{"product_id":"9780071832786","title":"Making Sense of Numbers that Rule Your World EBOOK BUNDLE","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHAT ARE THE ODDS YOU'LL WIN THE LOTTERY?\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow long will your kids wait in line at Disney World?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho decides that “standardized tests” are fair?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhy do highway engineers build slow-moving ramps?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean, statistically, to be an “Average Joe”?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNUMBERS RULE YOUR WORLD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the popular tradition of eye-opening bestsellers like Freakonomics, The Tipping Point, and Super Crunchers, this fascinating book from renowned statistician and blogger Kaiser Fung takes you inside the hidden world of facts and figures that affect you every day, in every way.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThese are the statistics that rule your life, your job, your commute, your vacation, your food, your health, your money, and your success. This is how engineers calculate your quality of living, how corporations determine your needs, and how politicians estimate your opinions. These are the numbers you never think about-even though they play a crucial role in every single aspect of your life.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhat you learn may surprise you, amuse you, or even enrage you. But there's one thing you won't be able to deny: \u003ci\u003eNumbers Rule Your World…\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \"For those who have anxiety about how organization data-mining is impacting their world, Kaiser Fung pulls back the curtain to reveal the good and the bad of predictive analytics.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Ian Ayres,Yale professor and author of \u003ci\u003eSuper Crunchers: Why Thinking By Numbers is the New Way to Be Smart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \"A book that engages us with stories that a journalist would write, the compelling stories behind the stories as illuminated by the numbers, and the dynamics that the numbers reveal.\"\u003cbr\u003e --John Sall, Executive Vice President, SAS Institute\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McGraw-Hill Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47105739391216,"sku":"9780071832786","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780071832786_p0.jpg?v=1763636458","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780071832786","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}