Innumeracy in the Wild

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Innumeracy in the Wild

Misunderstanding and Misusing Numbers

Peters, Ellen

Oxford University Press Inc

07/2020

314

Dura

Inglês

9780190861094

15 a 20 dias

588

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Section I. Introduction
Chapter 1. The Types and Extent of Innumeracy

Section II. The Objectively Innumerate
Chapter 2. Innumeracy, Incomprehension, and Inconsistency
Chapter 3. Reliance on Heuristics and Concrete, Easy-to-evaluate Attributes
Chapter 4. Feelings and Frames

Section III. The Habits of the Highly Numerate
Chapter 5. Thinking Harder with Numbers
Chapter 6. The Highly Numerate Understand the Feel of Numbers
Chapter 7. Numeric Sensitivity and Consistent Use of Numbers
Chapter 8. Numerically Imperfect Reasoning among the Highly Numerate

Section IV. Objective numeracy, life outcomes, and what we don't know
Chapter 9. Numeracy's Secret Connection With Life Outcomes
Chapter 10. Issues and Opportunities in Objective Numeracy Research

Section V. The Emergence of Number Understanding
Chapter 11. The Approximate Number System (ANS) and Discriminating Magnitudes
Chapter 12. Genetics and Formal Education

Section VI. Two Additional Ways of Knowing Numbers
Chapter 13. Discriminating Numbers Allows for Better Decisions
Chapter 14. Subjective Numeracy and Knowing What You Know

Section VII. Numbers are Just Numbers - The Impotence of Data Versus the Power of Information
Chapter 15. Evidence-based Information Presentation Matters
Chapter 16. Provide Numbers But Reduce Cognitive Effort
Chapter 17. Provide Evaluative Meaning And Direct Attention

Section VIII. Becoming More Numerate
Chapter 18. Training Numeracy
Chapter 19. Reflections on Numeracy and the Power of Reasoning Numerically

Appendix
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