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Numbers: B2+. Dawn Willoughby
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isbn 9780008101848
Автор произведения Dawn Willoughby
Жанр Иностранные языки
Издательство HarperCollins
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Where we feel that a word or phrase is difficult to understand, we have glossed this word/phrase. All definitions provided in the glossary boxes have been taken from the COBUILD Advanced Dictionary. At the end of the book there is a full alphabetical list of the most difficult words from the book for your reference.
Using Numbers
You can either work through the chapters from Chapter 1 to Chapter 12 or you can choose the chapters and topics that are most useful to you. The Contents page will help in your selection.
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Also available in the Collins Academic Skills Series: Writing, Lectures, Research, Presenting, and Group Work.
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Self-evaluation
Read the statements below. Circle the answers that are true for you.
1 I understand what statistics is and the language to describe it. | agree | disagree | not sure |
2 I know a number of basic terms and phrases to describe numbers in English. | agree | disagree | not sure |
3 I know how to use a spreadsheet. | agree | disagree | not sure |
4 I know how to refer to and label graphics such as bar charts and line graphs in writing. | agree | disagree | not sure |
Numbers and mathematics are very important in our everyday lives because we use them frequently when we manage our finances, go shopping, make travel plans, convert currency, follow instructions for a recipe or take measurements when we are building and creating things. If we carry out an academic study or investigation, then we need to use a branch of mathematics known as statistics which involves collecting and organizing data, making sense of our information and presenting findings.
Glossary
data You can refer to information as data, especially when it is in the form of facts or statistics that you can analyse. In American English, data is usually a plural noun. In technical or formal