Opis: Using - Jeffrey O. Bennett, William L. Briggs, Bennett

With all of the topics needed to fulfill a general education requirement, this text, one of the few for the emerging Quantitative Literacy/Quantitative Reasoning Course, helps to reduce mathematical anxiety and focuses on the practicality of mathematics in college, career, and life.I. LOGIC AND PROBLEM SOLVING. 1. Thinking Critically. Recognizing Fallacies. Propositions and Truth Values. Sets and Venn Diagrams. A Brief Review: Sets of Numbers. Analyzing Arguments. Critical Thinking in Everyday Life. 2. Approaches to Problem Solving. The Problem-Solving Power of Units. A Brief Review: Working with Fractions. Standardized Units: More Problem-Solving Power. A Brief Review: Powers of 10. Problem-Solving Guidelines and Hints. II. QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION IN EVERYDAY LIFE. 3. Numbers in the Real World. Uses and Abuses of Percentages. A Brief Review: Percentages. A Brief Review: What is ratio?. Putting Numbers in Perspective. A Brief Review: Working with Scientific Notation. Dealing with Uncertainty. A Brief Review: Rounding. Index Numbers: The CPI and Beyond. How Numbers Deceive: Polygraphs, Mammograms, and More. 4. Financial Management. The Power of Compounding. A Brief Review: Three Basic Rules of Algebra. Savings Plans and Investments. A Brief Review: Algebra with Powers and Roots. Loan Payments, Credit Cards, and Mortgages. Income Taxes. Understanding the Federal Budget. III. PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS. 5. Statistical Reasoning. Fundamentals of Statistics. Should You Believe a Statistical Study? Statistical Tables and Graphs. Graphs in the Media. Correlation and Causality. 6. Putting Statistics to Work. Characterizing a Data Distribution. Measures of Variation. The Normal Distribution. Statistical Inference. 7. Probability: Living with the Odds. Fundamentals of Probability. A Brief Review: The Multiplication Principle. Combining Probabilities. The Law of Large Numbers. Assessing Risk. Counting and Probability. A Brief Review: Factorials. IV. MODELING. 8. Exponential Astonishment. Growth: Linear Versus Exponential. Doubling Time and Half-Life. A Brief Review: Logarithms. Real Population Growth. Logarithmic Scales: Earthquakes, Sounds, and Acids. 9. Modeling Our World. Functions: The Building Blocks of Mathematical Models. A Brief Review: The Coordinate Plane. Linear Modeling. Exponential Modeling. A Brief Review: Algebra with Logarithms. 10. Modeling with Geometry. Fundamentals of Geometry. Problem Solving with Geometry. Fractal Geometry. V. FURTHER APPLICATIONS. 11. Mathematics and the Arts. Mathematics and Music. Perspective and Symmetry. Proportion and the Golden Ration. 12. Mathematics and Politics. Voting: Does the Majority Always Rule? Theory of Voting. Apportionment: The House of Representatives and Beyond. 13. Mathematics and Business. Network Analysis. The Traveling Salesman Problem. Scheduling Problems. Credits. Answers. Index.

Szczegóły: Using - Jeffrey O. Bennett, William L. Briggs, Bennett

Tytuł: Using
Autor: Jeffrey O. Bennett, William L. Briggs, Bennett
Producent: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780321227737
Rok produkcji: 2004
Ilość stron: 800
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 1.75 kg

Recenzje: Using - Jeffrey O. Bennett, William L. Briggs, Bennett