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The Tipping Point

How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

by Malcolm Gladwell ...

Narrated by Malcolm Gladwell ...

Unabridged

8 hours 34 min

From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia: discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior.The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small ... Read more

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From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia: discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior.The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small
... Read more
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Factfulness

Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Ronnlund ...

Narrated by Richard Harries ...

Unabridged

8 hours 50 min

For fans of Freakonomics and Thinking, Fast and Slow, here is a book by Hans Rosling, the scientist called "a true inspiration" by Bill Gates, that teaches us how to see the world as it truly is. Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. When asked simple questions about global trends-what percentage of the world's population live ... Read more

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For fans of Freakonomics and Thinking, Fast and Slow, here is a book by Hans Rosling, the scientist called "a true inspiration" by Bill Gates, that teaches us how to see the world as it truly is. Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. When asked simple questions about global trends-what percentage of the world's population live
... Read more
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The Black Swan: Second Edition

The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility"

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb ...

Narrated by Joe Ochman ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Incerto
Unabridged

15 hours 48 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The most influential book of the past seventy-five years: a groundbreaking exploration of everything we know about what we don’t know, now with a new section called “On Robustness and Fragility.”A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The most influential book of the past seventy-five years: a groundbreaking exploration of everything we know about what we don’t know, now with a new section called “On Robustness and Fragility.”A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation
... Read more
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Revenge of the Tipping Point

Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

by Malcolm Gladwell ...

Narrated by Malcolm Gladwell ...

Unabridged

8 hours 25 min

Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns in this New York Times bestseller that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light.Why is Miami ... Miami? What does the heartbreaking fate of the cheetah tell us about the way we raise our children? Why do Ivy League schools care so much about sports? What is the ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns in this New York Times bestseller that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light.Why is Miami ... Miami? What does the heartbreaking fate of the cheetah tell us about the way we raise our children? Why do Ivy League schools care so much about sports? What is the
... Read more
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The Precipice

Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity

by Toby Ord ...

Narrated by Toby Ord ...

Unabridged

8 hours 13 min

From one of the world’s leading moral voices, this urgent and eye-opening book makes the case thatprotecting humanity’s future is the central challenge of our time.If all goes well, human history is just beginning. Our species could survive for billions of years—enough time toend disease, poverty, and injustice, and to flourish in ways unimaginable today. But this vast future is at risk. With ... Read more

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From one of the world’s leading moral voices, this urgent and eye-opening book makes the case thatprotecting humanity’s future is the central challenge of our time.If all goes well, human history is just beginning. Our species could survive for billions of years—enough time toend disease, poverty, and injustice, and to flourish in ways unimaginable today. But this vast future is at risk. With
... Read more
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The Theory That Would Not Die

How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy

by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne ...

Narrated by Laural Merlington ...

Unabridged

11 hours 51 min

Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents, it is subjectivity run amok.In the first-ever account of Bayes' rule for general readers, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne explores this controversial ... Read more

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Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents, it is subjectivity run amok.In the first-ever account of Bayes' rule for general readers, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne explores this controversial
... Read more
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Open Socrates

The Case for a Philosophical Life

by Agnes Callard ...

Narrated by Agnes Callard ...

Unabridged

12 hours 14 min

An iconoclastic philosopher revives Socrates for our time, showing how we can answer—and, in the first place, ask—life’s most important questions.Socrates has been hiding in plain sight. We call him the father of Western philosophy, but what exactly are his philosophical views? He is famous for his humility, but readers often find him arrogant and condescending. We parrot his claim that “the ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

An iconoclastic philosopher revives Socrates for our time, showing how we can answer—and, in the first place, ask—life’s most important questions.Socrates has been hiding in plain sight. We call him the father of Western philosophy, but what exactly are his philosophical views? He is famous for his humility, but readers often find him arrogant and condescending. We parrot his claim that “the
... Read more
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Statistics for Beginners: How easy it is to lie with statistics in business, social science, politics, criminology and law

by Bob Mather ...

