By Kris Green and Allen Emerson
A text to support MSTI 130 Math Modeling and Quantitative Analysis
The links below will let you download the chapters and material from the book in PDF format. Please note that all material is copyright (c) 2011 by Kris Green and Allen Emerson.
Introduction and Table of Contents
Overview of Unit One: Quantifying
the World
Chapter 1 - Problem solving
by asking questions (includes the intro as well)
Chapter 2 - The role of data
Chapter 3 - Using models to interpret
data
Overview of Unit Two: Analyzing
Data Through Spatial Models
Chapter 4 - Box and whisker plots
Chapter 5 - Histograms
Chapter 6 - Interpreting spatial
models
Overview of Unit Three: Analyzing
Data Through Linear Models
Chapter 7 - Correlation
Chapter 8 - Simple regression
Chapter 9 - Multiple and categorical
regression
Chapter 10 - Is the model any good?
Overview of Unit Four: Analyzing
Data with Nonlinear Models
Chapter 11 - Graphical approaches to
nonlinear data
Chapter 12 - Modeling with nonlinear
data
Chapter 13 - Nonlinear multivariable
models
Overview of Unit Five: Analyzing
Data Using Calculus Models
Chapter 14 - Optimization and analysis
of models
Chapter 15 - Deeper exploration of
logarithms and exponentials
Chapter 16 - Optimization in several
variables
Chapter 17 - Area under a curve
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