-
*Lynn Steen (2001), Mathematics and
Democracy: The Case for Q/L
-
*Joel Best (2002), Damned Lies and Statistics
-
*Victor Cohn (1989), News and
Numbers
-
*Howard Wainer (2005),
Graphic Discovery: A Trout in the Milk and Other Adventures.
-
*Darrell Huff (1954), How To Lie
with Statistics
-
Jane M. Watson (2006),
Statistical Literacy at School
-
Gerald Bracey (2006),
Reading Educational Research: How to Avoid Getting Statistically Snookered
-
Robyn Dawes (2001),
Everyday
Irrationality
-
Gerd Gigerenzer (2002), Calculated Risks: How to Know When Numbers Deceive You
-
*John Paulos (1988), Innumeracy:
Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences
-
*Lynn Arthur Steen (2004), Achieving
Quantitative Literacy
-
Stanley Lieberson (1985),
Making
It Count
-
Othmar Winkler (2009),
Interpreting Economic and Social Data: A Foundation of Descriptive
Statistics
-
Edward Tufte (1983),
The Visual
Display of Quantitative Information
-
*Jane Miller (2004), The Chicago
Guide to Writing About Numbers
-
*Joel Best (2004), More Damned Lies and
Statistics
-
*Howard Wainer (2000),
Visual
Revelations
-
*Edward Tufte (1995),
Visual
Explanations
-
*Lynn Steen (1997), Why Numbers Count:
Quantitative Literacy for Tomorrow’s America
-
A. K. Dewdney (1995),
200% of
Nothing: From “Percentage Pumping” to “Irrational Ratios”
-
*John Brignell (2000),
Sorry, Wrong
Number
-
Hans Zeisel (1947), Say It With
Figures
-
*John Brignell (2004),
The
Epidemiologists
-
John Allen Paulos (1995),
A
Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
-
Eleanor Wilson Orr
(1987), Twice as Less: Does Black English stand between black
students and success in math and science
* Recommended for newcomers.
PRAISE-WORTHY CONTENDERS:
-
Richard Gillman (2006),
Current Practices in Quantitative Literacy
-
John Allen Paulos (1993), once upon a number: the hidden
mathematical logic of stories
-
Jane Miller (2005),
The Chicago
Guide to Writing About Multivariate Analysis
-
*David Murray, Joel
Schwartz & Robert Lichter (2001). It Ain’t Necessarily So. How
Media Make & Unmake the Scientific Picture of Reality.
-
Phillip Meyer (1991),
The New Precision Journalism
-
Lynn Steen, Editor (1990), On The Shoulder’s Of Giants: New
Approaches to Numeracy
-
Sarah Cohen (2001), Numbers in the Newsroom: Using Math and
Statistics in the News
-
Stephen K. Campbell
(1974), Flaws and Fallacies in Statistical Thinking
Statistical literacy
books organized by category.
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statistical literacy where the primary focus is on the data used in an
argument.
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Statistical Literacy |
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4,824 |
|
How To Lie With
Statistics by Darrel Huff, 1954 (Darrell died June 27, 2001 at
age 87) |
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7,402 |
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Predictably
Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions |
|
14,222 |
|
The Drunkard's
Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow (2008) |
|
23,070 |
|
Statistics for the
Utterly Confused (2nd ed.) by Lloyd Jaisingh, 2000 |
|
32,261 |
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Damned Lies and
Statistics by Joel Best, 2000 |
|
36,130 |
|
Guesstimation:
Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin |
|
66,471 |
|
Innumeracy:
Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences by John Paulos,
1985 |
|
82,669 |
|
The Chicago Guide to Writing about Numbers by Jane Miller (2004) |
|
83,818 |
|
Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data (Hc) by
Joel Best (2008) |
|
84,346 |
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Know Your Chances:
Understanding Health Statistics |
|
95,657 |
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More Damned Lies and Statistics: How Numbers Confuse Public
Issues by Joel Best (2004) |
|
109,802 |
|