Narrated by Cliff Weldon ...

Unabridged

3 hours 2 min

Big Brother is watching you. Discover how statistics can be used to control our society.Have you ever wondered what your neighbor does every morning at 8:35 am, when you hear weird sounds coming from his balcony?Did you ever realize that the “likes“ you put on other people´s Instagram account will influence the next summer collection of Zara, H&M, and Nike?Are you aware that whenever you swipe ... Read more

$11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Big Brother is watching you. Discover how statistics can be used to control our society.Have you ever wondered what your neighbor does every morning at 8:35 am, when you hear weird sounds coming from his balcony?Did you ever realize that the “likes“ you put on other people´s Instagram account will influence the next summer collection of Zara, H&M, and Nike?Are you aware that whenever you swipe
... Read more
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The Model Thinker

What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You

by Scott E. Page ...

Narrated by Jamie Renell ...

Unabridged

15 hours 45 min

Work with data like a pro using this guide that breaks down how to organize, apply, and most importantly, understand what you are analyzing in order to become a true data ninja.From the stock market to genomics laboratories, census figures to marketing email blasts, we are awash with data. But as anyone who has ever opened up a spreadsheet packed with seemingly infinite lines of data knows, ... Read more

$31.99 USD

Work with data like a pro using this guide that breaks down how to organize, apply, and most importantly, understand what you are analyzing in order to become a true data ninja.From the stock market to genomics laboratories, census figures to marketing email blasts, we are awash with data. But as anyone who has ever opened up a spreadsheet packed with seemingly infinite lines of data knows,
... Read more
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Méthodes de recherche quantitative : Guide audio pratique pour concevoir des études rigoureuses, analyser des données et présenter les résultats avec assurance

by Victoire Favier ...

Narrated by Victoire Favier ...

Unabridged

2 hours 23 min

Transformez vos vagues intuitions en statistiques robustes et menez vos analyses avec une assurance totale. Que vous rédigiez un mémoire ou optimisiez vos compétences lors de vos trajets, cette écoute dissipe la confusion mathématique. Passez d'une idée incertaine à une démonstration factuelle et irréfutable.Naviguer parmi les probabilités devient une expérience fluide grâce à une approche ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Transformez vos vagues intuitions en statistiques robustes et menez vos analyses avec une assurance totale. Que vous rédigiez un mémoire ou optimisiez vos compétences lors de vos trajets, cette écoute dissipe la confusion mathématique. Passez d'une idée incertaine à une démonstration factuelle et irréfutable.Naviguer parmi les probabilités devient une expérience fluide grâce à une approche
... Read more
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Invisible Women

Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

by Caroline Criado Perez ...

Narrated by Caroline Criado Perez ...

Unabridged

9 hours 24 min

The landmark, prize-winning, international bestselling examination of how a gender gap in data perpetuates bias and disadvantages women.#1 International Bestseller * Winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award * Winner of the Royal Society Science Book PrizeData is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development to health care to education and public ... Read more

$22.00 USD

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The landmark, prize-winning, international bestselling examination of how a gender gap in data perpetuates bias and disadvantages women.#1 International Bestseller * Winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award * Winner of the Royal Society Science Book PrizeData is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development to health care to education and public
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The Logic of Life

The Rational Economics of an Irrational World

by Tim Harford ...

Narrated by John Lee ...

Unabridged

8 hours 57 min

Life sometimes seems illogical. Individuals do strange things: take drugs, have unprotected sex, mug each other. Love seems irrational, and so does divorce. On a larger scale, life seems no fairer or easier to fathom: Why do some neighborhoods thrive and others become ghettos? Why is racism so persistent? Why is your idiot boss paid a fortune for sitting behind a mahogany altar? Thorny questions ... Read more

$20.99 USD

Life sometimes seems illogical. Individuals do strange things: take drugs, have unprotected sex, mug each other. Love seems irrational, and so does divorce. On a larger scale, life seems no fairer or easier to fathom: Why do some neighborhoods thrive and others become ghettos? Why is racism so persistent? Why is your idiot boss paid a fortune for sitting behind a mahogany altar? Thorny questions
... Read more
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Why We're Wrong About Nearly Everything

A Theory of Human Misunderstanding

by Bobby Duffy ...

