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The Cartoon Guide to Statistics [Paperback]

Larry Gonick , Woollcott Smith
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July 14, 1993 0062731025 978-0062731029 1
If you have ever looked for P-values by shopping at P mart, tried to watch the Bernoulli Trails on "People's Court," or think that the standard deviation is a criminal offense in six states, then you need The Cartoon Guide to Statistics to put you on the road to statistical literacy.

The Cartoon Guide to Statistics covers all the central ideas of modern statistics: the summary and display of data, probability in gambling and medicine, random variables, Bernoulli Trails, the Central Limit Theorem, hypothesis testing, confidence interval estimation, and much more—all explained in simple, clear, and yes, funny illustrations. Never again will you order the Poisson Distribution in a French restaurant!


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"Gonick is one of a kind." -- --Discover

"Gonick is one of a kind." -- Discover

"Gonick is so consistently witty and clever that the reader is barely aware of being given a thorough grounding." -- --Omni

"Gonick is so consistently witty and clever that the reader is barely aware of being given a thorough grounding." -- Omni

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If you have ever looked for P-values by shopping at P mart, tried to watch the Bernoulli Trials on People's Court, or think that the standard deviation is a criminal offense in six states, then you need The Cartoon Guide to Statistics to put you on the road to statistical literacy.

The Cartoon Guide to Statistics covers all the central ideas of modern statistics: the summary and display of all data, probability in gambling and medicine, random variables, Bernoulli Trials, the Central Limit Theorem, hypothesis testing, confidence interval estimation, and much more--all explained in simple, clear, and funny illustrations. Never again will you order the Poisson Distribution in a French restaurant!


Product Details

  • Paperback: 230 pages
  • Publisher: HarperPerennial; 1 edition (July 14, 1993)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0062731025
  • ISBN-13: 978-0062731029
  • Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 0.6 x 9.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (87 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,264 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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331 of 335 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and Practical... but don't be fooled! August 3, 1999
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
This book is exceptional in its ability to communicate difficult concepts in a light and entertaining manner. It seems to me that those who gave this book low ratings seem to think that the book should have magically imparted its knowledge upon them with no effort on their part.

Indeed, although Gonick presents the details via cartoons, that does not change the fact that "Sigma" is still "Sigma", and if you don't understand exactly what "Sigma" represents before moving on to the next concept, then you will not understand the subsequent lessons.

ie. Just because cartoons tell the tale, it doesn't mean that you will breeze through this book as you might a comic book. The individual concepts must be read and reread and perhaps even contemplated in order to truly understand each one before moving on to the next concept. If you do not do this, then, of course, nothing will make sense.

This is a book of statistics, not miracles...thus work will still be necessary in order to absorb the basic concepts within it.

Nevertheless, this book is far clearer and much more fun to read than any other stat book I've opened before. Very highly recommended.

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118 of 119 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
Probability theory (uncertainty, error estimates, confidence intervals, "p-values" and the like) take time to understand, and rigorous approaches fail to get the concepts across to the non-mathemetician.

Gonick & Woolcott's Cartoon Guide to Statistics gets the ideas across with a minimum of math, and a maximum of "common sense" & (dare I say it?) intuition. The reader get's a FEEL for Probability and Statistics without violating the rigorous underpinnings of statistical theory.

I've taught Statistics to undergrad and grad students, and have had to teach into stats to Grad Students in 7 week Summer short courses, and I required everybody to buy exactly the same statistics calculator (one of the TI models with a couple chapters devoted to the mechanics of "doing statistics"), Cliff Notes _Statistics_, Darryl Huff's _How_to_Lie_With_Statistics_ (a classic cartoon guide I read decades ago) and Gonick's _Cartoon_Guide_to_Statistics_.

The 4 paperbacks (including the book that comes with the TI calculator) complement each other very well.

If you want to learn Statistics, without the standard Sadistics, I recommend Cliff, Huff, T.I. & Gonick. Enjoy!

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49 of 49 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent suppliment to dry statistics books February 14, 2002
By Eric C
Format:Paperback
This book was included in the materials for a business statistics class at Anderson. Bogged down by the reading from the course book and study guide, I didn't even open the cartoon guide for weeks, thinking it was probably too dumbed down to be helpful. Was I ever wrong. Concepts that were very difficult to understand in the course book were elucidated by the excellent examples and explanations in this guide. Made reviewing general concepts for the final exam much easier as well.

This book won't help you much in the practical application of statistics (for that you need problem sets), but will certainly aid in understanding the general ideas behind the math.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful book in good condition!
This book was recommended in my probs and stats class so I decided to purchase it used. The book came within 5 days and was in good condition as indicated in the ad. Read more
Published 18 days ago by KRM
4.0 out of 5 stars Great on basics but goes too fast on difficult topics
Once it passes the basic topics with good pace, it then goes too fast when explaining the complex concepts. Read more
Published 19 days ago by RJS
3.0 out of 5 stars Like the idea, but no explanation depth
I took statisitcs in my MBA and when I first read the textbook thought I was in for a semester of pain. Read more
Published 1 month ago by R. Ray
5.0 out of 5 stars Useful first step
This book is an excellent first step on the path towards learning statistics. The treatment of probabilities and distribution (normal, binomial, and t), sampling and confidence... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Laszlo Vaszar
4.0 out of 5 stars Well written books
Very well written books. A pleasure to read. The material covered is pretty basic so it is good for a starter. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Eakta Jain
2.0 out of 5 stars Not quite what I expected
Even though the cartoons made it a little more interesting than a regular text book, the text itself was about the same. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Wendy Walsh
5.0 out of 5 stars I wish I read this one before my Stats101 course
If you like cartoon language and are about to start a statistics 101 course, you are going to love this book. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Andre
5.0 out of 5 stars Passes Statistics!
This book was a great help in passing my university Stats class!!
Broke problems down into step by step instructions applying to daily activities with some humor thrown in.
Published 5 months ago by Romayne Dray
5.0 out of 5 stars Great content in a fun format
I am a math grad student who hadn't taken statistics in about 20 years. This book covered the material in a quick, fun format. Read more
Published 7 months ago by RR
5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly Informative
I needed a crash course in statistics and this book was perfect. It was light enough that I could read it even when I was a little tired. Read more
Published 7 months ago by ducky
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