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Making numbers count : (Record no. 21788)

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fixed length control field 01919nam a22001817a 4500
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ISBN 9781787634220
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 001.4226
Item number HEA
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Author name Heath, Chip
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Making numbers count :
Sub Title the art and science of communicating numbers/
Statement of responsibility, etc Chip Heath and Karla Starr
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication New York :
Name of publisher Avid Reader Press,
Year of publication ©2022
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xix, 182 pages :
Other physical details illustrations ;
Dimensions 22 cm.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Translate everything, favor user-friendly numbers. Translate everything ; Avoid numbers : perfect translations don't need numbers ; Try focusing on 1 at a time ; Favor user-friendly numbers --<br/>To help people grasp your numbers, ground them in the familiar, concrete, and human scale. Find your fathom : help people understand through simple, familiar comparisons ; Convert abstract numbers into concrete objects ; Recast your number into different dimensions : try time, space, distance, money, and Pringles ; Human scale : use the Goldilocks principle to make your numbers just right --<br/>Use emotional numbers (surprising and meaningful) to move people to think and act differently. Florence Nightingale avoids dry statistics by using transferred emotion ; Comparatives, superlatives, and category jumpers ; Emotional amplitude : selecting combos that hit the right notes together ; Make it personal : "This is about you" ; Bring your number into the room with a demonstration ; Avoid numbing by converting your number to a process that unfolds over time ; Offer an encore ; Make people pay attention by crystalizing a pattern, then breaking it --<br/>Build a scale model. Map the landscape by finding the landmarks ; Build a scale model you can work with ; Epilogue: The value of numbers --<br/>Appendix: Making your numbers user-friendly.
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Subject Number concept
General subdivision Popular works.
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Subject Number concept
General subdivision Social aspects.
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Subject Visual communication.
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Author 2/ Editor Starr, Karla
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          Institute of Public Enterprise, Library Institute of Public Enterprise, Library S Campus 05/12/2022 Overseas Press India Pvt.Ltd., 799.00 23/04/2022 001.4226 HEA 46234 05/12/2022 Books