Math tools for journalists Book

Journalists are notoriously bad with numbers. Either from lack of training or an innate phobia of figures, journalists routinely avoid tackling math problems and often make mistakes when they do delve into numbers.Math Tools for Journalists addresses this problem creatively and thoroughly. Written by veteran educator Kathleen Woodruff Wickham Ed.D., Math Tools explains math concepts in layman's language and shows how these concepts apply to situations journalists face every day.The book begins with a chapter on elementary math basics, and progresses to chapters on percentages, statistics, polls/surveys, business and dozens of other topics involving math. Each chapter concludes with exercises to solidify the concepts, and examples from actual newspaper articles.The goal of Math Tools for Journalists is to enable journalists to feel comfortable with math. The end result is stories written with greater clarity, credibility and accuracy. Math Tools for Journalists is used by scores of college journalism professors to teach math concepts to their students. The author live in Mississippi.