Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences [1st Vintage books ed] 0679726012, 9780613181211

Examples and principles -- Probability and coincidence -- Pseudoscience -- Whence Innumeracy? -- Statistics, trade-offs,

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English Pages 180 pages Year 1990

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Examples and principles --
Probability and coincidence --
Pseudoscience --
Whence Innumeracy? --
Statistics, trade-offs, and society --
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Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences [1st Vintage books ed]
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