Summer Assignment (Part 2)
This portion of your summer assignment is due on the first day of school.
It is recommended that you finish this portion by the beginning of August.
It is recommended that you finish this portion by the beginning of August.
PART 2: READING AND WRITING
- Read one of the 48 books listed below. Type up a two-page, double-spaced paper on one or two things that gave you an “A-Ha!” moment as you read the book.
- The books can be obtained through the library or purchased online. Brief reviews are available online to help you select a book.
1) Aczel, A.--Chance, A Guide to Gambling, Love, the Stock Market, and Just About Everything Else, Basic Books, 2004.
2) Ariely, D.--Predictably Irrational, The Hidden Forces that Shape our Decisions, Harper Collins, 2008.
3) Ayres, I.--Super Crunchers, Why Thinking by Numbers is the New Way to Be Smart, Bantom, 2007.
4) Baker, S.--The Numerati, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008.
5) Bennett, D.--Randomness, Harvard University Press, 1998.
6) Best, J.--Damned Lies and Statistics, University of California Press, 2001.
7) Best, J.--More Damned Lies and Statistics, University of California Press, 2004.
8) Cohn, V.--News & Numbers: A Guide to Reporting Statistical Claims and Controversies in Health and Other Fields, Blackwell Publishing, 2001.
9) Crossen, C.--Tainted Truth: The Manipulation of Fact In America, Touchtone, 1996.
10) Dewdney, A. K.--200% of Nothing, John Wiley and Sons, 1993.
11) Gigerenzer, G.--Calculated Risks: How to Know When Numbers Deceive You, Simon and Schuster, 2002.
12) Gladwell, M.--Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Little, Brown & Co., 2007.
13) Gladwell, M.--Outliers: The Story of Success, Little, Brown & Co., 2008.
14) Gladwell, M.--The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Little, Brown & Co., 2002.
15) Gladwell, M.--What the Dog Saw, Little, Brown & Co., 2009.
16) Gonick & Smith--A Cartoon Guide to Statistics, Harper, 1993.
17) Griffiths , D.--Head First Statistics, O’Reilly Media, 2008.
18) Harris, Smith & Harris--The Myths of Standardized Tests: Why They Don't Tell You What You Think They Do, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2010.
19) Heyde, C.C. et al--Statisticians of the Centuries, Springer, 2001.
20) Huff, Darrell--How to Lie with Statistics, W.W. Norton Co., 1993 (1952).
21) Huff, D. & Geiss, I.--How to Take a Chance, W.W. Norton Co., 1964.
22) Johnson, S.--The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World, Penguin Group, 2006.
23) Levitt, S. D. & S. J. Dubner--Freakonomics A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, HarperCollins, 2005.
24) Levitt, S. D. & S. J. Dubner--Super Freakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance, HarperCollins, 2009.
25) Lewis, M.--Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, Norton, 2003.
26) Livio, M.--Is God a Mathematician?, Simon & Schuster, 2010.
27) Mezrich, B.--Bringing Down the House: How Six Students Took Vegas for Millions, Free Press, 2002.
28) Mlodinow, Leonard--The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives, Pantheon Books, 2008.
29) Mnookin, S.--The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear, Simon & Schuster, 2011.
30) Newport, F.--Polling Matters, Why Leaders Must Listen to the Wisdom of the People, Warner Books, 2004.
31) Paulos , J. A.--A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper, Basic Books, 1995.
32) Paulos , J. A.--Beyond Numeracy, Vintage, 1992.
33) Paulos , J. A.--Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences, Vintage, 1990.
34) Penn, M. J.--Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes, Twelve, 2007.
35) Phillips, Jr., J. L.--How to Think About Statistics, 6th Edition, W. H. Freeman, 2000.
36) Rosenthal, J.--Struck by Lightning: The Curious World of Probabilities, Granta Books, 2008.
37) Salsburg, D.--The Lady Tasting Tea, Owl Books, 2001.
38) Seife, C.--Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception, Viking, 2010.
39) Snowden, D.--Aging With Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives, Bantom Press, 2002.
40) Takahashi , S.--The Manga Guide to Statistics, No Starch Press, 2008.
41) Tal, J.--Reading Between the Numbers, Statistical Thinking in Everyday Life, McGraw-Hill, 2000.
42) Taleb, N.--Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets, Thomson, 2004.
43) Taleb, N.--The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Thomson, 2007.
44) Tufte, Edward R.--Envisioning Information, Graphics Press, 1990.
45) Tufte, Edward R.--The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Graphics Press, 2001.
46) Vickers, A.--What is a p-value Anyway, Addison-Wesley, 2010.
