A Quantitative Literacy View of Natural Disasters and Nuclear Facilities
The March 11, 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster in Tohoku, Japan, highlights the need to improve quantitative literacy (QL) in natural hazard assessment. A critical understanding of natural hazard assessments requires a sophisticated perspective on the mathematical and statistical tools...
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| Language: | English |
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National Numeracy Network
2011-07-01
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| Series: | Numeracy |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.4.2.2 |