognized as a substantial and preventable health problem. Bullying is associated with anxiety, depression, poor school performance, and future delinquent behavior among...Lasīt vairāk
Every day in the United States, children and adolescents are victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. Despite the serious and long-term consequences for victims as well as their families, communities, and society, efforts to pr...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Committee on National Statistics, Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences, Committee on Revisions to
Examines how to update human subjects protections regulations so that they effectively respond to current research contexts and methods. This book addresses the dramatic alterations in the research landscapes that institutional review boards (IRBs)...Lasīt vairāk
Arthur A. Stone, Christopher Mackie, Panel on Measuring Subjective Well-Being in a Policy-Relevant Framework, Committee on National Statistics, Division on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
Subjective well-being refers to how people experience and evaluate their lives and specific domains and activities in their lives. This book explores the use of this measure in population surveys. It reviews the research and evaluates methods for th...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics, Committee on Population, Amy Smith
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics, Panel on a Research Agenda for the Future of Social Science Data Collection, Thomas J. Plewes, Roger Tourangeau
For many household surveys in the United States, responses rates have been steadily declining for at least the past two decades. A similar decline in survey response can be observed in all wealthy countries. Efforts to raise response rates have used...Lasīt vairāk
Institute of Medicine, National Research Council, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics, Nancy Kirkendall
In the fall of 2012, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) requested that the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) of the NRC and the IOM convene a joint workshop, to be led by CNSTAT. This title presents an overview...Lasīt vairāk
In June 2012, the Committee on National Statistics (sponsored by the U.S. Census Bureau) convened a Workshop on the Benefits (and Burdens) of the American Community Survey (ACS)---the detailed demographic and economic survey that began full-scale da...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Committee on Competing in the 21st Century: Best Practice in State and Regional Innovation Initiatives, Charles W. Wessner
Intended to generate a better understanding of the challenges associated with the transition of research into products, this title explains of the study, which is to improve the operation of state and regional programs and, collectively, enhance thei...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Committee on Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Social and Political Stresses, Jo L. Husbands-;
This NRC report considers the major social and political factors affecting the relationship between climate change and outcomes relevant to U.S. national security, focusing on social and political stresses outside the United States and on disruptive...Lasīt vairāk
