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Manchester Some Math for Everyone

A collection of books that step away from the traditional textbook approach to math, using stories, narratives, artwork, and humor to connect students from all backgrounds to math topics and their applications.

Brockett, Patrick, and Arnold Levine. Statistics and Probability and Their Applications. Philadelphia: Saunders College, 1984

This book uses a lot of legal case studies where statistics are used in real court cases involving social justice issues.

  • Was there bias in jury selection?
  • Was there discrimination in hiring and firing practices?
  • Were suspects railroaded to a guilty verdict based on prejudiced assumptions that a white jury just went along with?

I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to really understand Statistics and how it is applied in the real world.

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