Cult of Statistical Significance by Deidre McCloskey and Stephen
Ziliak (2008) |
|
113,902 |
|
The Numbers Game: The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers
in the News, in Politics, and in Life by Michael Blastland and
Andrew Dilnot |
|
137,930 |
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200% of Nothing by
A. K. Dewdney, 1999 |
|
161,338 |
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A Mathematician
Reads the Newspaper by John Paulos, 1999 |
|
165,633 |
|
Statistical Myths,
Urban Legends |
|
183,446 |
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Beyond Numeracy:
Ruminations of a Numbers Man by John Paulos, 1992 |
|
333,407 |
|
The Chicago Guide to Writing about Multivariate Analysis
(Chicago Guide) by Jane Miller (Pb. Hc) 2005 |
|
338,289 |
|
Probably Not:
Future Prediction Using Probability and Statistical Inference |
|
460,996 |
|
Uncertainty and
Risk: Multidisciplinary Perspectives |
|
463,072 |
|
Statistical
Misconceptions |
|
469,862 |
|
What the Numbers Say: A Field Guide to Mastering Our Numerical
World by Niederman and Boyd (2004 hc) |
|
473,281 |
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Measuring Up: What
Educational Testing Really Tells Us |
|
505,387 |
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The Tiger That
Isn't: Seeing Through a World of Numbers |
|
523,604 |
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The Inner Life of
Numbers |
|
573,925 |
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Chance Rules: An
Informal Guide to Probability, Risk and Statistics |
|
580,673 |
|
Facts From Figures
by M. J. Moroney, 1951 (2nd ed. 1953; reprinted 1990) |
|
658,633 |
|
Once upon A Number
by John Paulos, 1999 |
|
700,552 |
|
The Arithmetic of
Life and Death by George Shaffner, May 2001 New Ed. |
|
732,845 |
|
It's Great! Oops,
No It Isn't: Why Clinical Research Can't Guarantee The Right
Medical Answers by Ronald Gauch |
|
802,733 |
|
Making It Count:
Improvement of Social Research and Theory by Stanley Lieberson,
1985 |
|
956,905 |
|
Prove It With
Figures by Hans Zeisel and D. H. Kaye, 1997 |
|
1,011,009 |
|
Developing Students
Statistical Reasoning: Connecting Research and Teaching Practice |
|
1,307,568 |
|
Bridging the
Statistical Gap |
|
1,373,950 |
|
MathSemantics by
Edward MacNeal, 1994 (Reprint 1995) |
|
1,386,114 |
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Unlatching the Gate |
|
1,665,880 |
|
RANDOMNICITY: Rules
and Randomness in the Realm of the Infinite |
|
1,709,632 |
|
Everyday
Probability and Statistics: Health, Elections, Gambling and War |
|
2,275,309 |
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Say It With Figures
by Hans Zeisel, 1957 (6th ed. 1968) |
|
4,038,576 |
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Turn Numbers into
Knowledge |
| |
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| |
|
MAA: Quantitative Literacy |
| |
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Calculation vs. Context: QL and Its Implications for Teacher
Education. Edited by Steen and Madison MAA 2008 |
| |
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Current Practices in QL Programs. Edited by Rick Gillman MAA
2007 |
|
1,207,941 |
|
On the Shoulders of
Giants: New Approaches to Numeracy, 1990 by Lynn Steen MAA |
|
1,339,443 |
|
Why Numbers Count:
Quantitative Literacy for Tomorrow's America, 1997 MAA |
|
1,365,145 |
|
Mathematics and Democracy, 2001 |
|
1,373,586 |
|
Literacy & Math: Contemporary QL by Abromson Jay and Isom
Mathew, 2nd ed. 2006 |
| |
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| |
|
ASA: Quantitative Literacy |
|
1,380,800 |
|
Exploring Data
(Quantitative Literacy Series) by Landwehr and Watkins, 1994 |
|
1,136,439 |
|
Exploring
Probability (Quantitative Literacy Series) by Newman et al.,
1987 |
| |
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| |
|
Textbooks: Quantitative Reasoning |
|
126,376 |
|
Using and
Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach by
