{"product_id":"the-numerate-leader-9781119843283","title":"The Numerate Leader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLearn how to make informed decisions through statistical reasoning!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing a qualitative approach to introduce statistical reasoning, \u003ci\u003eThe Numerate Leader: How to Pull Game-Changing Insights from Statistical Data\u003c\/i\u003e is a cutting-edge book that helps the reader extract information from unfamiliar data sets. Combining introductory statistics with a few ideas from the philosophy of science, this work helps generalists find patterns that may be expected to recur in the future.  Identifying one or two such relationships can be a game-changer for the reader and their employer or client. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas A. King''s revelatory writing is easy to understand and conversational in tone. King makes the complex, tedious topics that you studied in the classroombut likely didn''t yet understandeasily comprehensible. Historical examples and humorous anecdotes illuminate technical concepts so that readers may pull insights from data sets and then explain conclusions reached through effective story\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Numeracy 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Zero [0] 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Sample size [n] 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Sample mean [x] 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Sample standard deviation [s] 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Normal distribution [N(x,s)] 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. z-score [z] 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Correlation coefficient [r] 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Coefficient of determination [r\u003csup\u003e2\u003c\/sup\u003e] 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Population mean [μ] 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Central Limit Theorem [CLT] 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Standard error [s\/√n] 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Null hypothesis [H\u003csub\u003e0\u003c\/sub\u003e] 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. p-value [p] 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Slope [r(s\u003csub\u003eY\u003c\/sub\u003e\/s\u003csub\u003eX\u003c\/sub\u003e)] 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Causation 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Science 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Questions 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A – Glossary 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B – Ten math facts numerate people should know 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the author 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 269\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407169331543,"sku":"9781119843283","price":20.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119843283.jpg?v=1730498414","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-numerate-leader-9781119843283","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}