<span>The </span><span>Little Quick Fix</span><span> on how to</span><span> Identify Your Variables </span><span>unlocks the gate to simple data analysis for any stats course. Packed with lively examples it shows students what variables are and why looking for relationships between them is so intere
Know Your Numbers: Little Quick Fix
✍ Scribed by John MacInnes
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 157
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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✦ Synopsis
The Know Your Numbers Little Quick Fix teaches students easy ways to nail the basic numbers, but also why it′s important. Relationships between numbers are what underpins all quantitative research. This Little Quick Fix teaches them why it′s fun, powerful, and definitely not scary, to see the world in numbers.
Little Quick Fix titles provide quick but authoritative answers to the problems, hurdles, and assessment points students face in the research course, project proposal or design―whatever their methods learning is.
- Lively, ultra-modern design; full-color, each page a tailored design.
- An hour′s read/easy to dip in and out of; clear navigation enables the reader to find what they need―quick.
- Direct written style gets to the point with clear language. Nothing needs to be read twice. No fluff.
- Learning is reinforced through a 2-minute overview summary; 3-second summaries with super-quick Q&A
- DIY tasks create a work plan to accomplish a task, do a self-check quiz, solve a problem, get students to what they need to show their supervisor.
- Checkpoints in each section make sure students are nailing it as they go and support self-directed learning.
- How do I know I’m done? Each Little Quick Fix wraps up with a finale checklist that allows the reader to self-assess they’ve got what they need to progress, submit, or ace the test or task.
✦ Table of Contents
LITTLE QUICK FIX: KNOW YOUR NUMBERS- FRONT COVER
LITTLE QUICK FIX: KNOW YOUR NUMBERS
COPYRIGHT
CONTENTS
EVERYTHING IN THIS BOOK!
SECTION 1 - WHY DO NUMBERS MATTER?
SECTION 2 - WHAT’S IN A FRACTION?
SECTION 3 - WHAT ARE THE FIVE FAMOUS RULES FOR FRACTIONS?
SECTION 4 - HOW DO I MAKE SENSE OF TABLES?
SECTION 5 - HOW DO I READ INFORMATION IN ROWS AND COLUMNS?
SECTION 6 - HOW DO I ROUND NUMBERS UP AND DOWN?
SECTION 7 - HOW DO I EXPLAIN PRECISE COMPARISONS WITH PERCENTAGES AND RATIOS?
GLOSSARY
📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES
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