Bennett and Briggs, 2008 4th ed |
|
211,153 |
|
For All Practical
Purposes: Mathematical Literacy in Today's World by COMAP, 2001
(8th ed. 2008) |
|
229,107 |
|
Mathematics for
Life by Pierce, Wright and Roland, 1997 (Preliminary edition) |
|
252,735 |
|
Quantitative Reasoning: Tools for Today's Informed Citizen with
CD by Sevilla and Summers (2008 pb) |
|
484,367 |
|
Mathematical Thinking & Quantitative Reasoning by Aufmann,
Lockwood et al (2007) |
|
719,265 |
|
Quantitative Reasoning and the Environment by Langkamp and Hull
(2006 pb) |
|
1,533,721 |
|
Mathematics for Life: Foundation Course for Quantitative
Literacy by Pierce et al., 1997 |
|
2,580,871 |
|
Mathematical Thinking & Quantitative Reasoning by Linda R. Sons,
Peter J. Nicholls, and Joseph B. Stephen (1998 pb\) |
|
3,405,397 |
|
Quantitative
Reasoning: Mathematics for Citizens in the 21st Century by
Bennett, Briggs and Morrow, 1998 |
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| |
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Textbooks: Statistical Literacy |
|
54,700 |
|
Statistics by
Freedman, Pisani and Purves, 1978 (4th ed. 2007 pb) |
|
55,821 |
|
The Basic Practice of Statistics: (Cloth Text & Student CD) by
David Moore (5th ed 2009 pb) |
|
80,815 |
|
Seeing Through
Statistics by Jessica Utts, 1996 (2nd ed. 1999) |
|
92,444 |
|
Statistics: Concepts and Controversies by David Moore and
William Notz (7th ed. 2008 pb) |
|
571,103 |
|
Just Plain Data Analysis: Finding, Presenting, and Interpreting
Social Science Data by Gary Klass (2008) |
|
1,261,871 |
|
Statistical Literacy at School: Growth & Goals by Jane Watson
(2006) |
|
3,508,764 |
|
Statistics: A new
Approach by Wallis and Roberts, 1957 (10th printing, 1964) 1967 |
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| |
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Charts and Graphs |
|
2,254 |
|
The Visual Display
of Quantitative Information by Edward Tufte, 1983 |
|
2,687 |
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Envisioning
Information, 1990 |
|
11,625 |
|
Visual Explanations
: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative by Edward Tufte,
1997 |
|
19,447 |
|
Say It with
Presentations: How to Design and Deliver Successful Business
Presentations by Gene Zelazny, 2006 |
|
62,561 |
|
Visual &
Statistical Thinking: Displays of Evidence for Decision Making,
1997 |
|
102,222 |
|
Say It with Charts:
The Executive's Guide to Visual Communication by Gene Zelazny,
19?? |
|
127,468 |
|
Information
Graphics by Robert L. Harris, 2000 |
|
170,991 |
|
The Elements of
Graphing Data by William S. Cleveland, 1994 |
|
173,267 |
|
Visualizing Data by
William S. Cleveland, 1993 |
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529,424 |
|
The Grammar of
Graphics by Leland Wilkinson, 2005 2nd ed |
|
595,926 |
|
Visualizing
Categorical Data by Michael Friendly, 2001 |
|
743,762 |
|
Visual Revelations
by Howard Wainer, 2000 |
|
982,560 |
|
Graphing Statistics & Data: Creating Better Charts by Anders and
Britt Wallgren, 1996 |
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703,014 |
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How To Lie with
Charts by Gerald Jones, 2000 |
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Epidemiology |
|
610,145 |
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Modern Epidemiology
by Kenneth Rothman and Sander Greenland, 199? (2nd edition,
1998) |
|
777,835 |
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Making Sense of
[Epidemiological] Data by J. H. Abrahamson, 199? (3rd ed.,
2001) |
|
3,444,686 |
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Epidemiology by
Christie, Gordon and Heller, 1987 (2nd ed., 1996) pb |
| |
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| |
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Demographics |
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749,062 |
|
Sampling of
Populations: Methods and Applications by Levy and Lemeshow, 19??
