What the Numbers Say: A Field Guide to Mastering Our Numerical World

Niederman, Derrick,Boyum, David

ISBN 10: 0767909984 / ISBN 13: 9780767909983

Published by Crown Business, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What the Numbers Say: A Field Guide to Mastering Our Numerical World
• Publisher: Crown Business
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0767909984
• ISBN 13: 9780767909983
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

Offers a series of clear, comprehensible techniques to help readers understand, process, and calculate their way through the vast amount of quantitative data that exists, presenting a series of real-world situatons, ranging from stock market probability and interest rate percentages to political polls and sports scoring.

About the Author

DERRICK NIEDERMAN is a financial writer and a senior contributing editor at Worth magazine. His previous books include The Inner Game of Investing,A Killing on Wall Street, and several volumes of math puzzles. He received his B.A. from Yale and his Ph.D. from MIT, both in mathematics. He lives in Needham, Massachusetts.

DAVID BOYUM is an independent consultant whose clients have included major corporations, government agencies, law firms, and private investors. He received his A.B. in applied mathematics and Ph.D. in public policy from Harvard. He lives in New York City with his wife and two children.