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Thinking Quantitatively helps you develop the critical-thinking and math skills to become an informed, numerically literate citizen. This fully digital, seamless learning experience combines Gaze's text content, Guided Worksheets with real-world examples, and auto-graded Excel® problems with immediate feedback. Definition hyperlinks, links to example videos and just-in-time spreadsheet tutorial videos immerse you in an online environment with point-of-use resources at your fingertips. You'll put your learning to practice immediately, gaining invaluable skill with spreadsheets and the opportunity to truly think about concepts. Revised and new features throughout the 3rd Edition make this course more accessible than ever.



Table of Contents:
1: An Excel-lent Approach to Relationships
  • 1.1: Functions
  • 1.2: Analytic Representations: Equations
  • 1.3: Numerical and Graphical Representations: Tables and Charts
  • 1.4: Spotlight on Statistics
  • Chapter 1: Review
2: Ratios and Proportions
  • 2.1: Ratios and Proportions
  • 2.2: Proportionality
  • 2.3: Financial Literacy
  • 2.4: Spotlight on Statistics
  • Chapter 2: Review
3: Units, Conversions, Scales, and Rates
  • 3.1: Units and Conversions
  • 3.2: Scales
  • 3.3: Rates
  • 3.4: Dosages and Concentrations
  • 3.5: Spotlight on Statistics
  • Chapter 3: Review
4: Percentages
  • 4.1: Percentages
  • 4.2: Part-to-Part Ratios
  • 4.3: Percentage Change and Difference
  • 4.4: Data Tables with Percentages
  • 4.5: Spotlight on Statistics
5: Linear Functions
  • 5.1: Proportionality
  • 5.2: Slopes and y-Intercepts
  • 5.3: Linear Equations
  • 5.4: Spotlight on Statistics
6: Exponential Functions
  • 6.1: Constant Percentage Change
  • 6.2: Exponential Functions
  • 6.3: Average Percentage Change
  • 6.4: Spotlight on Statistics
7: Logical Arithmetic
  • 7.1: Logarithms
  • 7.2: Doubling Time and Half-Lives
  • 7.3: Annual Percentage Yield and
  • Continuous Compounding
  • 7.4: Spotlight on Statistics
  • End of Chapter Summary
8: Curve Fitting and Correlation
  • 8.1: Correlation, Causation, and Confounding Factors
  • 8.2: Best-Fit, Least-Squares, and Regression Lines
  • 8.3: Correlation Coefficient and Coefficient of Linear Determination
  • 8.4: Spotlight on Statistics
  • Chapter 8: Review
9: Financial Health
  • 9.1: Retirement
  • 9.2: Securities: Cash, Stocks, Mutual Funds, and Bonds
  • 9.3: Built-In Financial Functions
  • 9.4: Loans
  • Chapter 9: Review
10: Logically!
  • 10.1: Logical Statements
  • 10.2: Excel's IF Function
  • 10.3: VLOOKUP
  • 10.4: Random Simulations
  • Chapter 10: Review
11: Chance, Risk, and Likelihood
  • 11.1: Risk and Decision-Making
  • 11.2: Probability and Counting
  • 11.3: Conditional Probabilities
  • 11.4: Unions and Complements
  • 11.5: Spotlight on Statistics
12: Statistically Speaking
  • 12.1: Data Distributions: Frequency and Probability
  • 12.2: Binomial and Normal Distributions
  • 12.3: Sampling Distributions and Confidence Intervals
  • 12.4: Hypothesis Testing
  • Chapter 12: Review
13: Modeling the Real World
  • 13.1: Modeling Basics
  • 13.2: Rate (Population) Models
  • 13.3: Stochastic (Random) Models
  • 13.4: Linear Programming (Optimization) Models
  • 13.5: Spotlight on Statistics
  • Chapter 13: Review
R (Review)
  • R.1 Objective 1: Number Sense
  • R.1 Objective 2: Decimals and Percentages
  • R.1 Objective 3: Formulas and Order of Operations
  • R.2 Objective 1: Number Words
  • R.2 Objective 2: Fractions
  • R.2 Objective 3: Setting Up Proportions
  • R.2 Objective 4: Basic Equation Solving
  • R.3 Objective 1: Arithmetic with Units
  • R.3 Objective 2: Fraction Arithmetic
  • R.3 Objective 3: Scientific Notation
  • R.4 Objective 1: Percent Proportions
  • R.5 Objective 1: The Cartesian Coordinate
Appendix: Spreadsheet Basics
  • A.1: Introduction to Spreadsheets
  • A.1 Objective 1: Create a Spreadsheet Model or Template
  • A.1 Objective 2: Enter Formulas
  • A.1 Objective 3: Fill Formulas
  • Section A.2: Built-In Functions
  • A.2 Objective 1: Using Built-In Functions
  • Section A.3: Charts
  • A.3 Objective 1: Creating Charts
Glossary Index

About the Author :
About our author

Eric Gaze is a well-known leader in the quantitative reasoning community. After experiences teaching a liberal arts math course and an Excel course early in his career, Eric began to think about giving students a truly meaningful experience in math. He also came to see that spreadsheets were a powerful way to engage in real-world problem solving while learning mathematical concepts. Excited to discover a group of like-minded educators talking about “Quantitative Reasoning,” he began seriously working out a framework for a new course based around both proportional reasoning and Excel.

Eric directs the Quantitative Reasoning (QR) program at Bowdoin College, is past Chair of the Center for Learning and Teaching, and is a Senior Lecturer in the Mathematics Department. He served as President of the National Numeracy Network for 3 terms (NNN 2013-2019) and is a former chair of SIGMAA-QL (2010-12). He is an Associate Editor for the Numeracy journal, and writes a blog on using articles in QR courses. Eric gives talks and leads workshops on the topics of QR Across the Curriculum, Creating a QR Entry Point Course, Writing with Numbers, QR Assessment, and Running a QR Program; he continues to serve on review teams of QR programs and oversight boards for NSF-funded grant projects. He was the Principal Investigator for an NSF TUES Type I grant (2012-14), Quantitative Literacy and Reasoning Assessment (QLRA) DUE 1140562. This collaborative project builds on Bowdoin College's QR instrument, which is used for advising purposes and is available to interested schools. Prior to coming to Bowdoin, Eric led the development of a Masters in Numeracy program for K-12 teachers (the first of its kind in the country) at Alfred University as an Associate Professor of Mathematics and Education.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780137924875
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0137924879
  • Publisher Date: 10 Mar 2022
  • Binding: Digital download


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