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Millions, billions, zillions : defending yourself in a world of too many numbers /
An essential guide to recognizing bogus numbers and misleading dataNumbers are often intimidating, confusing, and even deliberately deceptive--especially when they are really big. The media loves to report on millions, billions, and trillions, but frequently makes basic mistakes or presents such num...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Getting started
- Millions, billions, zillions
- Big numbers
- Mega, giga, tera, and beyond
- Units
- Dimensionality
- Milestones
- Specious precision
- Lies, damned lies, and statistics
- Graphical trickery
- Bias
- Arithmetic
- Estimation
- Self defense.