{"product_id":"what-the-numbers-say-a-field-guide-to-mastering-our-numerical-world-9780767909990","title":"What the Numbers Say: A Field Guide to Mastering Our Numerical World","description":"Our society is churning out more numbers than ever before, whether in the form of spreadsheets, brokerage statements, survey results, or just the numbers on the sports pages. Unfortunately, people's ability to understand and analyze numbers isn't keeping pace with today's whizzing data streams. And the benefits of living in the Information Age are available only to those who can process the information in front of them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat the Numbers Say\u003c\/i\u003e offers remedies to this national problem. Through a series of witty and engaging discussions, the authors introduce original quantitative concepts, skills, and habits that reduce even the most daunting numerical challenges to simple, bite-sized pieces. Why do the nutritional values on a Cheerios box appear different in Canada than in the U.S.? How is it that top-performing mutual funds often lose money for the majority of their shareholders? Why was the scoring system for Olympic figure skating doomed even without biased judges? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy anchoring their discussions in real-world scenarios, Derrick Niederman and David Boyum show that skilled quantitative thinking involves old-fashioned logic, not advanced mathematical tools. Useful in an endless number of situations, \u003ci\u003eWhat the Numbers Say\u003c\/i\u003e is the practical guide to navigating today's data-rich world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Derrick Niederman,David Boyum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780767909990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDERRICK NIEDERMAN\u003c\/b\u003e received a B.A. in mathematics from Yale and a Ph.D. in mathematics from MIT. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThis Is Not Your Father's Stockpicking Book\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Inner Game of Investing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Killing on Wall Street. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAVID BOYUM\u003c\/b\u003e received a B.A. in applied mathematics and a Ph.D. in public policy from Harvard. He has been a visiting scholar at the Yale School of Management and a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research at Yale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44185115230323,"sku":"9.78077E+12","price":30.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_2be914e5-7296-4847-a683-27aacaa24cc9.jpg?v=1767100759","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/what-the-numbers-say-a-field-guide-to-mastering-our-numerical-world-9780767909990","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}