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Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach, 4th Edition

By Jeffrey O. Bennett, William L. Briggs

ISBN-10: 0-321-45820-6

ISBN-13: 978-0-321-45820-9What's this?

Published by Addison-Wesley

© 2008

Pub. Date: Jan 22, 2007

Format: Cloth

Table of Contents

Preface

Prologue: Literacy for the Modern World

 

Part 1 Logic and Problem Solving            

Chapter 1      Thinking Critically

1A       Recognizing Fallacies

1B       Propositions and Truth Values

1C       Sets and Venn Diagrams

1D       Analyzing Arguments

1E       Critical Thinking in Everyday Life

 

Chapter 2      Approaches to Problem Solving

2A       The Problem-Solving Power of Units

2B       Standardized Units: More Problem-Solving Power

2C       Problem-Solving Guidelines and Hints

 

Part 2 Quantitative Information in Everyday Life            

Chapter 3      Numbers in the Real World

3A       Uses and Abuses of Percentages

3B       Putting Numbers in Perspective

3C       Dealing with Uncertainty

3D       Index Numbers: The CPI and Beyond

3E       How Numbers Deceive: Polygraphs, Mammograms, and More

 

Chapter 4      Managing Your Money

4A       Taking Control of Your Finances

4B       The Power of Compounding

4C       Savings Plans and Investments

4D       Loan Payments, Credit Cards, and Mortgages

4E       Income Taxes

4F       Understanding the Federal Budget

 

Part 3 Probability and Statistics

Chapter 5      Statistical Reasoning

5A       Fundamentals of Statistics

5B       Should You Believe a Statistical Study?

5C       Statistical Tables and Graphs

5D       Graphics in the Media

5E       Correlation and Causality

 

Chapter 6      Putting Statistics to Work

6A       Characterizing a Data Distribution

6B       Measures of Variation

6C       The Normal Distribution

6D       Statistical Inference

 

Chapter 7      Probability: Living with the Odds

7A       Fundamentals of Probability

7B       Combining Probabilities

7C       The Law of Large Numbers

7D       Assessing Risk

7E       Counting and Probability

 

Part 4 Modeling

Chapter 8      Exponential Astonishment

8A       Growth: Linear versus Exponential

8B       Doubling Time and Half-Life

8C       Real Population Growth

8D       Logarithmic Scales: Earthquakes, Sounds, and Acids

 

Chapter 9      Modeling Our World

9A       Functions: The Building Blocks of Mathematical Models

9B       Linear Modeling

9C       Exponential Modeling

 

Chapter 10   Modeling with Geometry

10A     Fundamentals of Geometry

10B     Problem Solving with Geometry

10C     Fractal Geometry

 

Part 5 Further Applications

Chapter 11   Mathematics and the Arts

11A     Mathematics and Music

11B     Perspective and Symmetry

11C     Proportion and the Golden Ratio

 

Chapter 12   Mathematics and Politics

12A     Voting: Does the Majority Always Rule?

12B     Theory of Voting

12C     Apportionment: The House of Representatives and Beyond

12D     Dividing the Political Pie

 

Chapter 13   Mathematics and Business

13A     Network Analysis

13B     The Traveling Salesman Problem

13C     Scheduling Problems

 

Credits

Answers

Index

 

 

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