Quantitative Literacy: A Tool for Survival

Abstract

In the context of a global pandemic, the need for quantitative literacy has become more urgent QL and QL-adjacent habits of mind, such as awareness of the limitations of data and modeling, are vital tools of survival that can help people understand today's fast-changing world and make decisions about next actions, in particular in relation to the ongoing protests supporting the #BlackLivesMatter movement QL does not provide a final answer to most human questions, but it can be an invaluable guide for each individual decision maker © 2020, National Numeracy Network All rights reserved