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"It only takes a small spark to ignite a child's mind! Written by an expert, Statistical Physics for Babies is a colorfully simple introduction to entropy. Babies (and grownups!) will learn all about the second law of thermodynamics and why things tend to look more random as time passes. With a tongue-in-cheek approach that adults will love, this installment of the Baby University board book series is the perfect way to introduce basic concepts to...
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Sometimes, learning about statistics can be a bit like peering into a crystal ball. You think you've got it, only to read one more article/paper/blog, and suddenly it's as clear as mud again, and you're further away from the answer than when you first started.
Choosing the correct statistic to use in any given situation can seem like a daunting task at times. When there are numerous possible statistical calculations you can do with your data, there...
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En el Reporte sobre la familia en México 2023 abordamos el cambio tecnológico y la cultura digital. Nuestras vidas han sido transformadas tan radicalmente por los avances tecnológicos de los últimos años que no creemos necesario convencer al lector de su importancia. Este reporte, por lo tanto, tiene un objetivo sencillo: brindar herramientas conceptuales que sirvan de base para reflexionar sobre el tema.
Primero presentamos un panorama del...
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Doing Civility: Breaking the Cycle of Incivility on the Campus explores ways in which members of the college community can take proactive steps to break the cycle of incivility. Civility requires extending mutual respect to others, especially people with different values, beliefs, and ideas. It also involves a civic responsibility to strengthen the community. Doing Civility dives into how civility can be applied in practical ways using real-life student...
86) De la participación destructora a la participación sinérgica: elementos para la observación, análisi
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Esta obra recoge los últimos avances de la investigación "De la participación destructora a la participación sinérgica", iniciada durante la década de 1980 con el fin de lograr una mayor comprensión de la complejidad de los procesos de participación en la sociedad. En una primera fase, se identificaron tipologías de participación, desde la más negativa o destructora hasta la más positiva o sinérgica. Como marco de referencia se estableció...
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At least 200,000-250,000 people died in the war in Bosnia. "There are three million child soldiers in Africa." "More than 650,000 civilians have been killed as a result of the U.S. occupation of Iraq." "Between 600,000 and 800,000 women are trafficked across borders every year." "Money laundering represents as much as 10 percent of global GDP." "Internet child porn is a $20 billion-a-year industry." These are big, attention-grabbing numbers, frequently...
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Data is a social phenomenon. This book examines the ways in which we are constantly engaging with data, consciously through the ways in which we provide data about ourselves and without awareness. It analyses the construction and use of statistics by governmental and non-governmental organisations, looking at how statistics are used in social discourse to advance interests and to achieve particular, often political ends. The authors also consider...
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"Every year, Major League Baseball spends upward of $2 billion on pitchers - five times the salary of all NFL quarterbacks combined. Pitchers are the lifeblood of the sport, the ones who win championships, but today they face an epidemic unlike any baseball has seen. One tiny ligament in the elbow keeps snapping and sending teenagers and major leaguers alike to undergo sugery, an issue the baseball establishment ignored for decades. For three years,...
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"Today we think statistics are the enemy, numbers used to mislead and confuse us. That's a mistake, Tim Harford says in The Data Detective. We shouldn't be suspicious of statistics-we need to understand what they mean and how they can improve our lives: they are, at heart, human behavior seen through the prism of numbers and are often "the only way of grasping much of what is going on around us." If we can toss aside our fears and learn to approach...
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Unlock the mysteries of statistics with this guide to the key concepts and definitions. From famous statisticians to theories and software tools, this book provides a clear and accessible reference to the field of statistics. Written for beginners, it is the perfect resource for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of this rapidly evolving field. With clear explanations, this book is your go-to reference for all things statistics.
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"The rising star and face of the new field "science of the individual" draws from the latest psychological and sociological research to show that success is found in individual strengths and weaknesses that don't fit along any average curve--a powerful manifesto for change in the ranks of Emotional Intelligence and The Power of Habit.Modern science has proven that people behave and learn in distinctive ways. And yet these individual patterns get lost...
94) IBM SPSS
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We live in a world where information takes on a life of its own and spreads rapidly. Faster than ever before. For some people, their lives depend on obtaining a steady stream of information as it affects their lives in the most telling ways. The daily news is the simplest example of this phenomenon. It is truly the lifeblood of society and helps us evolve into better informed individuals with every passing day. As one can tell, information on the...
95) The numerati
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"The Numerati" shows how a powerful new endeavor--the mathematical modeling of humanity--stands to transform everyone's daily life.
96) Pictographs
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The Making and Using Graphs series employs bright illustrations and clear text to teach young readers how to create and use graphs to represent and analyze data. The five books in the series each introduce a single type of graph and offer examples as well as activities designed for readers to practice gathering and graphing data. A conclusion summarizes key concepts and suggests more graphing activities. The sixth book focuses on a variety of graph...
97) Tally charts
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This fun book uses examples familiar to readers to get them counting using tally charts. Topics include snacks, pets, and how readers and their classmates get to school. Activities encourage practicing making tally charts.
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Did you know that another 10 cm of height boosts your income by thousands of dollars per year? Or that a boy born in January is nearly twice as likely to play first grade rugby league as a boy born in December? Or that natural disasters attract more foreign aid if they happen on a slow news day? And that a perfectly clean desk can be as inefficient as a messy one? Drawing on examples and data from across Australia, Andrew Leigh shows how economics...
99) Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity--What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves
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A New York Times Bestseller
An audacious, irreverent investigation of human behavior—and a first look at a revolution in the making
Our personal data has been used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and sell us stuff we don’t need. In Dataclysm, Christian Rudder uses it to show us who we truly are.
For centuries, we’ve relied on polling or small-scale lab experiments to study...
An audacious, irreverent investigation of human behavior—and a first look at a revolution in the making
Our personal data has been used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and sell us stuff we don’t need. In Dataclysm, Christian Rudder uses it to show us who we truly are.
For centuries, we’ve relied on polling or small-scale lab experiments to study...
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Helps you make meaning of all your data and turn it into clear and actionable visualizations. This title shows you how to analyze large amounts of data, quickly slice data into various views on the fly, automate redundant reporting, create eye-catching visualizations, and more.
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