Pols 1100
Ashlee Francom
POLS 1100
2/26/2013
Quantitative Literacy Reflection
The ability to think clearly and critically about quantitative issues is imperative in our society. Today, quantitative reasoning is required in virtually all academic fields, is used in most every profession, and is necessary for decision-making in everyday life. Quantitative reasoning is crucial in understanding many of the economic, political, and environmental issues that arise in today's global community. Some examples include:
• Understanding depreciation and its effect on the purchase of cars or computer equipment.
• Comparing credit card offers with different interest rates for different periods of time.
• Understanding the relation of risk to return in retirement investments.
• Calculating income tax and understanding the tax implications of financial decisions.
• Estimating the long-term costs of making lower monthly credit card payments.
• Choosing insurance plans, retirement plans, or finance plans for buying a house.
• Understand quantitative arguments made in voter information pamphlets
• Understand the behavior of weighted averages used in ranking colleges, cities, products, investments, and sports teams.
• Understand how small samples can accurately predict public opinion; how sampling errors can limit reliability; and how sampling bias can influence results.
• Understand student test results given in percentages and percentiles and interpreting what these data mean with respect to the quality of schools.
Recently I have been using quantitative reasoning in my math classes at school, but I also you it at my job as a bartender. I need to figure out percentages from tips and how much to tip out my fellow co-workers. In the future when I am working in my career field of business I will us it even more.
Works Cited
Taylor, Corri. "On the Importance of Quantitative Reasoning." Quantitative Reasoning: The Importance of QR in Today's World and the QR Program at Wellesley College. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Feb. 2013. <isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic666335.files/09-3Quantitative_Reasoning_importance_of
POLS 1100
2/26/2013
Quantitative Literacy Reflection
The ability to think clearly and critically about quantitative issues is imperative in our society. Today, quantitative reasoning is required in virtually all academic fields, is used in most every profession, and is necessary for decision-making in everyday life. Quantitative reasoning is crucial in understanding many of the economic, political, and environmental issues that arise in today's global community. Some examples include:
• Understanding depreciation and its effect on the purchase of cars or computer equipment.
• Comparing credit card offers with different interest rates for different periods of time.
• Understanding the relation of risk to return in retirement investments.
• Calculating income tax and understanding the tax implications of financial decisions.
• Estimating the long-term costs of making lower monthly credit card payments.
• Choosing insurance plans, retirement plans, or finance plans for buying a house.
• Understand quantitative arguments made in voter information pamphlets
• Understand the behavior of weighted averages used in ranking colleges, cities, products, investments, and sports teams.
• Understand how small samples can accurately predict public opinion; how sampling errors can limit reliability; and how sampling bias can influence results.
• Understand student test results given in percentages and percentiles and interpreting what these data mean with respect to the quality of schools.
Recently I have been using quantitative reasoning in my math classes at school, but I also you it at my job as a bartender. I need to figure out percentages from tips and how much to tip out my fellow co-workers. In the future when I am working in my career field of business I will us it even more.
Works Cited
Taylor, Corri. "On the Importance of Quantitative Reasoning." Quantitative Reasoning: The Importance of QR in Today's World and the QR Program at Wellesley College. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Feb. 2013. <isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic666335.files/09-3Quantitative_Reasoning_importance_of
Music 1010
carpenterspowerpoint.pptx | |
File Size: | 192 kb |
File Type: | pptx |
Semester project Power Point on the Carpenters.