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Summary: Great review of Statistics!
Review: This book is a super review for anyone who took stats years ago but needs something to jog their memory. In addition, it is a wonderful "Cliff's Notes" guide for those taking there first stats class. I wish I had this book when I was an undergraduate! A must read for stats takers!
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Summary: Great review of Statistics!
Review: This book is a super review for anyone who took stats years ago but needs something to jog their memory. In addition, it is a wonderful "Cliff's Notes" guide for those taking there first stats class. I wish I had this book when I was an undergraduate! A must read for stats takers!
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Summary: Excellent and Practical... but don't be fooled!
Review: 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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Summary: Excellent suppliment to dry statistics books
Review: 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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Summary: The essence of statistics in a non-threatening manner
Review: This is a delightful book that explains the fundamentals of statistics very well. Relying more on images rather than formulas, the authors manage to include all of the necessary statistics formulas without appearing to do so. The cartoons are very well drawn, with some very humorous situations being described. In terms of a positive combination of explaining statistics in a non-threatening way, it is the best that I have seen. I am teaching basic statistics for the first time in fifteen years this summer, and I will recommend it to any student who is having difficulty.
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Summary: the best stats primer
Review: This is one of the best texts for Probability and Statistics that I've ever read (and I've read more than my share). With a light tone and clever illustrations, Gonick & Smith cover about two semesters worth of material. They stop just after introducing regression analysis (which is a pity because I didn't really understand statistics until I learned and used regressions). I wish I'd found this book back when I was still in school. I would have done much better in my statistics classes.
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Summary: Great Author
Review: We say-in the Arab World- that an easy to use but very useful is the right combination for success. A great effort to make statistics so clear. One of the greatest methods for writing a book that I have ever seen. Majd Abbassi
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: While the pictures are cute, I believe that if you do not already understand the concepts, the book will not help. If you need a review of important statistical concepts, then the book is O.K. If you're looking to learn this for the first time, you will be disappointed.
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Summary: A quick, solid, and entertaining introduction to statistics
Review: With no training in statistics, I took on some statistical work at my firm three years ago, and that aspect of my job has grown considerably. Of the many introductory guides to statistics I've looked at, this is the only one I've read through--and in three days! The authors do a surprisingly good job of conveying the basic concepts--and the practical value--of statistics in a book that takes only 4-5 hours to read and is fun to boot. It established that the methods I've been using in Excel are valid and encouraged me to learn more. In its very different way, it's as good as Edward R. Tufte's classics on visual and statistical thinking (and it's a lot less expensive). Enjoy!
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