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Graphic discovery : a trout in the milk and other visual adventures / / Howard Wainer
| Graphic discovery : a trout in the milk and other visual adventures / / Howard Wainer |
| Autore | Wainer Howard |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2005] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Disciplina | 519.5 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematical statistics - Graphic methods
Mathematical statistics - History - 18th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-691-10301-1
1-4008-4927-6 |
| Classificazione | MR 2100 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | I: William Playfair and the origins of graphical display -- Why playfair? -- Who was playfair? / Ian Spence and Howard Wainer -- William Playfair: a daring worthless fellow / Ian Spence and Howard Wainer -- Scaling the heights (and widths) -- A priestley view of international currency exchanges -- Tom's veggies and the American way -- The graphical inventions of Dubourg and Ferguson: two precursors to William Playfair -- Winds across Europe: Francis Galton and the graphic discovery of weather patterns -- II: Using graphical displays to understand the modern world -- A graphical investigation of the scourge of Vietnam -- Two mind-bending statistical paradoxes -- Order in the court -- No order in the court -- Like a trout in the milk -- Scaling the market -- Sex, smoking, and life insurance: a graphical view -- There they go again ! -- Sex and sports: how quickly are women gaining? -- Clear thinking made visible: redesigning score reports for students -- III: Graphical displays in the twenty-first century -- John Wilder Tukey: the father of twenty-first-century graphical display -- Graphical tools for the twenty-first century: I. Spinning and slicing -- Graphical tools for the twenty-first century: II. Nearness and smoothing engines -- A selection of anomalies -- Dramatis personae. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453728203321 |
Wainer Howard
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| Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2005] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Graphic discovery : a trout in the milk and other visual adventures / / Howard Wainer
| Graphic discovery : a trout in the milk and other visual adventures / / Howard Wainer |
| Autore | Wainer Howard |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2005] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Disciplina | 519.5 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematical statistics - Graphic methods
Mathematical statistics - History - 18th century |
| ISBN |
0-691-10301-1
1-4008-4927-6 |
| Classificazione | MR 2100 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | I: William Playfair and the origins of graphical display -- Why playfair? -- Who was playfair? / Ian Spence and Howard Wainer -- William Playfair: a daring worthless fellow / Ian Spence and Howard Wainer -- Scaling the heights (and widths) -- A priestley view of international currency exchanges -- Tom's veggies and the American way -- The graphical inventions of Dubourg and Ferguson: two precursors to William Playfair -- Winds across Europe: Francis Galton and the graphic discovery of weather patterns -- II: Using graphical displays to understand the modern world -- A graphical investigation of the scourge of Vietnam -- Two mind-bending statistical paradoxes -- Order in the court -- No order in the court -- Like a trout in the milk -- Scaling the market -- Sex, smoking, and life insurance: a graphical view -- There they go again ! -- Sex and sports: how quickly are women gaining? -- Clear thinking made visible: redesigning score reports for students -- III: Graphical displays in the twenty-first century -- John Wilder Tukey: the father of twenty-first-century graphical display -- Graphical tools for the twenty-first century: I. Spinning and slicing -- Graphical tools for the twenty-first century: II. Nearness and smoothing engines -- A selection of anomalies -- Dramatis personae. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790508603321 |
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Wainer Howard
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| Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2005] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Graphic discovery : a trout in the milk and other visual adventures / / Howard Wainer
| Graphic discovery : a trout in the milk and other visual adventures / / Howard Wainer |
| Autore | Wainer Howard |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2005] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Disciplina | 519.5 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematical statistics - Graphic methods
Mathematical statistics - History - 18th century |
| ISBN |
0-691-10301-1
1-4008-4927-6 |
| Classificazione | MR 2100 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | I: William Playfair and the origins of graphical display -- Why playfair? -- Who was playfair? / Ian Spence and Howard Wainer -- William Playfair: a daring worthless fellow / Ian Spence and Howard Wainer -- Scaling the heights (and widths) -- A priestley view of international currency exchanges -- Tom's veggies and the American way -- The graphical inventions of Dubourg and Ferguson: two precursors to William Playfair -- Winds across Europe: Francis Galton and the graphic discovery of weather patterns -- II: Using graphical displays to understand the modern world -- A graphical investigation of the scourge of Vietnam -- Two mind-bending statistical paradoxes -- Order in the court -- No order in the court -- Like a trout in the milk -- Scaling the market -- Sex, smoking, and life insurance: a graphical view -- There they go again ! -- Sex and sports: how quickly are women gaining? -- Clear thinking made visible: redesigning score reports for students -- III: Graphical displays in the twenty-first century -- John Wilder Tukey: the father of twenty-first-century graphical display -- Graphical tools for the twenty-first century: I. Spinning and slicing -- Graphical tools for the twenty-first century: II. Nearness and smoothing engines -- A selection of anomalies -- Dramatis personae. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811531403321 |
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Wainer Howard
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| Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2005] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Uneducated guesses [[electronic resource] ] : using evidence to uncover misguided education policies / / Howard Wainer
| Uneducated guesses [[electronic resource] ] : using evidence to uncover misguided education policies / / Howard Wainer |
| Autore | Wainer Howard |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (194 p.) |
| Disciplina | 378.1/662 |
| Soggetto topico |
Universities and colleges - United States - Entrance examinations
Education - Standards - United States Educational evaluation - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-16900-2
9786613169006 1-4008-3957-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. On the Value of Entrance Exams -- 2. On Substituting Achievement Tests for Aptitude Tests in College Admissions -- 3. On Rigid Decision Rules for Scholarships -- 4. The Aptitude-Achievement Connection -- 5. Comparing the Incomparable -- 6. On Examinee Choice in Educational Testing -- 7. What If Choice Is Part of the Test? -- 8. A Little Ignorance Is a Dangerous Thing -- 9. Assessing Teachers from Student Scores -- 10. Shopping for Colleges When What We Know Ain't -- 11. Of CAT s and Claims -- Epilogue -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456271803321 |
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Wainer Howard
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| Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Uneducated guesses [[electronic resource] ] : using evidence to uncover misguided education policies / / Howard Wainer
| Uneducated guesses [[electronic resource] ] : using evidence to uncover misguided education policies / / Howard Wainer |
| Autore | Wainer Howard |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (194 p.) |
| Disciplina | 378.1/662 |
| Soggetto topico |
Universities and colleges - United States - Entrance examinations
Education - Standards - United States Educational evaluation - United States |
| ISBN |
1-283-16900-2
9786613169006 1-4008-3957-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. On the Value of Entrance Exams -- 2. On Substituting Achievement Tests for Aptitude Tests in College Admissions -- 3. On Rigid Decision Rules for Scholarships -- 4. The Aptitude-Achievement Connection -- 5. Comparing the Incomparable -- 6. On Examinee Choice in Educational Testing -- 7. What If Choice Is Part of the Test? -- 8. A Little Ignorance Is a Dangerous Thing -- 9. Assessing Teachers from Student Scores -- 10. Shopping for Colleges When What We Know Ain't -- 11. Of CAT s and Claims -- Epilogue -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781456503321 |
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Wainer Howard
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| Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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