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Statistical Literacy |
| 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 |
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
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| 14,222 |
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow (2008)
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| 23,070 |
Statistics for the Utterly Confused (2nd ed.) by Lloyd Jaisingh, 2000
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| 32,261 |
Damned Lies and Statistics by Joel Best, 2000
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| 36,130 |
Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin
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| 66,471 |
Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences by John Paulos, 1985
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| 82,669 |
The Chicago Guide to Writing about Numbers by Jane Miller (2004)
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| 83,818 |
Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data (Hc) by Joel Best (2008)
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| 84,346 |
Know Your Chances: Understanding Health Statistics
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| 95,657 |
More Damned Lies and Statistics: How Numbers Confuse Public Issues by Joel Best (2004)
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| 109,802 |
Cult of Statistical Significance by Deidre McCloskey and Stephen Ziliak (2008)
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| 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
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| 137,930 |
200% of Nothing by A. K. Dewdney, 1999
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| 161,338 |
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper by John Paulos, 1999
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| 165,633 |
Statistical Myths, Urban Legends
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| 183,446 |
Beyond Numeracy: Ruminations of a Numbers Man by John Paulos, 1992
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| 333,407 |
The Chicago Guide to Writing about Multivariate Analysis (Chicago Guide) by Jane Miller (Pb. Hc) 2005
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| 338,289 |
Probably Not: Future Prediction Using Probability and Statistical Inference
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| 460,996 |
Uncertainty and Risk: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
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| 463,072 |
Statistical Misconceptions
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| 469,862 |
What the Numbers Say: A Field Guide to Mastering Our Numerical
World by Niederman and Boyd (2004 hc)
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| 473,281 |
Measuring Up: What Educational Testing Really Tells Us
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| 505,387 |
The Tiger That Isn't: Seeing Through a World of Numbers
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| 523,604 |
The Inner Life of Numbers
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| 573,925 |
Chance Rules: An Informal Guide to Probability, Risk and Statistics
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| 580,673 |
Facts From Figures by M. J. Moroney, 1951 (2nd ed. 1953; reprinted 1990)
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| 658,633 |
Once upon A Number by John Paulos, 1999
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| 700,552 |
The Arithmetic of Life and Death by George Shaffner, May 2001 New Ed.
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| 732,845 |
It's Great! Oops, No It Isn't: Why Clinical Research Can't Guarantee The Right
Medical Answers by Ronald Gauch
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| 802,733 |
Making It Count: Improvement of Social Research and Theory by Stanley Lieberson, 1985
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| 956,905 |
Prove It With Figures by Hans Zeisel and D. H. Kaye, 1997
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| 1,011,009 |
Developing Students Statistical Reasoning: Connecting Research and Teaching Practice
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| 1,307,568 |
Bridging the Statistical Gap
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| 1,373,950 |
MathSemantics by Edward MacNeal, 1994 (Reprint 1995)
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| 1,386,114 |
Unlatching the Gate
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| 1,665,880 |
RANDOMNICITY: Rules and Randomness in the Realm of the Infinite
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| 1,709,632 |
Everyday Probability and Statistics: Health, Elections, Gambling and War
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| 2,275,309 |
Say It With Figures by Hans Zeisel, 1957 (6th ed. 1968)
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| 4,038,576 |
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
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| 1,207,941 |
On the Shoulders of Giants: New Approaches to Numeracy, 1990 by Lynn Steen MAA
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| 1,339,443 |
Why Numbers Count: Quantitative Literacy for Tomorrow's America, 1997 MAA
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| 1,365,145 |
Mathematics and Democracy, 2001
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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)
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| 252,735 |
Quantitative Reasoning: Tools for Today's Informed Citizen with
CD by Sevilla and Summers (2008 pb)
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| 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
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| 2,580,871 |
Mathematical Thinking & Quantitative Reasoning by Linda R. Sons,
Peter J. Nicholls, and Joseph B. Stephen (1998 pb\)
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| 3,405,397 |
Quantitative Reasoning: Mathematics for Citizens in the 21st Century by
Bennett, Briggs and Morrow, 1998
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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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Charts and Graphs |
| 2,254 |
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward Tufte, 1983
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| 2,687 |
Envisioning Information, 1990
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| 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??
