Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers
Chip Heath and Karla Starr
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Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers
Chip Heath and Karla Starr
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Positive
Mixed
Pan
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Positive
Mixed
Pan
Critically, the authors stress the foundational importance of precise quantification—'you have to do the right analysis to get the right answer'—while also emphasizing the need to report the results effectively.
A unique popular math book.
Though the authors write that their tips are aimed at both 'numbers people' and 'non numbers people,' the text tends to read like a corporate training course, and their somewhat dismissive view of math as incomprehensible and useless in the 'real world' will strike many as blatantly wrong. Still, 'non numbers' people will find plenty to consider..