Applied Nonparametric Statistical Methods
Fourth Edition
Peter Sprent and Nigel C Smeeton
Chapman & Hall/CRC

Nonparametric Methods are a rapidly expanding area in statistical science. The first edition of this book appeared in 1989 and many developments in both theoretical and computational aspects led to revised and expanded editions in 1993 and 2001. This latest edition has four additional chapters and is more than twice the length of the first edition. The book is widely recognised as one of the leading introductory texts and basic reference works in its field.

Peter Sprent and Nigel Smeeton expanded the first edition to include topics important to medical and dental research in the third edition. Coverage of some of these topics has been further extended in the latest version, and new methodologies of wider applicability are treated for the first time in any textbook at this elementary level.

As well as a textbook, the new edition is designed as an authoritative reference work for research workers in other disciplines who often find a need to use nonparametric methods that may be unfamiliar to them.

Peter Sprent is an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Dundee.

Using Evidence: How research can inform public services
Sandra M. Nutly, Isabel Walter, Huw T.O. Davies
Policy Press

This book provides a timely and novel contribution to understanding and enhancing evidence use. It builds on and complements the popular and best-selling What Works?: Evidence-based policy and practice in public services (Davies, Nutley and Smith, Policy Press, 2000), by drawing together current knowledge about how research gets used and how this can be encouraged and improved.

Using evidence is important reading for university and government researchers, research funding bodies, public service managers and professionals, and students of public policy and management. It will also prove an invaluable guide for anyone involved in the implementation of evidence-based policy and practice.

Sandra Nutley is Professor of Public Policy and Management and Director of the Research Unit for Research Utilisation (RURU), University of Edinburgh.

Isabel Walter is Research Fellow in the Social Dimensions of Health institute, Universities of St Andrews and Dundee.

Huw Davies is Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of St Andrews, and Director of the Social Dimensions of Health institute, Universities of St Andrews and Dundee.

Scotland: The making and unmaking of the nation
Dundee University Press

As events to mark the 300th anniversary of the Union continue, Dundee University Press has published the history of Scotland in the years before the Union.

In five volumes, leading historians have contributed essays on their area of expertise from the years 1100 to the eve of Union in 1707. The work has been edited by a team led by the University's Dr Alan MacDonald.

The first two volumes contain specially-commissioned essays, covering a range of political, social, religious and cultural history written by leading historians from across globe. Volumes three and four contain republished seminal articles, nominated by the contributors to provide deeper and broader coverage for anyone who is studying the history of medieval and early modern Scotland. Volume five is a collection of original documents.

As well as covering the more traditional topics of politics and religion, this book includes fascinating first-hand descriptions of towns as well as documents on architecture, art, archaeology, music and literature.

The books are available from http://www.dup.dundee.ac.uk/

44 Things: My Year at Home
Kirsty Gunn
Atlantic Books

In "44 Things", Kirsty Gunn celebrates her home and her family. This bedside book is a mosaic of personal reflections written over the course of one year in moments stolen from the vibrant and chaotic world that inspired them.

In these forty-four pieces - one for each year of her life - Kirsty Gunn shares her most cherished moments in a unique and inspiring work.