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  • Picturing the Uncertain World

    How to Understand, Communicate, and Control Uncertainty through Graphical Display

    de Howard Wainer ...
    In his entertaining and informative book Graphic Discovery, Howard Wainer unlocked the power of graphical display to make complex problems clear. Now he's back with Picturing the Uncertain World, a book that explores how graphs can serve as maps to guide us when the information we have is ambiguous or incomplete. Using a visually diverse sampling of graphical display, from heartrending ... Leer más

    $23.09 USD

  • Truth or Truthiness

    Distinguishing Fact from Fiction by Learning to Think Like a Data Scientist

    de Howard Wainer ...
    Teacher tenure is a problem. Teacher tenure is a solution. Fracking is safe. Fracking causes earthquakes. Our kids are over-tested. Our kids are not tested enough. We read claims like these in the newspaper every day, often with no justification other than 'it feels right'. How can we figure out what is right? Escaping from the clutches of truthiness begins with one simple question: 'what is the ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD

  • Uneducated Guesses

    Using Evidence to Uncover Misguided Education Policies

    de Howard Wainer ...
    What statistical evidence shows us about our misguided educational policiesUneducated Guesses challenges everything our policymakers thought they knew about education and education reform, from how to close the achievement gap in public schools to admission standards for top universities. In this explosive book, Howard Wainer uses statistical evidence to show why some of the most widely held ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • Visual Revelations

    Graphical Tales of Fate and Deception From Napoleon Bonaparte To Ross Perot

    de Howard Wainer ...
    To function in modern society complex data must be absorbed and understood at a breakneck pace. The most efficient way to do this is through data-based graphics. This book is an exploration and celebration of graphical methods of data presentation.Visual Revelations' principal purpose is to enlighten, inform, and amuse the reader regarding the shortcomings of common graphical practices; ... Leer más

    $77.99 USD

  • Medical Illuminations

    Using Evidence, Visualization and Statistical Thinking to Improve Healthcare

    de Howard Wainer ...
    Is it sensible to screen for breast or prostate cancer? Should the locations of cancer clusters be made available to the general public? When a doctor wants to perform major surgery and there's no chance for a second opinion, do you agree? The answers to these questions are not as black and white as they may first appear. Medical Illuminations presents thirteen contemporary medical topics, from ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Testing and the Paradoxes of Fairness

    de Howard Wainer, Daniel H. Robinson ...
    How can admissions officers, employers, and scholarship committees maximize the accuracy of prediction of individual performance while minimizing adverse impact due to group differences? Testing offers a straightforward solution to the first half of this problem. Tests are the best way to predict how someone will perform in school, in the military, in medicine, or while controlling airline traffic ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

  • Computerized Adaptive Testing

    A Primer

    de Howard Wainer, Ronald Flaugher, Bert F. Green, Robert J. Mislevy, Neil J Dorans, Daniel Eignor, Lynne Steinburg, David Thissen ...
    This celebrated primer presents an introduction to all of the key ingredients in understanding computerized adaptive testing technology, test development, statistics, and mental test theory. Based on years of research, this accessible book educates the novice and serves as a compendium of state-of-the-art information for professionals interested in computerized testing in the areas of education, ... Leer más

    $80.99 USD

  • Subscores

    A Practical Guide to Their Production and Consumption

    de Shelby Haberman, Sandip Sinharay, Richard A. Feinberg, Howard Wainer ...
    This authoritative guide directs consumers and users of test scores on when and how to provide subscores and how to make informed decisions based on them. The book is designed to be accessible to practitioners and score users with varying levels of technical expertise, from executives of testing organizations and students who take tests to graduate students in educational measurement, ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD

  • A History of Data Visualization and Graphic Communication

    de Michael Friendly, Howard Wainer ...
    A comprehensive history of data visualization—its origins, rise, and effects on the ways we think about and solve problems.With complex information everywhere, graphics have become indispensable to our daily lives. Navigation apps show real-time, interactive traffic data. A color-coded map of exit polls details election balloting down to the county level. Charts communicate stock market trends, ... Leer más

    $32.99 USD

  • A Statistical Guide for the Ethically Perplexed

    de Lawrence Hubert, Howard Wainer ...
    Exploring the intersection of ethics and statistics, this comprehensive guide illustrates the proper use of probabilistic and statistical reasoning in the behavioral, social, and biomedical sciences. Lauded for their contributions to statistics, psychology, and psychometrics, the authors make statistical methods relevant to readers' day-to-day lives by including real historical situations that ... Leer más

    $82.99 USD

  • Technology Tools for Students With Autism

    Innovations that Enhance Independence and Learning

    de Gregory Abowd D.Phil., Rosa Arriaga Ph.D., Emma Ashwin Ph.D., Simon Baron-Cohen Ph.D., Katharine Beals Ph.D., Bonnie Beers M.A., Chris Bendel, Alise Brann Ed.S., Jed Brubaker M.A., Christopher Bugaj "M.A., CCC-SLP", Kelley Challen-Wittmer "Ed.M., C.A.S.", Yvel Crevecoeur Ph.D., Yvonne Domings Ed.M., Ofer Golan Ph.D., Tracy Gray Ph.D., Joan Green "M.A., CCC-SLP", Melissa Hartman Ed.D., Gillian Hayes Ph.D., Stephen Hosaflook M.Ac., Felicia Hurewitz Ph.D., Julie Kientz Ph.D., Corinna Lathan "Ph.D., P.E.", Minna Levine "OTR/L, Ph.D.", Dorothy Lucci "M.Ed., C.A.G.S.", Donald McLeod Ph.D., Marek Michalowski Ph.D., Kathryn Nagle M.Ed., Nazneen, Nigel Newbutt M.A., Mark Nichols M.Ed., Linda O'Neal M.A., Sarah Parsons Ph.D., Corina Ratz M.A., Charlotte Safos, Rita Shewbridge M.S., Stephen Shore Ed.D., Carole Sprouse Ed.D., Andrea Tartaro Ph.D., Allison Wainer M.A., Simon Wallace Ph.D., Monica Werner M.A., Michael Yeganyan M.S., Patricia Kelly Ralabate, Ed.D., Dr. Jessica G. Caron, Ph.D., Dr. Brooke Ingersoll Ph.D., BCBA, Dr. Howard C. Shane, Ph.D. ...
    Technology holds great promise for helping students with autism learn, communicate, and function effectively in the modern world. Start leveraging that power today with this forward-thinking book, your in-depth guided tour of technologies that support learners with autism and help them fully participate in their classroom and community. You’ll learn about readily available technologies you can ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Differential Item Functioning

    Edición de Paul W. Holland, Howard Wainer ...
    Test fairness is a moral imperative for both the makers and the users of tests. This book focuses on methods for detecting test items that function differently for different groups of examinees and on using this information to improve tests. Of interest to all testing and measurement specialists, it examines modern techniques used routinely to insure test fairness. Three of these relevant to the ... Leer más

    $69.99 USD