The Cartoon Introduction to Statistics

by Grady Klein, Alan Dabney

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 "The Math Cave," where they reveal the more 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.

Genres: Nonfiction, Graphic Novels, Science, Mathematics, Comics, Education, Business

240 pages, Hardcover

First published July 2, 2013

Reviews

[paulzzzzz]

poddaje sie moi drodzy . to co przeczytalem i tak juz wiedzialem wiec . lol

dnf

[Thom · Rating 2 out of 5]

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 point, but... confusion is not what you want while teaching statistics.

Overall rating - okay, maybe good, not great. A 2 star rating falls within the 95% confidence range.

[Mèo lười · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 sao không phải vì nó dở, mà là vì thống kê rất rất khó để truyền đạt một cách rõ ràng. Môn này mình cũng cực ghét :)))

[Bridget Carroll · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some really helpful definitions and examples!

[Duc Hoang · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nội dung cuốn sách khá thú vị với những ví dụ minh hoạ dễ thương. Tuy nhiên vẫn có những chỗ còn hơi khó hiểu, chắc tại trình mình chưa tới. Hình vẽ hài hước, nhưng chất giấy không phù hợp khiến một vài khung tranh, ô thoại rất khó đọc. Thông điệp quan trọng: thống kê cũng là một phương pháp để tìm hiểu chân lý và thực tại, chỉ có điều nó không đưa ra được một kết luận chắc chắn nào ở hiện tại, chỉ có thể đưa ra một phỏng đoán về lâu dài có nhiều khả năng đúng thôi.

[☘Misericordia☘ ⚡ϟ⚡⛈⚡☁ ❇️❤❣ · Rating 2 out of 5]

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.

[Ami Iida · Rating 3 out of 5]

animation of statistics

[Livia Vozaryova · Rating 5 out of 5]

"We don't know everything....  ... But that doesn't mean we know nothing!"

[Michał Józef Gąsior · Rating 4 out of 5]

Od zawsze miałem problem z brakami wiedzy w zakresie statystyki, więc gdy zobaczyłem, że PWN wydaje „Komiksowe wprowadzenie do statystyki”, od razu złożyłem zamówienie. Książeczka okazała się być strzałem w dziesiątkę. Bardzo sympatycznie i prosto wyjaśnione podstawowe zagadnienia i pojęcia opatrzone zabawnymi rysunkami i nawiązaniami do popkultury. Niestety, w kilku miejscach nawiązania te stanowią część popkultury amerykańskiej. Dla przykładu, na stronie 10 otrzymujemy billboard z numerem telefonu „800 MAM ONA”, gdzie w Polsce nie stosuje się zapisu literowego. Na stronie 31 pojawiają się kłócące się postacie słonia i osła nawiązujące do maskotek republikanów i demokratów. Nieco bardziej zrozumiały jest facet ze strony 140, śpiewający, że nie nie może wciąż znaleźć tego czego szuka, nawiązujący do Bono z U2. Na szczęście, wszystko to to jedynie szczegóły, które nie są aż tak istotne w odbiorze treści, która jest naprawdę solidnie przygotowana. Choć może jeszcze mała uwaga co do strony 66, na której mamy orgry (literówka) rzucające elfami i karłami… Chyba jednak lepszym tłumaczeniem w tym przypadku byłyby krasnoludy.

Na sam koniec chciałem nawiązać do samych rysunków. Kreska Kleina raczej mi się nie podoba. Mam wrażenie, że momentami jest trochę za duży chaos wizualny, potęgowany monochromatycznością ilustracji. Niemniej jednak polecam komiks wszystkim, którzy zaczynają swoją przygodę ze statystyką lub po prostu chcą sobie ugruntować pewne podstawowe pojęcia. Na samym końcu książeczki znajduje się bardzo sympatyczne rozwinięcie trudniejszych zagadnień – bardziej opisowe i dokładne. Co do poziomu trudności, wydaje mi się, iż wiedza jest przekazywana w tak przystępny sposób, że licealiści (lub kiedyś gimnazjaliści) nie powinni mieć z nią najmniejszych problemów.

[Pranusha Kulkarni · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved this book! The examples that the authors give to explain the basic statistical concepts are hilarious! And, the best part of the book is you don’t feel like keeping it aside until you are done reading till the last page! For anyone who is more artistically inclined with a wild imagination and a visual memory, and wants to understand at least the basics of statistics, this book is a must read ♥️

[Hariharan Ragunathan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Found this book in our library to help my wife enjoy Statistics course she was doing last quarter. I enjoyed the creativity in this book. Grady Klein does a wonderful job with cartoon illustrations for the basic statistics concepts. This book just covers only the basic statistic concept and the idea of hypothesis testing and not delve into details on various tests you would run. But a good book for people with visual learning style to build interest on this topic.

[Dien Dang · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good book about statistics, easy to understand

[Alexander Weber · Rating 4 out of 5]

What's not to love? It's super introductory, but it makes stats fun and approachable to those who make think "Ewww, stats!"

[Thanh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nội dung thú vị, dễ hiểu với ví dụ minh hoạ sinh động cho những ai muốn có cái nhìn về thống kê học.

[Rex Libris · Rating 5 out of 5]

This 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 easy to understand, and I can't recommend this book enough! If I need to brush up on any more math, I will certainly look for the other books in this series.