Narrated by Nicholas Tecosky ...

Unabridged

7 hours 35 min

A leading social researcher explains why humans so consistently misunderstand the outside worldHow often are women harassed? What percentage of the population are immigrants? How bad is unemployment? These questions are important, but most of us get the answers wrong. Research shows that people often wildly misunderstand the state of the world, regardless of age, sex, or education. And though the ... Read more

$24.99 USD

A leading social researcher explains why humans so consistently misunderstand the outside worldHow often are women harassed? What percentage of the population are immigrants? How bad is unemployment? These questions are important, but most of us get the answers wrong. Research shows that people often wildly misunderstand the state of the world, regardless of age, sex, or education. And though the
... Read more
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Introduction to Statistical Investigations: A Practical, Data-First Guide to Asking Questions, Designing Studies, and Drawing Sound Conclusions

by Daniel Whitmore ...

Narrated by Daniel Whitmore ...

Unabridged

1 hour 52 min

Master statistical thinking and transform confusing data into actionable business insights without the heavy mathematics. Whether you are upskilling during your morning commute or striving to evaluate complex health debates with a sharp, analytical mind, this accessible audio eliminates the dread of memorizing rigid formulas. By framing probability and variance around real-world curiosity, numbers ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Master statistical thinking and transform confusing data into actionable business insights without the heavy mathematics. Whether you are upskilling during your morning commute or striving to evaluate complex health debates with a sharp, analytical mind, this accessible audio eliminates the dread of memorizing rigid formulas. By framing probability and variance around real-world curiosity, numbers
... Read more
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What We Ask Google

A Surprisingly Hopeful History of Humankind

by Simon Rogers ...

Narrated by Simon Rogers ...

Unabridged

4 hours 23 min

Ever wondered what goes through other people’s minds—their silly questions, their inner anxieties, hopes, and dreams?In What We Ask Google, Simon Rogers explores insights from the world’s biggest dataset: an epic snapshot, two decades long and counting, of our collective brain. What it reveals about us might surprise you.Every June, for instance, the world sees a spike in searches for “How to help ... Read more

$18.00 USD

Ever wondered what goes through other people’s minds—their silly questions, their inner anxieties, hopes, and dreams?In What We Ask Google, Simon Rogers explores insights from the world’s biggest dataset: an epic snapshot, two decades long and counting, of our collective brain. What it reveals about us might surprise you.Every June, for instance, the world sees a spike in searches for “How to help
... Read more
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The Macat Analysis of Thomas Robert Malthus's An Essay on the Principle of Population

by Nick Broten ...

Narrated by John Chancer ...

Unabridged

1 hour 40 min

One of the most influential books on economics ever written, An Essay on the Principle of Population remains one of the most controversial, too. Arguing that unchecked population growth will eventually outstrip food availability and lead to famine and disease, this 1798 work inspired naturalists Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace to develop the theory of natural selection. But it has also ... Read more

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One of the most influential books on economics ever written, An Essay on the Principle of Population remains one of the most controversial, too. Arguing that unchecked population growth will eventually outstrip food availability and lead to famine and disease, this 1798 work inspired naturalists Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace to develop the theory of natural selection. But it has also
... Read more
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The Logic of Life

The Rational Economics of an Irrational World

by Tim Harford ...

Narrated by L.J. Ganser ...