47) Wheelan, C.--Naked Statistics, Stripping the Dread from Data, WW Norton, 2013.
48) Zaccaro, E.--Scammed by Statistics, Hickory Grove Press, 2010.
- The books can be obtained through the library or purchased online. Brief reviews are available online to help you select a book.
1) Aczel, A.--Chance, A Guide to Gambling, Love, the Stock Market, and Just About Everything Else, Basic Books, 2004.
2) Ariely, D.--Predictably Irrational, The Hidden Forces that Shape our Decisions, Harper Collins, 2008.
3) Ayres, I.--Super Crunchers, Why Thinking by Numbers is the New Way to Be Smart, Bantom, 2007.
4) Baker, S.--The Numerati, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008.
5) Bennett, D.--Randomness, Harvard University Press, 1998.
6) Best, J.--Damned Lies and Statistics, University of California Press, 2001.
7) Best, J.--More Damned Lies and Statistics, University of California Press, 2004.
8) Cohn, V.--News & Numbers: A Guide to Reporting Statistical Claims and Controversies in Health and Other Fields, Blackwell Publishing, 2001.
9) Crossen, C.--Tainted Truth: The Manipulation of Fact In America, Touchtone, 1996.
10) Dewdney, A. K.--200% of Nothing, John Wiley and Sons, 1993.
11) Gigerenzer, G.--Calculated Risks: How to Know When Numbers Deceive You, Simon and Schuster, 2002.
12) Gladwell, M.--Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Little, Brown & Co., 2007.
13) Gladwell, M.--Outliers: The Story of Success, Little, Brown & Co., 2008.
14) Gladwell, M.--The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Little, Brown & Co., 2002.
15) Gladwell, M.--What the Dog Saw, Little, Brown & Co., 2009.
16) Gonick & Smith--A Cartoon Guide to Statistics, Harper, 1993.
17) Griffiths , D.--Head First Statistics, O’Reilly Media, 2008.
18) Harris, Smith & Harris--The Myths of Standardized Tests: Why They Don't Tell You What You Think They Do, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2010.
19) Heyde, C.C. et al--Statisticians of the Centuries, Springer, 2001.
20) Huff, Darrell--How to Lie with Statistics, W.W. Norton Co., 1993 (1952).
21) Huff, D. & Geiss, I.--How to Take a Chance, W.W. Norton Co., 1964.
22) Johnson, S.--The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World, Penguin Group, 2006.
23) Levitt, S. D. & S. J. Dubner--Freakonomics A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, HarperCollins, 2005.
24) Levitt, S. D. & S. J. Dubner--Super Freakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance, HarperCollins, 2009.
25) Lewis, M.--Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, Norton, 2003.
26) Livio, M.--Is God a Mathematician?, Simon & Schuster, 2010.
27) Mezrich, B.--Bringing Down the House: How Six Students Took Vegas for Millions, Free Press, 2002.
28) Mlodinow, Leonard--The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives, Pantheon Books, 2008.
29) Mnookin, S.--The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear, Simon & Schuster, 2011.
30) Newport, F.--Polling Matters, Why Leaders Must Listen to the Wisdom of the People, Warner Books, 2004.
31) Paulos , J. A.--A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper, Basic Books, 1995.
32) Paulos , J. A.--Beyond Numeracy, Vintage, 1992.
33) Paulos , J. A.--Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences, Vintage, 1990.
34) Penn, M. J.--Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes, Twelve, 2007.
35) Phillips, Jr., J. L.--How to Think About Statistics, 6th Edition, W. H. Freeman, 2000.
36) Rosenthal, J.--Struck by Lightning: The Curious World of Probabilities, Granta Books, 2008.
37) Salsburg, D.--The Lady Tasting Tea, Owl Books, 2001.
38) Seife, C.--Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception, Viking, 2010.
39) Snowden, D.--Aging With Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives, Bantom Press, 2002.
40) Takahashi , S.--The Manga Guide to Statistics, No Starch Press, 2008.
41) Tal, J.--Reading Between the Numbers, Statistical Thinking in Everyday Life, McGraw-Hill, 2000.
42) Taleb, N.--Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets, Thomson, 2004.
43) Taleb, N.--The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Thomson, 2007.
44) Tufte, Edward R.--Envisioning Information, Graphics Press, 1990.
45) Tufte, Edward R.--The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Graphics Press, 2001.
46) Vickers, A.--What is a p-value Anyway, Addison-Wesley, 2010.
47) Wheelan, C.--Naked Statistics, Stripping the Dread from Data, WW Norton, 2013.
48) Zaccaro, E.--Scammed by Statistics, Hickory Grove Press, 2010.