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Glossary of Mathematical Mistakes

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Author:Paul Cox
Description: Paul Cox's list of common mathematical mistakes committed by advertisers, the media, reporters, politicians, activists, and others. Cox analyzes everything from circular reasoning, graph errors, and spurious use of the law of averages to "factorectomy," gestalt geometry, and the "Kevin Bacon" game (six degrees of separation). Cox also accepts and discusses examples submitted by readers, which include the Monty Hall problem and Zohnerism (named for the student who petitioned to ban dihydrogen monoxide).
Levels: Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), College
Languages: English
Resource Types: Humor, Dictionaries, Glossaries, Thesauri
Math Topics: Functions, Probability, Statistics

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