Abridged

6 hours 8 min

Life sometimes seems illogical. Individuals do strange things: take drugs, have unprotected sex, mug each other. Love seems irrational, and so does divorce. On a larger scale, life seems no fairer or easier to fathom: Why do some neighborhoods thrive and others become ghettos? Why is racism so persistent? Why is your idiot boss paid a fortune for sitting behind a mahogany altar? Thorny questions ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Life sometimes seems illogical. Individuals do strange things: take drugs, have unprotected sex, mug each other. Love seems irrational, and so does divorce. On a larger scale, life seems no fairer or easier to fathom: Why do some neighborhoods thrive and others become ghettos? Why is racism so persistent? Why is your idiot boss paid a fortune for sitting behind a mahogany altar? Thorny questions
... Read more
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After the Spike

by Michael Geruso, Dean Spears ...

Narrated by Sean Patrick Hopkins ...

Unabridged

9 hours 14 min

NATIONAL BESTSELLERWhat if the challenge for humanity’s future is not too many people on a crowded planet, but too few people to sustain the progress that the world needs?Most people on Earth today live in a country where birth rates already are too low to stabilize the population: fewer than two children for every two adults. In After the Spike, economists Dean Spears and Michael Geruso sound a ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERWhat if the challenge for humanity’s future is not too many people on a crowded planet, but too few people to sustain the progress that the world needs?Most people on Earth today live in a country where birth rates already are too low to stabilize the population: fewer than two children for every two adults. In After the Spike, economists Dean Spears and Michael Geruso sound a
... Read more
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Non-Obvious

How to Think Different, Curate Ideas & Predict The Future

by Rohit Bhargava ...

Narrated by Tom Zingarelli ...

Unabridged

5 hours 29 min

What do Disney, Bollywood, and "the Batkid" teach us about how to create celebrity experiences for our audiences? How can a vending machine inspire world peace? Can being "imperfect" make your business more marketable? Can a selfie improve one's confidence? When can addiction be a good thing?The answers to these questions may not be all that obvious, and that's exactly the point. For the past four ... Read more

$18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

What do Disney, Bollywood, and "the Batkid" teach us about how to create celebrity experiences for our audiences? How can a vending machine inspire world peace? Can being "imperfect" make your business more marketable? Can a selfie improve one's confidence? When can addiction be a good thing?The answers to these questions may not be all that obvious, and that's exactly the point. For the past four
... Read more
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定量研究方法：设计严谨的研究、分析数据并自信地报告结果的实用有声指南

by 曾少超 ...

Narrated by 曾少超 ...

Unabridged

摆脱令人窒息的复杂统计公式，用这部两小时的高效定量研究实战指南，将你的数据焦虑转化为严谨的分析洞察力。无论你是在通勤途中为即将到来的开题报告发愁，还是正对着满屏杂乱无章的问卷结果感到无从下手，这套专为音频环境打造的思维框架都能为你扫清障碍。它不仅是一次知识的快速充电，更是你通往学术与职场自信的捷径。我们深知，面对海量变量与严苛的效度检验时，那种孤立无援的挫败感足以压垮任何初学者。通过口语化的生动类比与贴近真实的虚构案例，你将彻底克服对假设检验与回归分析的恐惧。这是一种充满力量且极具启发性的聆听体验，让你在轻松的节奏中掌握从零构建研究设计的底层逻辑。你将在本书中发现：核心研究问题的降维拆解术，教你精准地将模糊兴趣转化为可操作的清晰假设。避开数据收集陷阱的防御策略，在问卷设计之初便锁定严密的高信度与高效度。零门槛的数据清理与排雷技巧，让缺失值与异常值不再成为摧毁研究结论的隐患 ... Read more