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| 127,468 |
Information Graphics by Robert L. Harris, 2000
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| 170,991 |
The Elements of Graphing Data by William S. Cleveland, 1994
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| 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
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| 595,926 |
Visualizing Categorical Data by Michael Friendly, 2001
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| 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 |
How To Lie with Charts by Gerald Jones, 2000
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Epidemiology |
| 610,145 |
Modern Epidemiology by Kenneth Rothman and Sander Greenland, 199? (2nd edition, 1998)
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| 777,835 |
Making Sense of [Epidemiological] Data by J. H. Abrahamson, 199? (3rd ed., 2001)
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| 3,444,686 |
Epidemiology by Christie, Gordon and Heller, 1987 (2nd ed., 1996) pb
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Demographics |
| 749,062 |
Sampling of Populations: Methods and Applications by Levy and Lemeshow, 19?? (3rd ed. 1998)
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| 749,062 |
Demographic Methods by Andrew Hinde, 1997
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| 944,966 |
Methods and Models in Demography by Colin Newell, 1989
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| 1,607,064 |
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.
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| 25,868 |
Data Analysis Using Regression and Multilevel/Hierarchical Models by Gelman and Hill (2006 pb)
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| 52,344 |
Logistic Regression: A Self Learning Text by David Kleinbaum, 2005, 2nd ed.
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| 164,285 |
Design of Observational Studies by Rosenbaum (2009 hc)
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| 250,388 |
Multiple Regression: Testing and Interpreting Interactions by Aiken et al., 1996
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| 250,474 |
Applied Logistic Regression by David Hosmer and Stanley Lemeshow, 2001 NEW
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| 260,012 |
Multiple Regression in Behavioral Research by Elazar Pedhazur, 1997
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| 274,713 |
Regression Models for Categorical … Variables by Scott Long, 1997
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| 275,736 |
Modeling Regression Strategies by Frank Harrell, June 2001
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| 421,549 |
Observational Studies by Rosenbaum (2002 2nd ed hc)
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| 443,801 |
Regression Analysis of Count Data (Econometric Society) by Cameron and Trivedi, 1998
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| 508,563 |
Graph Algebra: Math Modeling by Courtney Brown (2007 pb)
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Chance |
| 324 |
The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb (hc) 2004
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| 482 |
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter Bernstein, 1998
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| 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)
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| 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
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| Out of Print |
Precautionary Principle and Children's Health by Craig Lorraine ed., Special Edition 2001
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| New |
Coming to Terms with Chance by Jr Oscar H. Gandy (2009 hc)
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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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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
|
|
Statistics and Causality |
| 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
|
|
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]
|
|
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)
|
|
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
|
|
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 |
Jose Bernado and Adrian Smith, 2001
|
| 779,529 |
The Bayesian Choice by Christian Robert, 2nd ed., 2001
|
|
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
|
|
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)
|
|
Statistics and Education |
| 61,841 |
Educational Research: An Introduction by Meridth Gall (8th ed. 2006)
|
| 323,785 |
Reading Educational Research by Gerald Bracey (2006)
|
|
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
|
|
Statistics and Ecology |
| 1,705,099 |
Ecological Numeracy: Quantitative Analysis of Ecological Issues by Robert Herendeen, 1998
|
|
Economic Statistics |
| 16,402 |
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 |
Handbook of Key Economic Indicators by R. Mark Rogers, (2nd ed., 1998)
|
|
Statistical Literacy for Business |
| 179,528 |
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 |
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 |
Using Business Statistics: A Guide for Beginners by Dickey and Carrigan, 1995
|
|
Six Sigma |
| 96,818 |
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
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
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 |
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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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