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Autor:
Thomas J. Pfaff
Publikováno v:
Numeracy, Vol 11, Iss 1, p 13 (2018)
Makansi, Jason. 2016. Painting By Numbers: How to Sharpen Your BS Detector and Smoke Out the "Experts." (Tucson, AZ: Layla Dog Press, 2016). 196 pp. ISBN 978-0-9984259-0-0. In Painting by Numbers Jason Makansi adds another book to the quantitative
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/45ce8a683dd543918ae2cc61d4d8caa4
Publikováno v:
Numeracy, Vol 10, Iss 2, p 10 (2017)
This three-year study focused on first-year Calculus I students and their abilities to incorporate figures in technical reports. In each year, these calculus students wrote a technical report as part of the Polar Bear Module, an educational unit deve
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/96e08addf9834327bcf607424a21e98a
Autor:
Thomas J. Pfaff
Publikováno v:
Numeracy, Vol 8, Iss 2, p 13 (2015)
Mahajan, Sanjoy. Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving (The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2010). 152 pp. ISBN 978--0--262--51429--3 Street-Fighting Mathematics is an engaging collection of
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/1ccd3d61ef4b42b5a5b74d497ce95d64
Autor:
Thomas J. Pfaff, Stanley Seltzer
Publikováno v:
Numeracy, Vol 5, Iss 1, p 5 (2012)
A period life table provides an estimate of the probability that a person will die at a particular age. Using data available online, we examine tables of expected years to live for males and females against age for three populations: the United State
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/d4fdfdf9b5374454bbd7ddb63be07636
Publikováno v:
Numeracy, Vol 4, Iss 1, p 6 (2011)
Understanding how to read and use graphs to communicate scientific and mathematical information is critical for STEM majors, as well as an important part of quantitative literacy. Our study suggests that first-semester calculus students do not know h
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https://doaj.org/article/39830de356244f1cb6076e23a8759810
Publikováno v:
Numeracy, Vol 2, Iss 2, p 4 (2009)
This paper stems from work done by the authors at the Mathematics for Social Justice Workshop held in June of 2007 at Middlebury College. We provide a description of the Gini coefficient and some discussion of how it can be used to promote quantitati
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/0ddacfba116b4bf598baae185a19294f
Autor:
Thomas J. Pfaff
This textbook integrates scientific programming with the use of R and uses it both as a tool for applied problems and to aid in learning calculus ideas. Adding R, which is free and used widely outside academia, introduces students to programming and
Autor:
Thomas J. Pfaff
Publikováno v:
R for College Mathematics and Statistics ISBN: 9780367196882
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::9862eca2cc16331f9b34eaa886969a50
https://doi.org/10.1201/9780367196882-16
https://doi.org/10.1201/9780367196882-16
Autor:
Thomas J. Pfaff
Publikováno v:
R for College Mathematics and Statistics ISBN: 9780367196882
Externí odkaz:
https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::75217a734080de20a31b00f68f6c530f
https://doi.org/10.1201/9780367196882-17
https://doi.org/10.1201/9780367196882-17
Autor:
Thomas J. Pfaff
Publikováno v:
R for College Mathematics and Statistics ISBN: 9780367196882
Externí odkaz:
https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::fcb58c0b3c84b200bd9f55880ec99a08
https://doi.org/10.1201/9780367196882-4
https://doi.org/10.1201/9780367196882-4