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Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last? In...
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[<1999- >
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American FactFinder is a new data access and dissemination system that provides useful facts and information about your community, your economy, and your society. The system will find and retrieve the information you need from some of the Census Bureau's largest data sets.
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Native American resources volume no. 5
Pub. Date
2009
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xvi, 190 p. ; 24 cm.
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2016.
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xi, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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American democracy has become coin operated. Special interest groups increasingly control every level of government. The necessity of raising huge sums of campaign cash has completely changed the character of politics and policy making, determining what elected representatives stand for and how they spend their time. The marriage of great wealth and intense political influence has rendered our country unable to address our most pressing problems,...
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©2004
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400 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 35 cm
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"Offering the clearest and most comprehensive examination of the conflict that transformed the United States, the Atlas of the Civil War reveals with surprising immediacy the numerous dimensions of this historic confrontation. Surpassing the scope of any previously published single-volume work, this atlas pairs expert scholarship with precise cartography to depict the ebb and flow of destruction and reconstruction." "Divided chronologically into five...
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In a climate of culture wars and tremendous economic uncertainty, America is often reduced to a simplistic schism between red states and blue states. In response to that oversimplification, journalist Dante Chinni teamed up with political geographer James Gimpel to launch the Patchwork Nation project, using on-the-ground reporting and statistical analysis to get past generalizations and probe American communities in depth. The result is Our Patchwork...
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[1972]
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[92] p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
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Statistical data is presented on the climate of Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Island, Pacific, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, Wahkiakum, and Whatcom Counties in Washington State. Includes Factors Influencing the Climate, Precipitation, Growing Season and other topics. Tables include Temperature Averages and Extremes, Average Monthly and Annual Precipitation, Average Monthly and Seasonal Snowfall and more.
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2016.
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230 pages ; 18 cm
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"A summary of the seven most consequential ideas in the history of statistics, ideas that have proven their importance over a century or more and yet still define the basis of statistical science in the present day. Separately each was a radical idea when introduced, and most remain radical today when they are extended to new territory. Together they define statistics as a scientific field in a way that differentiates it from mathematics and computer...
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[2018]
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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What does a quarterback rating have to do with gridiron greatness? More than you think. In this fun and smart look at football, you will discover stories and uncover facts that will help you better understand and enjoy every kickoff, tackle, and touchdown all the more.
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2018.
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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What does Wins Above Replacement (WAR) have to do with baseball greatness? More than you think. In this fun and smart look at baseball, you will discover stories and uncover facts that will help you better understand and enjoy every strikeout, putout, and home run all the more.
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2019.
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xvi, 426 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Shows how to apply statistical reasoning to real-world problems. This isn't simply memorizing formulas or using the tools in a spreadsheet: he emphasizes the importance of clarifying questions, assumptions, and expectations, and--more importantly--knowing how to responsibly interpret the results the software generates.
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c2003
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1 atlas (152 p.) : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.
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The Atlas of the Pacific Northwest has been known and respected for more than 30 years as the most comprehensive and convenient reference book on Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. This new edition has been completely revised and redesigned to present the most recent information in an attractive, easy-to-use format. In addition to over 200 maps, graphs, and tables, the Atlas contains informative essays by regional scholars on topics ranging from agriculture...
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In Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve, statistician and journalist Ben Blatt brings big data to the literary canon, exploring the wealth of fun findings that remain hidden in the works of the world's greatest writers. He assembles a database of thousands of books and hundreds of millions of words, and starts asking the questions that have intrigued curious word nerds and book lovers for generations: What are our favorite authors' favorite words? Do...
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