Advanced Thinking Skills (4 book series)
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From Book 1: Struggling with math? Are numbers your #1 enemy?
Learn the EXACT thinking tools the top mathematicians use to utilize their math skills in real life and radically change how you shop, save, and think!
Achieve your full potential with unlocking your mathematical mind – even if you think you don’t have one.
Math is taught in a dull, authoritarian, and limited way. You either know how to do the Pythagorean theorem or you don’t. But there is SO MUCH more to math than mere calculus and geometry. It pervades almost every life aspect – from how your insurance premium is calculated to the deal you should choose on Black Friday.
Don’t let numbers get in your way to succeed in life. You CAN do math – without the formulas.
Learn to assess information in a logical manner, understand the real connection between risk and probability, make calculated decisions – no hardcore math involved. Mathematical Thinking – For People Who Hate Math provides a new way of looking at the world.
Unlock life-changing ideas and use them to make better and more informed decisions.
- Express yourself in a precise and concise manner using the language of math.
- Learn how turning your focus off can help solve challenging problems.
- How to turn risk and probability to your advantage… mathematically.
- Manage test anxiety like a pro.
A math manual you’ll actually love to read, with research-backed examples for faster learning and greater everyday impact.
Albert Rutherford is an internationally bestselling author whose writing derives from various sources, such as research, coaching, academic and real-life experience.
Thinking mathematically is not the same as doing math. Discover the underlying, everyday utility of math they don’t teach you in school.
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Avimanyu Datta (verified owner) –
This book offers a detailed, illustrated breakdown of the fundamentals of statistics. Develop and use formal logical thinking abilities to understand the message behind numbers and charts in science, politics, and economy.
LBD (verified owner) –
The purpose of this book is to review statistical methods and concepts, and how they can be applied to real-world problems. It emphasizes statistical thinking as a way of making decisions. However, the current paradigm of statistical decision-making, known as the null ritual, does not encourage thoughtful and thorough decision-making. Instead, it promotes a mechanical and mindless approach to computing. Very interesting account of how statistics sometimes get thinks very wrong. Written more for the statistician than the ordinary reader. But useful information.
Asko Korpela (verified owner) –
I expected more philosophical than the technical aspect of the statistical approach to the subject matter of this book. In certain parts of the text, the argumentation was too technical for me to follow. Already for more than 60 years, I have defined my worldview as statistical or stochastic. What has it meant in practice? The percentage has been invented in order to avoid writing decimals in quantitative comparison in percentages of things. With the exception that the measured quantities of the things to be compared are less than 10 percent. As a university lecturer of econometrics in my ‘Ajksioms’ I have stated: You may write observations with the exactitude of three digits, speak with the exactitude of two without decimals and remember with the exactitude of one digit. If I see written information with more than three-digit exactitude, severe doubts about the sense of relativity and understanding of the author of the information arise. With horror do I look at information where percentages over 10 with decimals are presented as the basis of decision-making?
This is my constant creed and worldview. No religion is needed even if with interest and appreciation following the philosophical aspects of religions and beliefs. In mind Popper’s definition of the limit between science and religion: Science, if the possibility of error is admitted. Religion, if presented without the possibility of error.
Starting to read a book titled ‘The Art of Statistical Thinking’ I expected more of this kind of philosophic argumentation than the technical approach of statistical science. Therefore, a certain degree of disappointment, also in my ability to follow and understand the text. Therefore, only four stars and not five as I expected seeing the title of the book the first time.
Hopper (verified owner) –
The book is interesting, but it is not light reading. The book contains a lot of formulas and math. After explaining various statistical concepts, the book states that people do not use statistics correctly. The book concludes with a chapter on the specific example of how statistics were misinterpreted. I found this last chapter most interesting, and specific historical examples made it easier to follow than the more technical portions of the book.
ClipShine<span class="a-icon a-profile-verified-badge"><span class="a-profile-verified-text"></span></span> (verified owner) –
No doubt this is an excellent resource for understanding stats but there are lots of equations that unless you are proficient with maths will find the book hard going.
EOC (verified owner) –
The author knows his stuff and lays out the foundation for a class on the subject for the mere price of a book. From the title I was hoping for something with a bit more soft content of the subject. But i’m already familiar with the root case which is excellently presented here. If your new to the subject and willing to get rigorous with understanding statistics, this is an excellent resource.
