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Drew S.

July 4, 2017

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The Kindle format of this book is useless: the cartoons are very difficult to read on the screen, and it does not even have a table of contents, so you will have to navigate the book page by page, or by Go to location. I wish I could return this book, even if I get credit back to buy the paper edition.

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KINDLE NEEDS TO STEP UP THE GAME FOR PC'S

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Raki

July 31, 2017

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This book is terrible on kindle. You can not enlarge it, you can barely see the words. Worst money ever spent. I can't say if the book is any good BECAUSE I CANT SEE IT

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November 12, 2010

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I've owned this book for a long time and I regularly use it to learn new concepts I need to understand. I also use it as a reference for things I've learned previously but have forgotten a bit. It works for me, but I could see how it may not work for others.

If you're looking for a text book with lots of examples, then this is not your book. If you need someone else to guide you and explain things to you, then this is not your book. This book is about explaining the concepts concisely & simply with real life examples. But just because it's concise, it doesn't mean it's simple. You will need to study.

This book is all about explaining the ideas of stats simply, and it's done with cartoon figures and down to earth examples. Nothing abstract here. Each section is concise and brief. Everything you need for each step is clearly explained and with a little study, graspable. Each section is carefully built on top of the previous one, so because of this grading learning there is never a large leap to a new concept.

I would recommend the book for someone who has previously studied Stats, but needs a quick review.
I would recommend it for use as a quick reference tool. It's easy to find what you want, and since the explanations are brief, you don't need to spend a lot of time in research.

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Works great for graduate class!

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SKB5643

March 23, 2016

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This book is sooooo helpful. I am taking a doctorate biostatistics class and these cartoons really help when coupled with a textbook. There is also a lot of humor in it.

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Serious yet not that practical

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September 17, 2010

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The content is of high quality and complex. This is not yet another statistics for dummies. If you have no background on statistics, you will be challenged reading this book. It doesn't water-down statistical concepts too much. It gives the conceptual (as opposed to totally quantitative view) of statistics in a cartoon format with plenty of well-thought out examples (both real life and hypothetical).

The downfall of this book, of course, is that it doesn't provide statistical practice problems and solutions. In my humble opinion, the best way to learn statistics, or any other quantitative subject, is through lot of practice and mental challenges. Although your conceptual understanding of statistics will be enhanced through this book, your actual applicable knowledge of statistics may still remain stagnant.

This might be a good first book or even a good review of statistics. But certainly, this book is not adequate for those who want to learn statistics for application to real data.

Still, this is immensely well contemplated book and I must congratulate the authors for creating a thought provoking statistics overview book without too many statistical equations and problems. I also enjoyed the cartoons and humor.

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California Marmot

recommended for anyone

October 28, 2014

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Creative and useful! This book was good pre-reading for an intro stats course I took, and I also re-read it during the course. I would even give it to children (like middle-school or high school), so they don't stupidly fear stats as long as I did, so that stats feels more intuitive to them later, and so that they better understand stats they hear cited in the news (since stats are so often used misleading, OR used accurately but UNDERSTOOD inaccurately by the general public).

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mwebb1234a

Best intro to statistics

July 4, 2009

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I am a totally none statistics trained person, however in my job I work with engineers and mathematicians that also teach statistics at the university undergraduate and graduate. The Cartoon Guide to Statistics covered the entire spectrum of what my mathematicians talk about when they identify the statistics they are using for the projects I manage. The book is on my work reference shelf as a ready reference as its explanations are very thorough. I am planning on taking formal statistics courses to do more hands on working through the formulas to have a better understanding. But going into the class, thanks to this book I will have an understanding of the principle and intent of the different parts of statistics. After reading the book I now know what my engineers mean with they say it all a roll of he dice (if this doesn't make sense, read the book its very well explained)

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