Quantitative Reasoning - Thinking in Numbers

Employs basic mathematical skills to teach students how to address topical, real-world problems using quantitative reasoning.

List of contents

1. Is college worth the cost?; 2. How many people died in the Civil War?; 3. How much will this car cost?; 4. Should we worry about arsenic in rice?; 5. What is the economic impact of the undocumented?; 6. Should I buy health insurance?; 7. Can we recycle pollution?; 8. Why is it dark at night?; 9. Where do the stars go in the daytime?; 10. Should I take this drug for my headache?; Appendix 1. Numeracy; Appendix 2. Arithmetic; Appendix 3. Algebra; Appendix 4. Geometry; Appendix 5. Units and scientific notation; Appendix 6. Functions; Appendix 7. Probability; Appendix 8. Statistics; Appendix 9. Estimation.

About the author

Eric Zaslow is a Professor of Mathematics at Northwestern University, Illinois. He has a Ph.D. from Harvard University, Massachusetts in mathematical physics.

Summary

This undergraduate textbook serves a course in quantitative thinking by asking a wide variety of real-world questions, such as should I take this drug for my headache? Students learn how to frame a question, gather and analyze data, build mathematical models, and interpret results. All the mathematics is supported with extensive appendices.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Zaslow, Eric (Northwestern University Zaslow, Zaslow Eric
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781108419413
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41941-3
• No. of pages: 258
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Datenanalyse, allgemein, MATHEMATICS / Applied, Mathematische Modellierung, MATHEMATICS / Logic, Mathematical modelling, Mathematical logic, Data analysis: general, Data science and analysis: general