{"product_id":"possibility-and-statistics-ivory-a-toldson-9781806865925","title":"Possibility and Statistics: How to Use Data to Illuminate Pathways to Success","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Possibility and Statistics\" (P.S.) is a rigorously ethical, mixed-method way of knowing that centers lived experience, assets, and human agency; treats oral narratives as primary data; and designs measures, tools, and dissemination practices to cultivate flourishing rather than manage risk. Ivory A. Toldson's \u003cem\u003ePossibility and Statistics\u003c\/em\u003e is more than a book about statistical methods; it is a profound and necessary intervention into the soul of education and social science. It is a methodological treatise and a deeply personal work of literary scholarship that redefines the purpose of data in a world saturated with it. By developing a new statistical language, Toldson demonstrates that the principles of possibility--care, context, and potential--can be as analytically rigorous as the principles of probability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePossibility and Statistics\u003c\/em\u003e introduces a new analytical toolkit; formula-driven methods designed to quantify hope. Metrics like the Overcoming Adversity Index (OAI), which measures success relative to context; the Potential Realization Quotient (PRQ), which quantifies achievement beyond statistical expectations; and the Resource Parity Index (RPI), which measures inequities in resources, give practitioners tangible tools.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToldson crafts a powerful argument that the tools of statistics, so often used to document despair and predict failure, must be re-engineered to architect hope and cultivate human potential. The result is a work that is at once a rigorous academic text and a moral call to arms for researchers, educators, policymakers, and anyone who wields data that touches human lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ivory A. Toldson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1806865920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781806865925\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Emerald Publishing Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Ivory A. Toldson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48448691863807,"sku":"9781806865925","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5900d507-f57b-4980-81eb-6b4f4af268c2.jpg?v=1777260048","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/possibility-and-statistics-ivory-a-toldson-9781806865925","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}