The Cartoon Introduction to Statistics

Posted on 21 February 2018 by Grady Klein

The Cartoon Introduction to Statistics is the most imaginative and accessible introductory statistics course you ll ever take Employing an irresistible cast of dragon riding Vikings, lizard throwing giants, and feuding aliens, the renowned illustrator Grady Klein and the award winning statistician Alan Dabney teach you how to collect reliable data, make confident statements based on limited information, and judge the usefulness of polls and the other numbers that you re bombarded with every day If you want to go beyond the basics, they ve created the ultimate resource The Math Cave, where they reveal the advanced formulas and concepts.Timely, authoritative, and hilarious, The Cartoon Introduction to Statistics is an essential guide for anyone who wants to better navigate our data driven world. New Download [ The Cartoon Introduction to Statistics ] By [ Grady Klein ] – kino-fada.fr We don t know everything But that doesn t mean we know nothing We don t know everything But that doesn t mean we know nothing animation of statisticsVery good book about statistics, easy to understandWhat s not to love It s super introductory, but it makes stats fun and approachable to those who make think Ewww, statsThis is probably the best mathematics based textbook I have ever encountered I wish I would have had something along these lines when I was studying math and physics in high school The illustrations make the concepts clear and eas...A pretty common book about the basic statistic Too boring, too long descriptions and illustrations are very strange The book is standing in place, it was possible to explain all the easier and shorter.I wish this book had been around when I was in my Master s program Using whimsical cartoon characters throughout this exceptional tome, the authors manage to make statistics entertaining and practical for the non statistician After making the case that Statistics are everywhere, this fun and practical approach to the subject has two major parts Part One, Gathering Statistics, demonstrates literally, with a panoply of cartoons NumbersRandom Raw DataSortingDetective WorkMonster MistakesFrom I wish this book had been around when I was in my Master s program Using whimsical cartoon characters throughout this exceptional tome, the authors manage to make statistics entertaining and practical for the non statistician After making the case that Statistics are everywhere, this fun and practical approach to the subject has two major parts Part One, Gathering Statistics, demonstrates literally, with a panoply of cartoons NumbersRandom Raw DataSortingDetective WorkMonster MistakesFrom Samples to PopulationsPart Two, Hunting Parameters, covers The Central Limit TheoremProbabilitiesInferenceConfidenceThey Hate UsHypothesis TestingSmackdownFly...Not the The Cartoon Guide to Statistics, but an introduction, which it handles well In the latter chapters, it moves beyond introduction into basic inference and then throws ideas out quickly the explanations are lacking.I haven t read Gonick s book, but in this the artwork is rough, at times hard to tell the characters apart They aren t integral to the main po...A humorous graphic introduction to statistics, great for high school and older middle school kids who ve reached the age where they need to understand a littleabout what the statistics they hear in the news really me...Well, statistics books seem to be of 1 of 2 polar opposites ones that are waaay to technical and ones that are waaaay too rudimentary This one is of the latter kind.Though it might be suited rather well to young scholchildren.

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21 February 2018

Grady Klein