(3rd ed. 1998) |
|
749,062 |
|
Demographic Methods
by Andrew Hinde, 1997 |
|
944,966 |
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Methods and Models
in Demography by Colin Newell, 1989 |
|
1,607,064 |
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Plant and Animal
Population: Methods in Demography by Thomas Ebert, 1997 |
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Observational Studies; Multiple Regression |
|
16,540 |
|
Applied Multiple
Regression (for Social Sciences) by Cohen et al, 1984, 3rd ed. |
|
25,868 |
|
Data Analysis Using Regression and Multilevel/Hierarchical
Models by Gelman and Hill (2006 pb) |
|
52,344 |
|
Logistic
Regression: A Self Learning Text by David Kleinbaum, 2005, 2nd
ed. |
|
164,285 |
|
Design of Observational Studies by Rosenbaum (2009 hc) |
|
250,388 |
|
Multiple
Regression: Testing and Interpreting Interactions by Aiken et
al, 1996 |
|
250,474 |
|
Applied Logistic
Regression by David Hosmer and Stanley Lemeshow, 2001 NEW |
|
260,012 |
|
Multiple Regression
in Behavioral Research by Elazar Pedhazur, 1997 |
|
274,713 |
|
Regression Models
for Categorical .... Variables by Scott Long, 1997 |
|
275,736 |
|
Modeling Regression
Strategies by Frank Harrell, June 2001 |
|
421,549 |
|
Observational Studies by Rosenbaum (2002 2nd ed hc) |
|
443,801 |
|
Regression Analysis
of Count Data (Econometric Society) by Cameron and Trivedi, 1998 |
|
508,563 |
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Graph Algebra: Math Modeling by Courtney Brown (2007 pb) |
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Chance |
|
324 |
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The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb (hc) 2004 |
|
482 |
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Against the Gods:
The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter Bernstein, 1998 |
|
5,520 |
|
Fooled By
Randomness .. in the Markets and Life by Nassim Taleb, 2004, 2nd
ed. |
|
70,168 |
|
Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart by Gigerenzer and Todd
(2000 pb) |
|
84,346 |
|
Know Your Chances: Understanding Health Statistics (Pb) |
|
94,470 |
|
Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious by Gerd
Gigerenzer (2008 pb) |
|
154,213 |
|
Calculated Risks: How to Know When Numbers Deceive You by Gerd
Gigerenzer (1986 pb) |
|
224,639 |
|
Rationality for Mortals: How People Cope with Uncertainty by
Gerd Gigerenzer (2008 hc) |
|
263,987 |
|
The Taming of
Chance by Tim and Ian Hacking, 1990 |
|
288,483 |
|
Bounded Rationality: The Adaptive Toolbox by Gigerenzer and
Shelton (2002 pb) |
|
294,082 |
|
Reckoning with Risk: Learning to Live with Uncertainty by Gerd
Gigerenzer (2003 pb) |
|
365,988 |
|
Laws of the Game by
Winkler et al., 1993 |
|
575,435 |
|
Heuristics and the Law. Ed by Gerd Gigerenzer and Christop Engel
(2006 hc) |
|
644,553 |
|
The Empire of Chance: How Probability Changed Science and
Everyday Life by Gigerenzer, Swijtink, Porter, and Daston (1990) |
|
850,692 |
|
Adaptive Thinking: Rationality in the Real World (Evolution and
Cognition Series) by Gerd Gigerenzer (2002 pb) |
|
881,060 |
|
The Precautionary
Principle:.. Environmental Risk Assessment by Goklany, 2001 |
|
933,545 |
|
From Chance to
Choice: Genetics and Justice, Buchanan et al., 2000 |
|
956,203 |
|
Rethinking Risk and
the Precautionary Principle by Julian Morris Ed., 2000 |
|
1,056,230 |
|
Protecting Public
Health and the Environment: The Precautionary Principle by
Raffensperger et al., 1999 |
|
1,702,673 |
|
Ecological
Numeracy: Quantitative Analysis of Environmental Issues by
Robert Herendeen, 1998 |
|
2,406,841 |
|
Change, Chance and
Optimality (Oxford Linguistics) by April McHon, 2000 |
|
5,572,793 |
|
Chance and
Structure: Logical Foundations of Probability by John Vickers,
1989 |
|
Out of Print |
|
Precautionary
Principle and Children's Health by Craig Lorraine ed., Special
Edition 2001 |
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New |
