Provides a general idea of what we will see in the rest of the book. Four major concepts are discussed: data communications, networking, protocols and standards, and networking models. Networks exist so that data may be sent from one place to another-the basic con- cept of data communications. To fully grasp this subject, we must understand the data communication components, how different types…
Part 1 provides a general idea of what we will see in the rest of the book. Four major concepts are discussed: data communications, networking, protocols and standards, and networking models. Networks exist so that data may be sent from one place to another-the basic con- cept of data communications. To fully grasp this subject, we must understand the data communication components, how differe…
Every society forms a set of rules that establishes the boundaries of generally accepted behavior. These rules are often expressed in statements about how people should behave, and the individual rules fit together to form the moral code by which a society lives. Unfortunately, the different rules often have contradictions, and people are some- times uncertain about which rule to follow. For in…
Research Methods: The Basics is an accessible, user-friendly introduction to the different aspects of research theory, methods and practice. Structured in two parts, the first covering the nature of knowledge and the reasons for research, and the second the specific methods used to carry out effective research, this book covers:
The goal of life is to get good and effective research based education for which we have need good and effective education system. The present volume is a humble effort to present the research problems of social sciences through their past history, as author has perceived
My involvement in politics came about due to an earlier interest in economics, which began in the 1960s after reading Friedrich Hayek's classic, The Road to Serfdom. This led me to study Austrian economics, especially the writings ofLudwig von Mises, which provided the best explanation ofhow central banking and government intervention in the market economy cause so much suffering. TheAustr…
The origins of this particular review of China's experience in the reform of its science and technology (S&T) system go back to a conversation between the Chair of the State Science and Technology Commission (SSTC), Song Jian, and the President of the International Development Research Centre (1DRC), Keith Bezanson, held in Beijing in 1994. They noted that 1995 would be both the 10th Anniversar…
In the first edition of this book, I used two approaches-qualitative and quantitative. I described each in terms of different philosophical assumptions about the nature of reality, epistemology, values, the rhetoric of research, and methodology (Creswell, 1994). Several developments in the last decade have caused a reexamination of this stance