A practical, skill-based introduction to data analysis and literacy

We are swimming in a world of data, and this handy guide will keep you afloat while you learn to make sense of it all. In Data Literacy: A User's Guide, David Herzog, a journalist with more than 15 years of experience using data analysis to transform information into captivating storytelling, introduces students and professionals to the fundamentals of data literacy. Assuming the reader has no advanced knowledge of data analysis or statistics, book shows how to create insight from publicly-available data. Extensively illustrated, step-by-step instructions within a concise, yet comprehensive, reference will help readers to master:

• What data is and what it isn’t,
• How to develop a “database set of mind,”
• How to gather data, How to evaluate data,
• How to clean up “dirty data,”
• How to visualize data, and
• How to use tools for data analysis and visualization.

?This guidebook focuses on basic data analysis for those students and professionals who are just getting started, so most concepts and skills are introduced through exercises using simple Excel functions to work with data more effectively. A concluding chapter introduces more sophisticated data analysis methods and tools including database managers such as Microsoft Access and MySQL and standalone statistical programs such as SPSS, SAS and R.

Inside the book:

• Linear Sentences in One Variable

• Segments, Lines, and Inequalities

• Linear Sentences in Two Variables

• Linear Equations in Three Variables

• Polynomial Arithmetic

• Factoring Polynomials

• Rational Expressions

• Relations and Functions

• Polynomial Functions

• Radicals and Complex Numbers

• Quadratics in One Variable

• Conic Sections

• Quadratic Systems

• Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

• Sequences and Series

• Additional Topics

• Word Problems

• Review Questions

• Resource Center

• Glossary

For many sports fans there's no such thing as too much baseball. In I Spy with My Little Eye: Baseball, readers get double the fun. Brad Herzog (H is for Home Run: A Baseball Alphabet) teams up with photographer David Milne to create a visual puzzle book that challenges the deductive skills and sharp eyes of young readers.



Dual look-alike photographs are filled with baseballs, bats, and memorabilia. But one of the scenes in each photo pair has been slightly altered. Can you see the changes? How many can you find? Poetic clues help young fans and seasoned veterans spot the differences.



From the number of trophies in the case to the jerseys hanging in a locker room, baseball fans of all ages will enjoy this new way of spying the game!

About the Contents:

Pretest

Helps you pinpoint where you need the most help and directs you to the corresponding sections of the book

Topic Area Reviews

• Basic geometry ideas

• Parallel lines

• Triangles

• Polygons

• Perimeter and area

• Similar figures

• Right angles

• Circles

• Solid geometry

• Coordinate geometry

Customized Full-Length Exam

Covers all subject areas

Appendix

Postulates and theorems

Critically acclaimed for Girl Culture and Fast Forward, Lauren Greenfield continues her exploration of contemporary female culture with Thin, a groundbreaking book about eating disorders. Greenfield's photographs are paired with extensive interviews and journal entries from twenty girls and women who are suffering from various afflictions. We meet 15-year-old Brittany, who is convinced that being thin is the only way to gain acceptance among her peers; Alisa, a divorced mother of two whose hatred of her body is manifested in her relentless compulsion to purge; Shelly, who has been battling anorexia for six years and has had a feeding tube surgically implanted in her stomach; as well as many others. Alongside these personal stories are essays on the sociology and science of eating disorders by renowned researchers Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Dr. David Herzog, and Dr. Michael Strober. These intimate photographs, frank voices, and thoughtful discussions combine to make Thin not only the first book of its kind but also a portrait of profound understanding.

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