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Coming to Terms with Chance by Jr Oscar H. Gandy (2009 hc) |
| |
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| |
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Statistical Significance |
|
254,684 |
|
Statistics as
Principled Argument by Robert Abelson, 1995 |
|
716,309 |
|
Sense and Nonsense
of Statistical Inference by Chamont Wang, 1993 |
|
3,366,316 |
|
The Significance
Controversy: A Reader by Denton Morrison, 1970 |
|
3,150,558 |
|
Statistical
Inference: Commentary for Social and Behavioural Sciences by
Michael Oakes, 1986 [Out of Print] |
| |
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| |
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Risk |
|
12,023 |
|
The Intelligent
Asset Allocator:.. Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk by William
Bernstein, 2000 |
|
31,307 |
|
Choices, Values and
Frames by Kahneman and Tversky, 2000 |
|
161,856 |
|
Value at Risk: New
Benchmark for Managing Financial Risk by Philippe Jourion, 3rd
ed 2006 |
|
197,908 |
|
Asset Allocation:
Balancing Financial Risk by Roger Gibson, 3rd. ed. 2000 |
|
290,548 |
|
Risk Analysis: A
Quantitative Guide by David Vose, 3rd ed. 2008 |
|
569,582 |
|
Risk Management by
Crouhy, et al., 2000 |
|
1,938,703 |
|
The Economics of
Risk and Time by Christian Gollier, 2001 |
| |
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| |
|
Chance and the Universe |
|
132,324 |
|
Not by Chance:
Shattering the Modern Theory of Evolution, Buchanan et al., 1998 |
|
871,727 |
|
God, Chance and
Necessity by Keith Ward, 1990 |
|
1,148,219 |
|
The Riddled Chain:
Chance, Coincidence and Chaos in Human Evolution by Jeffrey
McKee, 2000 |
|
2,964,647 |
|
The Creative Power
of Chance by Remy Lestienne, 1998 |
|
3,999,337 |
|
The Future of the
Universe: Chance, Chaos, God? by Arnold Benz, 2000 |
| |
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| |
|
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|
77,888 |
|
The Art of
Reasoning by David Kelley, 1998 3rd ed. |
|
406,188 |
|
Causality: Models,
Reasoning and Inference by Judea Pearl, 19?? |
|
740,505 |
|
The Art of Causal
Conjecture by Glen Shafer, 1996 |
|
1,486,675 |
|
Causality in
Crisis: Statistical Methods and the Search for Causal Knowledge
in the Social Sciences edited by McKim and Turner, 1997 |
| |
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| |
|
Statistical Reasoning |
|
10,299 |
|
Elements of
Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference and Prediction by
Hastie, Tisbshirani and Friedman, 2009 3rd ed |
|
13,334 |
|
Elements of
Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference and Prediction by
Hastie, Tisbshirani and Friedman, 2009 3rd ed |
|
28,358 |
|
Head First Data Analysis: A Learner's Guide... by Michael Milton
(2009 pb) |
|
161,688 |
|
Statistics For
Experimenters by George Box, J. Stuart Hunter and William
Hunter, 2005 2nd ed. |
|
318,767 |
|
Reasoning With
Statistics: How To Read Quantitative Research by Fredrick
Williams, 2000 5th ed. |
|
404,173 |
|
How to Tell the
Liars from the Statisticians by R. Hooke, 1983 |
|
799,687 |
|
Flaws and Fallacies
in Statistical Thinking by Stephen Campbell, 1974 |
|
1,058,179 |
|
Statistics in the
21st Century by Raftery and Tanner (2001) |
|
1,367,874 |
|
Misused Statistics:
Making Sense out of Twisted Numbers by Jaffe, 1998 2nd ed |
|
1,572,000 |
|
How to Think About
Statistics, 6th ed. by Harold Phillips, 1999 |
|
2,345,393 |
|
How To Use (and
Misuse) Statistics by Gregory A. Kimble, 1978 [Out of Print] |
| |
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|
Statistical Theory |
|
54,384 |
|
Mail and Internet
Surveys: The Tailored Design Method by Don Dillman (2nd ed.1999) |
|
151,867 |
|
Pattern
Classification by Duda, Hart and Stork (2nd ed. 2000) |
| |
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|
Biometric Statistics |
|
166,194 |
|
Biological Sequence Analysis: Probabilistic Models ... by Durbin
