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Quantitative Literacy, Digital Update
Thinking Between the LinesThird Edition| ©2022 Bruce Crauder; Benny Evans; Jerry Johnson; Alan Noell
Quantitative Literacy: Thinking Between the Lines fully prepares students to be informed consumers of quantitative information with coverage that neatly balances discussions of ideas with computational practice. Through a wide range of examples and applications, the authors show students...
Quantitative Literacy: Thinking Between the Lines fully prepares students to be informed consumers of quantitative information with coverage that neatly balances discussions of ideas with computational practice. Through a wide range of examples and applications, the authors show students that they use math in their everyday lives more than they realize, and that learning math takes place in real-world contexts. Students develop critical-thinking and problem-solving skills necessary to make intelligent decisions regarding money, voting and politics, health issues, and much more.
Now available with the Digital Update for Quantitative Literacy, Macmillan’s groundbreaking online platform Achieve contains homework assessment, a fully accessible e-book, and dynamic features designed to engage students before, during, and after class. Achieve provides instructors with flexibility and insights into class performance, as well as a wealth of assignable resources including adaptive quizzing, active learning guides, videos, and interactives.
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Transform students into informed consumers of the quantitative information they encounter every day.
Quantitative Literacy: Thinking Between the Lines fully prepares students to be informed consumers of quantitative information with coverage that neatly balances discussions of ideas with computational practice. Through a wide range of examples and applications, the authors show students that they use math in their everyday lives more than they realize, and that learning math takes place in real-world contexts. Students develop critical-thinking and problem-solving skills necessary to make intelligent decisions regarding money, voting and politics, health issues, and much more.
Now available with the Digital Update for Quantitative Literacy, Macmillan’s groundbreaking online platform Achieve contains homework assessment, a fully accessible e-book, and dynamic features designed to engage students before, during, and after class. Achieve provides instructors with flexibility and insights into class performance, as well as a wealth of assignable resources including adaptive quizzing, active learning guides, videos, and interactives.
Features
In the News
Each chapter and section begins with real articles gleaned from newspapers, magazines, and websites, which naturally lead to discussions of math in everyday life.
Try It Yourself
Many worked examples are followed by a very similar problem that gives students the opportunity to test their understanding. Answers to these exercises are provided at the end of each textbook section.
Writing About Mathematics
Textbook exercises that challenge students to seek answers beyond the textbook. These exercises are suitable for reports, group work, or other activities that engage students in deeper thinking.
What Do You Think?
The final part of each exercise set are What Do You Think? exercises, which are open-ended questions that encourage students to apply their critical thinking skills as well as their verbal and written skills.
Rule of Thumb Statements
This feature provides hints on making “ballpark” estimates without appealing to complicated formulas for exact answers.
Algebraic Spotlights
Explanations of algebraic skills that may be beyond the scope of the course. Provided for instructors to use at their discretion.
Quick Review
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LearningCurve adaptive quizzing encourages students to read the text with a question in mind and test their own comprehension.
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MathClips, step-by-step whiteboard-style videos, help students visualize key concepts by showing worked solutions to problems similar to those in the text. In Achieve, they are newly accompanied by assessment questions where students can apply the skills demonstrated in the videos.
Updated! Dynamic Activities provide interactive examples that let the student manipulate figures based on the text in order to better understand the visual aspects and dimensions of the concepts being presented. Achieve includes updated versions powered by Desmos.
New in the Text
Revision and updates to the content across chapters. Examples and exercises have been updated with a focus on current events.
Quantitative Literacy, Digital Update
Third Edition| ©2022
Bruce Crauder; Benny Evans; Jerry Johnson; Alan Noell
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Quantitative Literacy, Digital Update
Third Edition| 2022
Bruce Crauder; Benny Evans; Jerry Johnson; Alan Noell
Table of Contents
1 Critical Thinking
- 1.1 Public Policy and Simpson’s Paradox: Is “Average” Always Average
- 1.2 Logic and Informal Fallacies: Does That Argument Hold Water?
- 1.3 Formal Logic and Truth Tables: Do Computers Think?
