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Blastland, Michael.
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The numbers game : t...
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The numbers game : the commonsense guide to understanding numbers in the news, in politics, and in life / Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot.
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Blastland, Michael.
New York, N.Y. : Gotham Books, c2009.
Subjects
Number concept.
Mathematics.
Statistics.
ISBN:
9781592404230 (hardcover) :
1592404235 (hardcover)
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xiv, 210 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Contents:
Counting: use strawberry jam -- Size: it's personal -- Chance: the tiger that isn't -- Up and down: a man and his dog -- Averages: the white rainbow -- Performance: the whole elephant -- Risk: bring home the bacon -- Sampling: drinking from a fire hose -- Data: know the unknowns -- Shock figures: wayward tee shots -- Comparison: mind the gap -- Causation: think twice -- Last word.
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Numbers saturate the news, politics, and life. The average person can use basic knowledge and common sense to put the never-ending onslaught of facts and figures in their proper place.
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