et al. (Reprint ed. 1999) |
|
234,149 |
|
Statistical Methods in Bioinformatics by Grant and Ewens, 2000 |
|
272,168 |
|
Biometry: Principles and Practices of Statistics... by Robert
Sokal (3rd ed. 1994) |
|
296,227 |
|
Design and Analysis of Ecological Experiments by Scheiner and
Gurevitch, 2nd ed., 2000 |
|
515,185 |
|
Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics by Nei and Kumar, 1999 |
|
1,128,132 |
|
Chance in the House of Fate: A Natural History of Heredity,
Jennifer Ackerman, 2000 |
|
1,135,454 |
|
Statistical Genomics: Linkage, Mapping and QTL Analysis by Liu,
1996 |
| |
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| |
|
Bayesian Reasoning |
|
217,532 |
|
Introduction to Bayesian Statistics by William Bolstad (2nd ed) |
|
362,776 |
|
Statistical
Decision Theory and Bayesian Analysis by James O. Berger, 1985
2nd edition |
|
575,484 |
|
Scientific
Reasoning: The Bayesian Approach by Colin Howson and Peter
Urbach, 1993 2nd ed. |
|
624,704 |
|
Bayesian Theory by
Jose Bernado and Adrian Smith, 2001 |
|
779,529 |
|
The Bayesian Choice
by Christian Robert, 2nd ed., 2001 |
| |
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| |
|
Statistics and Journalism |
|
762,189 |
|
News and Numbers: A
Guide to Report Statistical Claims... by Victor Cohn, 1999 (2nd
ed. w Mike Cope, 2001) |
|
918,961 |
|
Numbers in the Newsroom: Using Math and Statistics in News by
Sarah Cohen (Pb, 2001) |
|
1,157,121 |
|
Math Tools for Journalists by Kathleen Wickham (Student 2nd
edition) 2003 |
|
2,216,669 |
|
The New Precision
Journalism by Phillip Meyer, 1991 |
| |
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| |
|
Research Methods in Social Sciences |
|
538,074 |
|
Evaluating
Information: A Guide for Users of Social sciences Research by
Katzer, Cook and Crouch, 1978 (4th ed., 1997) |
|
1,346,080 |
|
Introduction to Social Statistics: The Logic of Statistical
Reasoning by Dietz and Kalof (2009 hc) |
|
1,825,402 |
|
Exploring Data: An
Introduction to Data Analysis for Social Sciences by Catherine
Marsh, 1991 |
|
4,507,913 |
|
Basic Research
Methods in the Social Sciences by Julian L. Simon, 1969 (3rd
ed., 1985) |
| |
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| |
|
Statistics and Education |
|
61,841 |
|
Educational
Research: An Introduction by Meridth Gall (8th ed. 2006) |
|
323,785 |
|
Reading Educational Research by Gerald Bracey (2006) |
| |
|
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| |
|
Statistics Reasoning in Law |
|
727,788 |
|
Applying Statistics in the Courtroom: A New Approach for
Attorneys and Expert Witnesses by Phillip I. Good (Hardcover -
Jul 11, 2001) |
|
783,834 |
|
Statistics and the
Law by Degroot, Feinberg and Kadane, 1994 |
|
788,107 |
|
Statistics for
Lawyers by Michael Finkelstein and Bruce Levin, (2nd ed. ,2001) |
|
1,106,414 |
|
Applying Statistics
in the Courtroom by Phillip Good, 2001 |
|
1,304,078 |
|
Statistical Science
in the Courtroom. edited by Joe Gastwirth, 2000 |
|
3,750,705 |
|
Quantitative
Methods in Law by Michael Finkelstein, 1988 [Out of Print] |
|
3,978,072 |
|
Statistical
Reasoning in Law and Public Policy: Fairness Vol. 1. edited by
Joe Gastwirth, 1988 |
|
4,968,532 |
|
Statistical
Reasoning in Law and Public Policy: Tort Law, Evidence & Health,
Vol. 2. edited by Joe Gastwirth, 1988 |
| |
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|
Statistics and Ecology |
|
1,705,099 |
|
Ecological
Numeracy: Quantitative Analysis of Ecological Issues by Robert
Herendeen, 1998 |
| |
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Economic Statistics |
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16,402 |
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The Economists
Guide to Economic Indicators by Economist staff, 2007 6th ed. |
|
258,082 |
|
Elementary
Stochastic Calculus with Finance in View by Mikosch, 1999 |
|
870,489 |
|
Financial
Econometrics: Problems Models and Methods by Gourgieroux et al.