- 1.4 Sets and Venn Diagrams: Pictorial Logic
- 1.5 Critical Thinking and Number Sense: What Do These Figures Mean?
2 Analysis of Growth
- 2.1 Measurements of Growth: How Fast Is It Changing?
- 2.2 Graphs: Picturing Growth
- 2.3 Misleading Graphs: Should I Believe My Eyes?
3 Linear and Exponential Change: Comparing Growth Rates
- 3.1 Lines and Linear Growth: What Does A Constant Rate Mean?
- 3.2 Exponential Growth and Decay: Constant Percentage Rates
- 3.3 Logarithmic Phenomena: Compressed Scales
- 3.4 Quadratics and Parabolas
4 Personal Finance
- 4.1 Saving Money: The Power of Compounding
- 4.2 Borrowing: How Much Car Can You Afford?
- 4.3 Saving for the Long Term: Build That Nest Egg
- 4.4 Credit Cards: Paying Off Consumer Debt
- 4.5 Inflation, Taxes, and Stocks: Managing Your Money
5 Introduction to Probability
- 5.1 Calculating Probabilities: How Likely Is It?
- 5.2 Medical Testing and Conditional Probability: Ill or Not?
- 5.3 Counting and Theoretical Probabilities: How Many?
- 5.4 More Ways of Counting: Permuting and Combining
- 5.5 Expected Value and the Law of Large Numbers: Don’t Bet on It
6 Statistics
- 6.1 Data Summary and Presentation: Boiling Down the Numbers
- 6.2 The Normal Distribution: Why the Bell Curve?
- 6.3 The Statistics of Polling: Can We Believe the Polls?
- 6.4 Statistical Inference and Clinical Trials: Effective Drugs?
7 Graph Theory
- 7.1 Modeling With Graphs and Finding Euler Circuits
- 7.2 Hamilton Circuits and Traveling Salesmen: Efficient Routes
- 7.3 Trees: Viral E-mails and Spell Checkers
8 Voting and Social Choice
- 8.1 Measuring Voting Power: Does My Vote Count?
- 8.2 Voting Systems: How Do We Choose a Winner?
- 8.3 Fair Division: What Is a Fair Share?
- 8.4 Apportionment: Am I Represented?
9 Geometry
- 9.1 Perimeter, Area, and Volume: How Do I Measure?
- 9.2 Proportionality and Similarity: Changing the Scale
- 9.3 Symmetries and Tilings: Form and Patterns
Appendices
- Appendix 1 Unit Conversion
- Appendix 2 Exponents and Scientific Notation
- Appendix 3 Calculators, Parentheses, and Rounding
- Appendix 4 Basic Math
- Appendix 5 Problem Solving
Answers
Credits
Index
Quantitative Literacy, Digital Update
Third Edition| 2022
Bruce Crauder; Benny Evans; Jerry Johnson; Alan Noell
Authors
Bruce Crauder
Bruce Crauder received his B.A. from Haverford College and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. After post-doctoral positions at the Institute for Advanced Study, the University of Utah, and the University of Pennsylvania, Crauder came to Oklahoma State University, where he is now Professor of Mathematics and Associate Dean. Crauder’s research in algebraic geometry has resulted in 10 refereed articles in as many years in his specialty, three-dimensional birational geometry.
Benny Evans
Benny Evans received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Michigan. He is currently Professor of Mathematics at Oklahoma State University, where he has served as undergraduate director, associate head, and department head. He has held visiting appointments at the Institute for Advanced Study, Rice University, and Texas A&M. His research interests are topology and mathematics education.
Jerry Johnson
Alan Noell
Alan Noell has a B.A. degree in Mathematics from Texas A&M University, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Mathematics from Princeton University. After a postdoctoral position at CalTech, in 1985 he joined the faculty at Oklahoma State University, where he is now Professor of Mathematics. His research interests are in the area of several complex variables. He has also enjoyed working in the area of curriculum development. His work has been supported by the National Science Foundation and other sources.
Quantitative Literacy, Digital Update
Third Edition| 2022
Bruce Crauder; Benny Evans; Jerry Johnson; Alan Noell
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Bruce Crauder; Benny Evans; Jerry Johnson; Alan Noell
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