Innumeracy : mathematical illiteracy and its consequences. [Examples and principles -- Probability and coincidence -- Pseudoscience -- Whence Innumeracy? -- Statistics, trade-offs, and society -- Close]
de Paulos, John Allen
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Stockbridge, Georgia, United States
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New York : Vintage Books, 1990, 1988, 1990. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1 st Vintage books edition, 1st printing ; 180 pages ; 21 cm ; ISBN: 0679726012; 9780679726012 LCCN: 89-40162 ; LC: QA93; Dewey: 510 ; OCLC: 20167578 ; pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: Examples and principles -- Probability and coincidence -- Pseudoscience -- Whence Innumeracy? -- Statistics, trade-offs, and society -- Close ; "Paulos argues that our inability to deal rationally with numbers--or with the probabilities associated with them--results in misinformed governmental policies, confused personal decisions, and an increased susceptibility to pseudo-sciences of all kinds." ; stamp of the Carter Center in Atalnta ; FINE.
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- Innumeracy : mathematical illiteracy and its consequences. [Examples and principles -- Probability and coincidence -- Pseudoscience -- Whence Innumeracy? -- Statistics, trade-offs, and society -- Close]
- Autor
- Paulos, John Allen
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- Usado - Aceptable
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- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0679726012
- ISBN 13
- 9780679726012
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- New York : Vintage Books, 1990, 1988
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- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Fecha de publicación
- 1990
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- Mathematics -- Popular works. answer approximately assume astrology average Babe Ruth believe binomial probability distribution birthday calculation cancer choice choose claims coin coin flips coincidences conditional probability confidence interval cons
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