College Mathematics Through Baseball

by Fred Worth

Overview

Mathematics is often challenging for students majoring in nontechnical fields. This book makes mathematical concepts more engaging with examples drawn from baseball and other sports, providing a basis for a solid survey of college math. Liberal arts students will find concepts applicable to "real life" presented in ways not typically taught in college algebra courses. Topics covered include logical fallacies, unit conversions, statistics, probability, finance, geometry, modeling and voting theory. The book can be used in high school courses for students who have taken algebra and geometry.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786497768
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	11/04/2015
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Fred Worth is a professor of mathematics at Oklahoma Wesleyan University in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He is also a member of the Society for American Baseball Research.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
1 deleteLogical Fallacies
2 deleteUnit Conversions
3 deleteStatistics: Introduction, Statistical Studies, Reliability, History
4 deleteDifferent Kinds of Statistics
5 deleteStatistics: Display
6 deleteUses of Statistics
7 deleteProbability and Combinatorics
8 deleteFinance
9 deleteGeometry
10 deleteModeling
11 deleteVoting Theory
12 deleteRecording Statistics
Index

Editorial Reviews

College mathematics has just become more interesting for many students. Worth has written an entertaining, liberal arts math textbook on the premise that mathematics about baseball would be much more fun than other more-general math texts, and in many ways he has succeeded. This book will be very interesting for fans of baseball or mathematics and could be instrumental in converting the fans of the former into fans of the latter. Recommended”—Choice.

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