{"product_id":"quantitative-reasoning","title":"Quantitative Reasoning","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnnotated Contents xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo the Student xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo the Instructor xxv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection I: Numerical Reasoning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopic 1: Organizing Information Pictorially Using Charts and Graphs 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 1.1: World Motor Vehicle Production: Bar Graphs and Pie Charts 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 1.2: Medical Data and Class Data: Graphs with Excel 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 1.3: SATs and the Super Bowl: Creating and Interpreting Histograms 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopic 2: Bivariate Data 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 2.1: Estimating Dates: Scatterplots 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 2.2: State Governors’ Salaries and Per Capita Income: More on Scatterplots 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopic 3: Graphs of Functions 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 3.1: Temperature Patterns: Functions and Line Graphs 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 3.2: Rates of Change and Concavity 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopic 4: Multiple Variable Functions 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 4.1: Blood Alcohol Levels and Credit Cards: Working with More Than Two Variables 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopic 5: Proportional, Linear, and Piecewise Linear Functions 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 5.1: Rates of Change and Linear Functions 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopic 6: Modeling with Linear and Exponential Functions 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 6.1: The Genie’s Offer: Exponential Growth and Linear Growth 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 6.2: Lines of Best Fit 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopic 7: Logarithms and Scientific Notation 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 7.1: Richter Scale and Logarithms 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 7.2: Estimations, Scientifc Notation, and Properties of Logarithms 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopic 8: Indexes and Ratings 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 8.1: Measurement Difficulties and Indexes 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 8.2: Consumer Indexes 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopic 9: Personal Finances 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 9.1: Mortgages 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopic 10: Introduction to Problem Solving 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 10.1: Savings and Loans: Problem Solving and Using Scroll Bars 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 10.2: Asking and Answering a Research Question 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection II: Logical Reasoning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopic 11: Decision Making 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 11.1: Ranking Cities: Ratings and Decisions 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopic 12: Inductive Reasoning 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 12.1: Analyzing Studies: Inductive Reasoning 345\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopic 13: Deductive Reasoning 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 13.1: Code-Breaking and Deductive Reasoning 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 13.2: Compound Statements Used in Reasoning 381\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 13.3: Quantified Statements and Deductive Reasoning: Direct and Indirect Reasoning 389\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopic 14: Apportionment 394\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 14.1: Methods of Apportionment: Quota Methods 409\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 14.2: Apportionment: Divisor Methods 415\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopic 15: More on Problem Solving 422\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 15.1: Making a Purchase Decision 433\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection III: Statistical Reasoning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopic 16: Averages and Five-Number Summary 436\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 16.1: Visualizing Football Scores: Measures of Center and Spread 457\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopic 17: Standard Deviation, z-Score, and Normal Distributions 462\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 17.1: Coins, Presidents, and Justices: Normal Distributions and z-Scores 485\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopic 18: Basics of Probability 492\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 18.1: Simulations 511\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 18.2: Finding Probabilities 517\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopic 19: Conditional Probability and Tables 522\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 19.1: Diagnostic Testing and Conditional Probability 543\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopic 20: Sampling and Surveys 550\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 20.1: Sampling and Surveys 569\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopic 21: More on Decision Making 578\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivity 21.1: To Purchase a Warranty or Not: Making a Decision 593\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExcel Commands by Activity 597\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 603\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kay Somers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42850221064253,"sku":"9780470592717","price":197.96,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780470592717_15bbf1ca-377c-4c8b-9670-6dedb3f36a93.jpg?v=1767070888","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/quantitative-reasoning","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}