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摆脱令人窒息的复杂统计公式，用这部两小时的高效定量研究实战指南，将你的数据焦虑转化为严谨的分析洞察力。无论你是在通勤途中为即将到来的开题报告发愁，还是正对着满屏杂乱无章的问卷结果感到无从下手，这套专为音频环境打造的思维框架都能为你扫清障碍。它不仅是一次知识的快速充电，更是你通往学术与职场自信的捷径。我们深知，面对海量变量与严苛的效度检验时，那种孤立无援的挫败感足以压垮任何初学者。通过口语化的生动类比与贴近真实的虚构案例，你将彻底克服对假设检验与回归分析的恐惧。这是一种充满力量且极具启发性的聆听体验，让你在轻松的节奏中掌握从零构建研究设计的底层逻辑。你将在本书中发现：核心研究问题的降维拆解术，教你精准地将模糊兴趣转化为可操作的清晰假设。避开数据收集陷阱的防御策略，在问卷设计之初便锁定严密的高信度与高效度。零门槛的数据清理与排雷技巧，让缺失值与异常值不再成为摧毁研究结论的隐患
... Read more
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Dataclysm

Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking)

by Christian Rudder ...

Narrated by Kaleo Griffith ...

Unabridged

7 hours 33 min

**A New York Times BestsellerAn audacious, irreverent investigation of human behavior—and a first look at a revolution in the making**Our personal data has been used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and sell us stuff we don’t need. In Dataclysm, Christian Rudder uses it to show us who we truly are.For centuries, we’ve relied on polling or small-scale lab experiments to study human behavior. Today, ... Read more

$17.99 USD

**A New York Times BestsellerAn audacious, irreverent investigation of human behavior—and a first look at a revolution in the making**Our personal data has been used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and sell us stuff we don’t need. In Dataclysm, Christian Rudder uses it to show us who we truly are.For centuries, we’ve relied on polling or small-scale lab experiments to study human behavior. Today,
... Read more
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Every 90 Seconds

Our Common Cause Ending Violence Against Women

by Anne P. DePrince ...

Narrated by Susan Bennett ...

Unabridged

9 hours 15 min

Every 90 seconds a woman is sexually assaulted. In that same minute and a half, another is a victim of domestic violence at the hands of a current or former intimate partner. Every sixteen hours, one of those intimate partners shoots and kills a woman. Nearly two in tenwomen are stalked, while one in sixteen is raped during her first sexual experience. Despite these jaw-dropping statistics, ... Read more

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Every 90 seconds a woman is sexually assaulted. In that same minute and a half, another is a victim of domestic violence at the hands of a current or former intimate partner. Every sixteen hours, one of those intimate partners shoots and kills a woman. Nearly two in tenwomen are stalked, while one in sixteen is raped during her first sexual experience. Despite these jaw-dropping statistics,
... Read more
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Democracy's Data

The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them

by Dan Bouk ...

Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

Unabridged

11 hours 3 min

The census isn't just a data-collection process; it's a ritual, and a tool, of American democracy. Behind every neat grid of numbers is a collage of messy, human stories—you just have to know how to read them.In Democracy's Data, the data historian Dan Bouk examines the 1940 U.S. census, uncovering what those numbers both condense and cleverly abstract: a universe of meaning and uncertainty, of ... Read more

$25.99 USD

The census isn't just a data-collection process; it's a ritual, and a tool, of American democracy. Behind every neat grid of numbers is a collage of messy, human stories—you just have to know how to read them.In Democracy's Data, the data historian Dan Bouk examines the 1940 U.S. census, uncovering what those numbers both condense and cleverly abstract: a universe of meaning and uncertainty, of
... Read more
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Learning From Strangers

The Art and Method of Qualitative Interview Studies

by Robert S. Weiss ...

Narrated by Dan Gallagher ...

Unabridged

8 hours 19 min

Learning From Strangers is the definitive work on qualitative research interviewing. It draws on Robert Weiss's 30 years of experience in interviewing and teaching others how to do it. The most effective interviews, says Weiss, rely on creating cooperation - an open and trusting alliance between interviewer and respondent, dedicated to specific and honest accounts of both internal and external ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Learning From Strangers is the definitive work on qualitative research interviewing. It draws on Robert Weiss's 30 years of experience in interviewing and teaching others how to do it. The most effective interviews, says Weiss, rely on creating cooperation - an open and trusting alliance between interviewer and respondent, dedicated to specific and honest accounts of both internal and external
... Read more

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