The Cartoon Guide to Statistics
Book description
Updated version featuring all new material. 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…
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1 author picked The Cartoon Guide to Statistics as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book is kind of a fun crash course in statistics which covers all the basic concepts at an introductory level.
The cartoons are a little bit dated, but still entertaining. There are lots of pictures and graphs which are a pleasure if you are a visual learner. The reader will come away with many useful tools to help understand real world problems.
I’m a retired math professor, but still got a real kick out of this book and especially appreciated the many good examples referenced such as gender discrimination in salaries and racial discrimination in jury selection. I…
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