(Nov, 2001) |
|
1,217,502 |
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Handbook of Key
Economic Indicators by R. Mark Rogers, (2nd ed., 1998) |
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Statistical Literacy for Business |
|
179,528 |
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How to Use
Financial Statements by James Bandler, 1994 |
|
226,806 |
|
The Guide to
Understanding Financial Statements by Szurovy and Costales, (2nd
ed. 1993) |
|
239,418 |
|
Barron's Finance
and Investment Handbook by Downs and Goodman, 7th ed. 2006 |
|
385,717 |
|
The Economist
Numbers Guide: The Essentials of Business Numeracy by Richard
Stutely, 2003 5th ed. |
|
400,894 |
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How To Read the
Financial Pages by Michael Brett, 1987 (5th ed. 2001) |
|
938,500 |
|
Wall Street
Dictionary by Robert Shook, 1999 |
|
1,912,517 |
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Using Business
Statistics: A Guide for Beginners by Dickey and Carrigan, 1995 |
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Six Sigma |
|
96,818 |
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The Six Sigma Way:
How Top Companies are Honing their Performance by Pande et al,
2000 |
|
350,799 |
|
The Power of Six
Sigma: Transforming the Way we Work by Subir Chowdhury, 2001 |
|
604,190 |
|
Making Six Sigma
Last: Balance Between Cultural and Technical Change by George
Eckes, 2001 |
|
431,176 |
|
General Electric's
Six Sigma Revolution: Statisticians by Gerald Eckes, 2000 |
|
57,985 |
|
Implementing Six
Sigma by Forrest Breyfogle, III , 1999 |
|
23,961 |
|
The Six Sigma
Handbook by Thomas Pyzdek, 2000 |
|
464,820 |
|
Managing Six Sigma
by Breyfogle et al., 2000 |
|
645,178 |
|
Customer Centered
Six Sigma by Earl Naumann and Steven Hoisington, 2000 |
|
53,431 |
|
What is Six Sigma
by Pete Pande, Larry Holpp and Peter Pande, 2001 |
|
178,332 |
|
Statistical
Thinking: Improving Business Performance by Roger Hoerl and
Ronald Snee, Feb 2001 |
| |
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| |
|
Numbers |
|
6,890 |
|
Zero: The Biography
of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife, 2000 pb. |
|
64,503 |
|
The Foundations of
Arithmetic: ...the Concept of Number by Gottlieb Frege (1900?),
2nd ed., rev 1980 |
|
98,971 |
|
Where Mathematics
Comes From by Lakoff, et al., 2001 |
|
128,580 |
|
Number Freak: From 1 to 200- The Hidden Language of Numbers
Revealed by Derrick Niederman (2009 pb) |
|
198,673 |
|
Fascinating
Fibonaccis by Trudi Garland, 1987 |
|
294,729 |
|
e: The Story of a
Number by Eli Maor, 1998 |
|
398,933 |
|
What Counts: How
Every Brain is Hardwired for Math by Brian Butterworth, 1999 |
|
572,357 |
|
Those Fascinating Numbers by Jean-Marie De Koninck (2009 pb) |
|
968,836 |
|
The Nothing That
Is: A Natural History of Zero by Robert Kaplan, 1999 |
|
1,131,397 |
|
The Math Gene: How
Mathematical Thinking Evolved ... by Keith Devlin, ???? |
|
1,216,663 |
|
Wonder of Numbers:
Adventures in Math, Mind and Meaning by Cliffor Pickover, 2000 |
|
1,278,442 |
|
The Sum of Our
Discontent: Why Numbers Make Us Irrational by David Boyle, 2001 |
|
2,105,732 |
|
How the Other Half
Thinks: Adventures in Mathematical Reasoning by Sherman Stein,
2001 |
| |
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| |
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Arithmetic Skills (Numeracy) |
|
642,963 |
|
The Complete How to
Figure It: Using Math in Everyday Life by Darrel Huff, 1999 |
|
712,068 |
|
How To Pass Numeracy Tests by Harold Tolley, (3rd ed. 2006) |
|
3,516,599 |
|
Mental Mathematics
for the Numeracy Hour by Harries and Spooner, 2000 |
|
6,773,245 |
|
Numeracy Skills for
Business by Curwin, Hart and Slater, 1994 |
| |
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| |
|
Adult Numeracy |
|
1,961,797 |
|
Adult Numeracy
