Graphic Discovery (eBook)

A Trout in the Milk and Other Visual Adventures

Howard Wainer (Autor)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
208 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-4927-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Howard Wainer is Distinguished Research Scientist for the National Board of Medical Examiners and Adjunct Professor of Statistics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of fifteen other books.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.10.2013
• Zusatzinfo: 14 halftones. 93 line illus. 8 tables.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Abraham Wald • adage • Adam Ferguson • Addition • aphorism • Boulton and Watt • Calculation • Career • Catherine of Aragon • causal inference • clerical error • compound interest • Cyril Burt • David Hilbert • diagram • Educational Testing Service • Edward Albee • Edward Tufte • Eric Temple Bell • estimation • Explanation • Exploratory data analysis • exponential growth • Extrapolation • Fellow of the Royal Society • Flatland • Francis Galton • Grade inflation • Grapher • Harold Hotelling • Harvard Law School • Harvard University • H. L. Mencken • Howard Wainer • Illustration • inference • Infographic • Information Overload • Information Theory • Instance (computer science) • Introductio in analysin infinitorum • Invention • Jimmy Carter • John Graunt • John Playfair • John Tukey • Joseph Priestley • Least Squares • Life Expectancy • Longevity • master's degree • mathematician • Mathematics • Matthew Boulton • Men of Mathematics • Milton Friedman • Mr. • narrative • Number Theory • of education • percentage • Philosopher • Physician • popularity • Prediction • Publication • Publish or Perish • Quantity • Ralph Waldo Emerson • random number generation • RANDU • Ranking (information retrieval) • result • Richard Feynman • Ronald Fisher • Samuel Molyneux • Science • Scientist • Simpson's paradox • Sir Thomas More (play) • smoothing • Statistic • Statistical Graphics • statistician • Statistics • Superiority (short story) • Tax • Test score • the ascent of man • The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby • The Lonely Crowd • The New York Times • The Philosopher • The Public Interest • The Wealth of Nations • Thomas Kuhn • Tom Wolfe • William Playfair • World War II • Zipf's law
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-4927-6 / 1400849276
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-4927-7 / 9781400849277