Quantitative Reasoning: Thinking in Numbers

by Eric Zaslow

Is college worth the cost? Should I worry about arsenic in my rice? Can we recycle pollution? Real questions of personal finance, public health, and social policy require sober, data-driven analyses. This unique text provides students with the tools of quantitative reasoning to answer such questions. The text models how to clarify the question, recognize and avoid bias, isolate relevant factors, gather data, and construct numerical analyses for interpretation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108410901
• ISBN13: 9781108410908
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 9.8"