New Releases by Brian Biggs

"Henry can''t wait to take his first solo bike ride. When Mom says he may go only around his block, Henry discovers that there are lots of fascinating things to see close to home--from a hot dog truck to cement mixers"--Jkt. flap.

A young boy learns about land vehicles from bicycles to subways and trolleys as he and his father travel to the train station.

Learn about opposites with cool cars, trucks, trains, and more!

Vroom! Beep Beep! Count from 1 to 10 with fire trucks, motorcycles, race cars, and more!

Jets and blimps and helicopters and gliders! Balloons and biplanes too! everything goes! Zoom along with Henry and his parents as they take off on an airborne journey and learn about all kinds of flying vehicles. With clever mini-story lines, seek-and-find activities, dozens of funny details, and cool cutaways, Everything Goes: In the Air is an interactive book that provides hours of fun! Get going at everythinggoesbooks.com!

An interactive picture book that introduces early readers to different forms of transportation that can be found in the air.

Cars and trucks and bikes and trains! Rvs and construction vehicles too! Everything goes Ride along with Henry and his dad as they visit the big city and check out all the amazing vehicles around them. Full of mini-story lines, endless seek-and-find activities, and hundreds of funny details, Everything Goes: On Land is an interactive book that provides hours of fun!

A young boy learns about land vehicles from bicycles to subways and trolleys as he and his father travel to the train station.

This paper, as part of the design development process for the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID), examines the implications for data quality of accepting proxy responses. While it is apparent that rules that minimize proxy responses add to data collection costs, a review of the existing evidence suggests the effects of proxy reporting on data quality are less clear. The general conclusions of this review are that proxy respondents tended to underestimate participation in government income support programs, be subject to higher item non-response rates and lower rates of personal and household interviews, offer more consistent responses to sensitive subject matter and have greater difficulty in reporting detail and events of short duration. As a result of shortcomings in the design of the research into this question, the evidence is not conclusive. While there is no firm basis for the rejection of proxy responses, the maintenance of some control over proxy responses would be a reasonable strategy.

Un album pour découvrir les moyens de transport.

"Originally published as a four-part series by Black Eye Books, Montraeal, Canada"--T.p. verso.

This paper will 1) summarize the methodology involved in [an] earlier attempt, 2) outline the obstacles faced by the author in trying to reproduce these results for sub- national areas - using both i) the methodology of the national estimate and ii) a more novel approach using tourism demand indicators. Since the obstacles proved too much to overcome, the paper will 3) present some regional statistics pertaining to the component industries of tourism to offer an example of what can be done with existing industry data as well as to illustrate the limitations imposed by not having a well-defined tourism industry.

"Brian Biggs stakes out an enormous territory in which the fat, feckless hero and his dead-or-alive love object don''t cavort forever."--Adapted from back cover