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Know your numbers / John MacInnes.
Lippincott Library H62 .L5865 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacInnes, John, 1956- author.
- Series:
- Little quick fix (Sage Publications)
- Little quick fix
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Numerals.
- Numerals--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Mathematics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Mathematics.
- Research--Methodology.
- Research.
- Social sciences--Research--Methodology.
- Social sciences.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- 152 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm.
- Other Title:
- Little quick fix : know your numbers
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles ; London : SAGE Publications, 2018.
- Summary:
- This book 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.
- Contents:
- Why do numbers matter?
- What is a fraction?
- What are the five famous rules for fractions?
- How do I make sense of tables?
- How do I read information in rows and columns?
- How do I round numbers up and down?
- How do I explain precise comparisons with percentages and ratios?
- Glossary.
- ISBN:
- 1526458853
- 9781526458858
- 9781544356235
- 1544356234
- OCLC:
- 1021089101
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