Faizan Aziz (verified owner) –
Good perspective on critical and logical thinking
E & J (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this book though.
Chuck L (verified owner) –
Rutherford does an admirable job of telling us how mathematicians think about the world, but it ended too quickly and didn’t really tell us how to do math. Perhaps his plan was to leave us wanting more and to persuade us to buy another of his books on a similar topic. If that was his goal, he really does think like a mathematician.
James (verified owner) –
I never liked math. It was never easy for me to learn, but apparently I’m not the only one. In Albert Rutherford’s book he mentions, “Ask any adult how they feel about math, and, aside from a few math enthusiasts, you’ll get a lot of lukewarm responses. People may say, “Ugh, I hated math,” or “I was never good at math!” That’s definitely me. Buy I did find the book useful, however, I wish he’d provided more tips.
Bobos Babes<span class="a-icon a-profile-verified-badge"><span class="a-profile-verified-text"></span></span> (verified owner) –
I am a firm believer in the saying “Number Don’t Lie.” I find statistics fascinating and wanted to get a better understanding to make better and hopefully more lucrative decisions. This book definitely has the ingredients to provide just that, but it’s a little too technical for the average, although educated person to follow. I had to put it down and come back to it and even reread a few pages. The information is spot on, just a very technical read.
Witt-K-of-sky (verified owner) –
The book did a good job of explaining statistics but it was a little more technical than I expected
Amazon Customer (verified owner) –
This book helped me understand questions to ask and things to think about when looking at studies. I am glad to know that current statistical tools were created for small sample sizes. Applying these tools to large data sets in a big data world can be problematic.
It has been a long time since I had a stats course so the beginning was a bit dry for me but I do agree that it was important. I tend to learn by doing so I might have benefited from downloading some excel sheets with preloaded data and actually doing the calculations, charting data and seeing the errors. Perhaps a video companion would be helpful.
Anyway, the book was helpful to me, particularly the last half.
peter ferguson (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the contents, well articulated and well argued. However it left me wondering if it would appeal to people who weren’t interested in maths in the first place.
Adecco Stanton (verified owner) –
I found a lot of techinique to train my mind daily with calculations, from basic to advanced. The math basics in Chapter 1 refreshed a lot of knowledge that I had lost and that is essential when you are in situations without technology.
Greg T (verified owner) –
“Statistics Simplified” is an excellent introduction to the many applications of probability and statistics. Packed with examples on where we find and use them in our everyday lives, it goes on to demonstrate the science’s limitations and how statistics can be both enlightening and misleading.
I also enjoyed how the book demystifies some of the many technical terms using easily understandable explanations.
Definitely a very interesting read for someone who’s looking for a better, non-technical, understanding on the topic.
Jay A. Nesbit (verified owner) –
“Statistics Simplified” by Albert Rutherford and Abby Gordon is a good pick for those new to statistics. The authors use clear, simple language and real-world examples, making it easy to follow.
A unique feature is how the book uses stories to explain concepts. This helps make complex ideas stick. For instance, the book talks about how adding milk to coffee can change the taste. This everyday example is used to illustrate how minor changes in variables can lead to different outcomes, a core idea in statistics. It ties into the history of statistical analysis and shows how noticing these differences can lead to important discoveries.
The book is well-researched and offers practical techniques. It’s perfect if you want to learn about statistics without getting bogged down by math. Overall, it’s an engaging and informative read for beginners.
George-F (verified owner) –
Book arrived in excellent condition(as expected of a new book). Got this book so as to aid in my re-education in mathematics and numerical programming. Going through the book, the table of contents indicates that the chapters are arranged in such a manner, as to provide you with information concerning the behaviours that are expected of a mathematician. This books discusses what you should do in order to develop similar behaviours and making it habitual. The proof of why you can achieve these targets is given in the early chapters and fortified thereafter.
Joacim (verified owner) –
Has a lot of interesting information and I learned a lot. I’m reducing it from 5 to 4 stars because of the writing. It’s not bad (at all), but it could have been more clear at times. It’s almost like the author is writing to people who already knows their stuff, but the concepts he’s talking about are more for beginners. So there’s a bit of a disconnect here. I recommend the book though.
David Moreno (verified owner) –
El libro presenta de manera sencilla y clara conceptos generales de la estadística.
Lao explicaciones son claras, una buena introducción al pensamiento estadístico