Development: Theory, Research and Practice edited by Iddo Gal,
January 2001 |
|
7,271,374 |
|
Passport to
Professional Numeracy: Arithmetic and Statistics for Teachers by
Heather Cooke, May 2001 NEW |
| |
|
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| |
|
Number Concepts |
|
174,170 |
|
Developing Number
Concepts, Book 1: Counting, Comparing and Pattern by Kathy
Richardson, 1998 |
|
148,521 |
|
Developing Number
Concepts, Book 2: Addition and Subtraction by Kathy Richardson,
1988 |
|
204,860 |
|
Developing Number
Concepts, Book 3: Place Value, Multiplication and Division by
Kathy Richardson, 1988 |
|
956,098 |
|
Planning Guide for
Developing Number Concepts [Ages 4-8] by Kathy Richardson, 2000 |
| |
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Social Policy |
|
13,454 |
|
The Bell Curve by
Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray, 19?? |
|
22,789 |
|
Climbing Mount
Improbable by Richard Dawkins, 1997 |
|
34,749 |
|
The Mismeasure of
Man by Stephen Jay Gould, 1981 (Revised, 1996) |
|
51,469 |
|
Created Unequal:
The Crisis In American Pay by James K Galbraith, 2000 |
|
54,252 |
|
Loosing Ground:
American Social Policy, 1950 - 1980 by Charles Murray, 1985 (2nd
edition 1995) |
|
223,443 |
|
Race and Culture: A
World View by Thomas Sowell, 1995 |
|
376,530 |
|
The Tyranny of
Numbers: Mismeasurement and Misrule by Nicholas Eberstadt, 1995
pb. |
|
472,621 |
|
The Index of
Leading Cultural Indicators, American Society at the End of the
20th Century by William Bennett, 1999 |
|
857,774 |
|
Income Inequality
in America: An Analysis of Trends by Paul Ryscavage, 2000 |
|
858,334 |
|
It's Getting Better
All the Time: 100 greatest trends of last 100 years by Stephen
Moore and Julian Simon, 2000 |
|
1,256,203 |
|
Political Numeracy:
Mathematical Perspectives on our Chaotic Constitution by Michael
Meyerson, March 2003 |
|
1,641,228 |
|
Preferential
Policies: An International Perspective by Thomas Sowell, 199?
[Out of Print] |
|
1,751,839 |
|
Shifting Fortunes:
The Perils of the Growing American Wage Gap by Collins, Leondar-Wright
and Sklar, 1999 |
|
1,814,719 |
|
Criminal Justice?
The Legal System versus Individual Responsibility edited by
Robert Bidinotto, 1995 |
|
1,896,342 |
|
The Social Health
of the Nation: How America is Really Doing by Miringoff,
Miringoff and Opdycke, 1999 |
|
2,122,310 |
|
Top Heavy: The
Increasing Inequality of Wealth in America and What Can Be Done
About It by Edwin Wolff |
|
2,156,646 |
|
A Probabilistic
Analysis of the Saco and Vanzetti Case by Kadane and Schum, 1996 |
|
2,328,028 |
|
The Health of
Nations: True Causes of Sickness and Well-being by Leonard
Sagan, 1987 [Out of Print?] |
|
99,049 |
|
The Ultimate
Resource 2 by Julian Simon, 1997 |
|
697,683 |
|
The State of
Humanity by Julian Simon, 1995 |
|
918,806 |
|
Hoodwinking the
Nation by Julian Simon, 1998 |
|
1,145,108 |
|
The Ultimate
Resource by Julian Simon, 199? Out of Print |
| |
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Guns and Crime |
|
79,354 |
|
More Guns; Less
Crime by John Lott, 1998 (2nd ed., 2000) |
|
137,679 |
|
Seven Myths of Gun
Control by Richard Poe and David Horowitz, 2001 |
|
664,732 |
|
Armed: New
Perspectives on Gun Control by Gary Kleck and Don Kates, Oct
2001 NEW |
|
668,934 |
|
The Gun Control
Debate: You Decide by Lee Nisbet, (2nd ed., 2001) |
|
1,300,459 |
|
Stopping Power: Why
70 Million Americans Own Guns by J. Neil Shulman and Gary Kleck,
1999 |
| |
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Social Statistics/Data |
| |
|
The Statistical
Abstract of the US, 2000 edited by Glenn King, 1999 |
|
1,053,755 |
|
The First Measured
Century by Caplow, Hicks and Wattenberg, 1999 |
|
1,501,705 |
|
Handbook of Income
Distribution edited by Atkinson and Bourguignon, 1999 |
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