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• AutoCAD 2D eBook

  Author(s): Wally Baumback

  Updated: Nov 3, 2020

  Description: The AutoCAD 2D eBook was written as a tool to guide and teach you to master AutoCAD. No two students learn at the same pace, therefore the eBook was written with competency-based modules. The competency-based modules are bite-size pieces that allows you to work at your own pace. They can be used to learn by distance education, correspondence, online, instructor-lead classes, or by individuals teaching themselves to use AutoCAD in their own home or office. This eBook was designed to be used on A...[more]

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• Data Analysis

  Author(s): Paul Grinder, Okanagan College

  Updated: Oct 29, 2020

  Description: This resource covers the following learning objectives: explain the uses and misuses of statistics; demonstrate an understanding of mean, median, mode, range, quartiles, percentiles, standard deviation, the normal curve, z scores, sampling error, and confidence intervals; graphically present data in the form of frequency tables, line graphs, bar graphs, and stem and leaf plots; and design and conduct a statistics project, analyze the data and communicate your observations about the data. This ...[more]

• Financial Mathematics

  Author(s): Paul Grinder, Okanagan College

  Updated: Oct 29, 2020

  Description: We are often faced with questions concerning our finances: Am I saving enough to put my daughter through college? How much will my investment be worth five years from now? Should I pay down my mortgage with weekly or monthly payments? The mathematics of finance allows us to answer these and similar questions. This textbook aligns with Adult Basic Education (ABE) Advanced Level Mathemativs.

• Principles of Macroeconomics (Lyryx)

  Author(s): Douglas Curtis, Ian Irvine, Lyryx Learning Team

  Updated: Oct 20, 2020

  Description: Principles of Macroeconomics is an adaptation of the text, Macroeconomics: Theory, Markets, and Policy by D. Curtis and I. Irvine (and edited by Lyryx Learning), and presents a complete and concise examination of introductory macroeconomics theory and policy suitable for a first introductory course. Examples are domestic and international in their subject matter and are of the modern era -- financial markets, monetary and fiscal policies aimed at inflation and debt control, globalization and th...[more]

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• Principles of Microeconomics (Lyryx)

  Author(s): Douglas Curtis, Ian Irvine, Lyryx Learning Team

  Updated: Oct 20, 2020

  Description: Principles of Microeconomics is an adaptation of the text, Microeconomics: Markets, Methods, and Models by D. Curtis and I. Irvine (and edited by Lyryx Learning), which provides concise yet complete coverage of introductory microeconomic theory, application and policy in a Canadian and global environment. This adaptation employs methods that use equations sparingly and do not utilize calculus. The key issues in most chapters are analyzed by introducing a numerical example or case study at the o...[more]

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• Linear Algebra with Applications (Lyryx)

  Author(s): W. Keith Nicholson, University of Calgary, Lyryx Learning Team

  Updated: Oct 20, 2020

  Description: After being traditionally published for many years Linear Algebra with Applications by W. Keith Nicholson is now released as an open educational resource and part of Lyryx with Open Texts! Overall, the aim of the text is to achieve a balance among computational skills, theory, and applicationsof linear algebra. It is a relatively advanced introduction to the ideas and techniques of linear algebra targeted for science and engineering students who need to understand not only how to use these meth...[more]

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• Intermediate Financial Accounting - Volume 2 (Lyryx)

  Author(s): Glenn Arnold, Suzanne Kyle, Athabasca University, Lyryx Learning Team

  Updated: Oct 20, 2020

  Description: This text is intended to be the second of two in Intermediate Financial Accounting courses. It presumes that students have already completed the Introductory Financial Accounting, and the first Intermediate Financing Accounting course. The text reflects both current International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and ASPE. This text covers all topics essential to a second level Intermediate Accounting course: current, long-term and complex liabilities, income taxes, pensions, leases, shareho...[more]

• Intermediate Financial Accounting - Volume 1 (Lyryx)

  Author(s): Glenn Arnold, Suzanne Kyle, Athabasca University, Lyryx Learning Team

  Updated: Oct 20, 2020

  Description: This text is intended for a first course in Intermediate Financial Accounting. It presumes that students have already completed one or two Introductory Financial Accounting courses. The book reflects current International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), such as IFRS 15 - Revenue from Contracts With Customers. It focuses on more difficult intermediate accounting topics that match prerequisite requirements for students advancing to a second level Intermediate Financial Accounting course. Ad...[more]

• Business Math: A Step-by-Step Handbook (Lyryx)

  Author(s): Jean-Paul Olivier; Red River College of Applied Arts, Science, & Technology

  Updated: Oct 20, 2020

  Description: Business math is the study of mathematics required by the field of business. Business professionals will work with taxes, gross earnings, product prices, and currency exchange; they will be offered loans, lines of credit, mortgages, leases, savings bonds, and other financial tools. This textbook covers all of these topics and how these financial tools can maximize their earnings and minimize their costs. It also discusses how to execute smart monetary decisions both personally and for their bus...[more]

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• A First Course in Linear Algebra (Lyryx)

  Author(s): Ken Kuttler, Bringham Young University, Ilijas Farah, York University, The Lyryx Learning Team

  Updated: Oct 20, 2020

  Description: This text, originally by Ken Kuttler, has been redesigned by the Lyryx editorial team as a first course in linear algebra for science and engineering students who have an understanding of basic algebra. All major topics of linear algebra are available in detail, as well as proofs of important theorems. In addition, connections to topics covered in advanced courses are introduced. The text is designed in a modular fashion to maximize flexibility and facilitate adaptation to a given course outlin...[more]

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