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the numbers game - [02 Mar 2009]
Although it is light reading, the books makes you realize how the media is clueless when it comes to any type of number. Tell the media a ratio and they are unable to question it.
comes to any type of number. Tell the media a ratio and they are unable to question it.
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Save Money - Read the Dust Jacket - [22 Feb 2009]
This book was a major disappointment. I love numbers. I love books. I truly love books about numbers. Yet, I hated this book. The few entertaining examples are sparsely sprinkled throughout the chapters and the rest of the text is superfluous. Read the...
numbers. Yet, I hated this book. The few entertaining examples are sparsely sprinkled throughout...
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Commonsense and Numbers - [23 Jan 2009]
There are several books in publication today that strive to guide the general reader through mazes of number-based information; their main purpose is to impart to the general public the ability to ask the right questions and make sense of the information...
mazes of number-based information; their main purpose is to impart to the general public...
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Delightful, well done - [18 Jan 2009]
The authors have done us all a great favor - they've written a book that will help make media consumers less credulous. In the current news climate, making sense of numbers is more important than ever. It is an enjoyable read as well.
consumers less credulous. In the current news climate, making sense of numbers is more ...
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