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The Economic Naturalist: Why Economics Explains Almost Everything", Robert H Frank, Virgin Books, London 2008.

It ought not to be surprising that as books on every day economics grow in popularity the audience for those books should grow.

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“Why Do Buses Come in 3’s? The Hidden Mathematics of Everyday Life".

Eastaway, Rob and Windham, Jeremy. Robson Books, United Kingdom 1998

This easy read book is a relatively standard romp through basic arithmetic and statistics and covers the topics we might expect. As usual the interest is not so much in the stats which are covered as in the applications and the way in which apparently esoteric ideas can be applied in every day life.

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The definition of ratings and their comparative scores - here Ratings Definitions

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The Christmas 2007 Newsletter

This is a common issue. The following site is helpful... as is the calculator.