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A "water footprint" is the amount of fresh water used to produce the goods and services we consume, including growing, harvesting, packaging, and shipping. For example, one mango uses 82 gallons of water, one 9-ounce stick of butter uses 366, one 7-ounce chocolate bar uses 449, and 5 ounces of ground beef uses 634. Producing a smart phone uses 240 gallons of water, a cotton t-shirt 660, and a pair of jeans 2000. Our current water usage patterns are...
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"We are in a historic era for the home run. The 2017 season saw the most homers ever, with 2016 and 2018 close behind, a shift that has transformed the way the game is played. In Swing Kings, Wall Street Journal national baseball writer Jared Diamond reveals that the secret behind this unprecedented shift isn't steroids or the stitching of the baseballs, it's the most elemental explanation of all: the swing. In this lively narrative romp, he tracks...
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Unlock the mysteries of statistics with this guide to the key concepts and definitions. From famous statisticians to theories and software tools, this book provides a clear and accessible reference to the field of statistics. Written for beginners, it is the perfect resource for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of this rapidly evolving field. With clear explanations, this book is your go-to reference for all things statistics.
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“Learn Statistics Fast: A Simplified Detailed Version for Students” to enables beginners to learn and understand Statistics very fast. This is an excellent overview of the fundamentals of statistics for those who have forgotten some of what they previously learned, those whose instructors left them dazed and confused, or those who just need a quick reference and statistics tutorial for beginners.
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The book Business Statistics using R is grown out of my teaching experience over a decade at reputed institutes including Indian Institute Managements at Ahmedabd and Kozhikode and School of Management, Asian Institute of Technology at Bangkok. The quantitative techniques discussed in Business Statistics using R help the reader easily master the underlying concepts of fundamental Statistical Methods. The data analysis is performed with the open-source...
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Statistics has been derived from the Latin word 'status, an Italian word 'statist' or a German word 'Statistic', all of which means a 'political state'. The use of statistics has been employed in various fields like biostatics, agriculture, economics, sociology, business management etc.
The field of statistics is not afresh, and its beginning can be dated back to the times of the beginning of the human activities. However, the utilization of statistics...
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Get the Summary of Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner's Freakonomics in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime?
These may not sound...
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¿Cómo logró una empresa resolver un problema de alta complejidad e ir más allá de lo que se considera un nivel de excelencia para el sector? La respuesta es simple: desafiando lo imposible.
Y esa empresa es Ambev, que junto a Falconi, consultora especializada en Gestión y Gente con Tecnología, revolucionó la realidad de sus cervecerías y las transformó en campeonas nacionales en base a criterios de extrema calidad, eficiencia y retención...
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Sarah Palin, abortions, global warming and Usain Bolt. The CEO of Apple, 35 trillion gun deaths in 1995, Fox News and 193%. This book has got scandals galore!
With 9 witty chapters taking you on a roller coaster tour of graphical lies, pictorial deceits and pie charts of mayhem, this might just be the most entertaining book about graphs you'll read this year.
Did you know that between them, Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney enjoyed a total...
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REA's Essentials provide quick and easy access to critical information in a variety of different fields, ranging from the most basic to the most advanced. As its name implies, these concise, comprehensive study guides summarize the essentials of the field covered. Essentials are helpful when preparing for exams, doing homework and will remain a lasting reference source for students, teachers, and professionals. Business Statistics I includes descriptive...
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Your correlation results are probably wrong. Sorry, but they are.
You see, there is one really important thing to know about your correlations that mean that whatever results you get you can't be sure they are correct.
This book fixes that.
Correlation is a way of describing how a pair of variables change together as a result of their connection. In other words, if one of your variables changes, the other is likely to change too, and correlations...
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Based on a ten-year examination of control systems in over 50 U.S. businesses, this book broadens the definition of control and establishes a critical bridge between the disciplines of strategy and accounting and control. In addition to the more traditional diagnostic control systems, Simons identifies three new control systems that allow strategic change: belief systems that communicate core values and provide inspiration and direction, boundary...
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In “Multivariate Analysis—The Simplest Guide in the Universe”, award-winning statistician and author Lee Baker guides you through the building blocks of multivariate analysis towards discovering the relationships within your data.
When searching for relationships in your data (associations and correlations), most results you'll get are wrong. In this book you're going to learn precisely why and learn how to make sure you get the correct results...
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"The rising star and face of the new field "science of the individual" draws from the latest psychological and sociological research to show that success is found in individual strengths and weaknesses that don't fit along any average curve--a powerful manifesto for change in the ranks of Emotional Intelligence and The Power of Habit. Modern science has proven that people behave and learn in distinctive ways. And yet these individual patterns get...
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Del clima al desempleo, del dólar al colesterol, de las elecciones al Mundial de Fútbol, las estadísticas, estimaciones y predicciones son parte de nuestra vida cotidiana pero, en contraposición a esa ubicuidad e influencia, el modo en que se producen ocupa un lugar ínfimo (si alguno) en nuestra educación general. Creemos en esos números que nos rodean, aunque no sea para nada obvio por qué deberíamos hacerlo. ¿Deberíamos hacerlo?
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16) Introduction to Small Area Estimation Techniques: A Practical Guide for National Statistics Offices
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This guide to small area estimation aims to help users compile more reliable granular or disaggregated data in cost-effective ways. It explains small area estimation techniques with examples of how the easily accessible R analytical platform can be used to implement them, particularly to estimate indicators on poverty, employment, and health outcomes. The guide is intended for staff of national statistics offices and for other development practitioners....
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In this second edition of An Introduction to Statistics using Microsoft Excel the authors have, introduced the concept of thinking statistically, which offers a further set of insights relating to how the wider application of ideas concerning variation, which underpins statistics, may be used more generally. Thinking statistically is not a question of mastering a statistical technique, but rather of acquiring a mindset, which does not accept the obvious...
18) Expected Goals
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Football has always measured success by what you win, but only in the last twenty years have clubs started to think about how you win. Data has now suffused almost every aspect of how football is played, coached, scouted and consumed. But it's not the algorithms or new metrics that have made this change, it's the people behind them. This is the story of modern football's great data revolution and the group of curious, entrepreneurial personalities...
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Developing Asia faces greater uncertainty from the Russian invasion of Ukraine even as the region continues to contend with COVID-19 outbreaks. The war has sent shockwaves across financial and commodity markets. The highly transmissible Omicron variant has fueled a sharp rise in cases in the region, though its less severe health impact, coupled with increased immunity, has allowed economies to remain relatively open. As such, growth in the region...
20) Lean Analytics: La Guía Definitiva para la Tendencia Ágil de Analítica, Analítica Avanzada, y Cie
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Si desea evitar gastar tiempo y esfuerzo para crear algo que nadie quiere, entonces, siga leyendo....
Lean analytics es una línea de trabajo sumamente popular que tiene como objetivo sacar el mayor provecho posible de nuestros negocios. Al utilizarla, será capaz de entender y dominar toda la información disponible para hacer que su negocio sea muy atractivo en el mercado.
Lean analytics fue diseñada teniendo en mente un solo fin: los negocios....
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