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Cover -- Innumeracy In The Wild -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- I. Introduction -- 1. The Types And Extent Of Innumeracy -- Ii. The Objectively Innumerate -- 2 Innumeracy, Incomprehension, And Inconsistency -- 3 Reliance On Heuristics And Concrete, Easy-to-evaluate Attributes -- 4 Feelings And Frames -- Iii. The Habits Of The Highly Numerate -- 5 Thinking Harder With Numbers -- 6 The Highly Numerate Understand The Feel Of Numbers -- 7. Numeric Sensitivity And Consistent Use Of Numbers -- 8 Numerically Imperfect Reasoning Among The Highly Numerate Iv. Objective Numeracy, Life Outcomes, And Research Issues And Opportunities -- 9 Numeracy's Secret Connection With Life Outcomes -- 10 Issues And Opportunities In Objective Numeracy Research -- V. The Emergence Of Number Understanding -- 11 The Approximate Number System (ans) And Discriminating Magnitudes -- 12 Genetics And Formal Education -- Vi. Two Additional Ways Of Knowing Numbers -- 13. Discriminating Numbers Allows For Better Decisions -- 14. Subjective Numeracy And Knowing What You Know -- Vii. Numbers Are Just Numbers: The Impotence Of Data Versus The Power Of Information 15. Evidence-based Information Presentation Matters -- 16. Provide Numbers But Reduce Cognitive Effort -- 17. Provide Evaluative Meaning And Direct Attention -- Viii. Becoming More Numerate -- 18. Training Numeracy -- 19. Reflections On Numeracy And The Power Of Reasoning Numerically -- Appendix -- Name Index -- Subject Index. Ellen Peters. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.