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Rethinking The Numerate Citizen: Quantitative Literacy And Public Issues – Discussion, Kira H. Hamman
Rethinking The Numerate Citizen: Quantitative Literacy And Public Issues – Discussion, Kira H. Hamman
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I dispute Erickson's claim in Numeracy 9(2), Article 4 (2016), that quantitative literacy is neither necessary nor appropriate for informed citizenship, and explore his suggestion that Hardwig's notion of epistemic dependence is more suited to the task.