[Ivan Chernov · Rating 4 out of 5]

На самом деле, читать эту книгу сейчас уже не так интересно, но если вы совсем прям ничего не знаете про статистику, то здесь просто и на картинках объясняют самые базовые вещи как-то:
* центральная пределельная теорема
* нормальное распределение
* среднее значение и медиана
* стандартное отклонение

Очень хорошо зайдёт книга для школьников, которые проявляют интерес (или наоборот чтобы его насадить).

[Artem Fedorov · Rating 2 out of 5]

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.

[Barry Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

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):
Numbers
Random Raw Data
Sorting
Detective Work
Monster Mistakes
From Samples to Populations

Part Two, Hunting Parameters, covers:
The Central Limit Theorem
Probabilities
Inference
Confidence
They Hate Us
Hypothesis Testing
Smackdown
Flying Pigs, Drooling Aliens, and Firecrackers

This “almost defying description” book closes with two more topics:
Thinking like a statistician
The Math Cave (providing the hard numbers behind the content, this section is introduced like Dante Aligheri’s “The Divine Comedy” description of Hell: “Abandon Hope, all ye who enter here.”

Anyone who has any need to understand stats needs to own this book!

[Alaina Sloo · Rating 3 out of 5]

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 little more about what the statistics they hear in the news really mean. Also great for high schoolers and adults who just want to understand the basics of statistics.

[Nguyên ngộ ngộ · Rating 5 out of 5]

two things we can apply after her this book done are histogram and box plot
I have just realized several trap of data I have ever made before, oh my god
The easy understanding approach helps us learn lots of things new without boring
nice, awesome book

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Cartoon Introduction to Statistics is a delightful primer for the complex field of Statistics, exploring it through everything from wizards to worms. It touches on the basics of sampling, probability, and distribution, and does a very good job of it. It seems perfect to use a medium of drawing to introduce Statistics because often that is the best way to grasp the very beginnings of the subject. The only qualm I had with it is that it didn't touch on proportions which I thought could have gone nicely hand in hand with it, but it really didn't subtract from the value of the book. The Math Cave section at the end was also incredibly thoughtful, especially if you were using this book to get a deeper understanding outside of a course.
I would definitely recommend this to anyone who was taking an introductory Statistics class, or who just wanted to brush up on Statistics in a casual manner.

[James]

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 more 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.

[Hạ Phạm Hồ Trúc · Rating 4 out of 5]

Feelings need a different way to approach and apply into Statistics instead of some methods taught in university. Fortunately, I found this book. This kind of picture book whose content are mostly pictures and illustrations obviously does not provide much knowledge in Statistics.

It's quite enough for readers who want to see Statistics in another view style to easily understand the meaning of basic indicators and how they take an important part.

Not directly giving you the definition of any indicators but it helps you to make your own definition. There is also a sum-up basic knowledge section at the end of the book but there are some differences in the way of defining terms comparing to schoolbooks in Vietnamese colleges so it may be a little confusing and misleading.

[Choonghwan · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is an introductory book of statistics. You can come to terms with basic ideas of statistics and its applications without even a single math formula.

I think we have two problems to solve with statistics. First, the economy. We seldom have enough time and money to interview the whole population to know what is their favorite presidential candidate. Second, ignorance. There are lots of practical questions around of which we have no clue: whether gene X makes people more sentimental; whether a change of sea temperature here causes a hurricane there; whether eating certain food reduces the occurrence of certain cancer; the list goes on and on.

We don’t know everything does not necessarily mean we know nothing after all.

[Pamy Nguyễn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mình ước gì mình đã đọc nó sớm hơn.
Đúng rồi đấy. Bạn không đọc nhầm đâu. Chính là Làm quen Thống kê học qua tranh biếm họa đấy. Về cơ bản thì đấy là quyển sách thống kê của bạn nhưng mà là truyện tranh :))
So amazing ha =))
Mình cũng ước là giáo viên day môn Thống kê của mình được đọc quyển này trước khi dạy mình 🙁
Và nếu mà bạn cảm thấy rằng thôi đi t học trên lớp đã đủ điên rồi nên không cần nữa đâu. Thì hãy tin rằng khi 1 đứa được D thống kê lại có thể hiểu được Thống kê thì bạn đã thấy thần thánh như nào rồi đấy 😃 Khi cả lớp đc B còn bạn chỉ D và rồi bạn tìm thấy quyển sách này...
Thôi được rồi t sẽ không khen nữa đâu. Nhưng thực sự đấy, tất cả những bạn chưa học Thống kê hoặc đã học cần học đều nên đọc quyển truyện tranh này ngay đi 😃

[Louis · Rating 4 out of 5]

was what I was expecting, very visual way to the ideas of entry-level statistics. I have a big group of numbers I use on an almost daily basis for mean and medium anyways so this was a great way to see it a bit better and if I can figure out the math maby pull better information out of it. the book presented the idea's and theories really well but I could have done with a little more math.

[Rucha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall a great book to learn and easily understand basics but they could have explained Regression and relationship coefficients better. Couple of linear or logical regression examples along with type of variables examples would have taken it further.
Satisfied with the book but had to read other articles/books for complete understanding of basics.

[Brianna · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a lot of fun to read. I like the way it uses so many examples to get the point across, but there was no reason for them to use the analogy where a girl is trying to blow up a cat with fire crackers. Why?! Anyway, I’m not sure how much it helped me in my class, but I enjoyed reading it. The appendix section is probably the best resource I have gotten from this book.

[Kamalika · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is a good place to start, if you're new to the world of Statistics. Explains the concepts in a funny and comical way. You can give this your kids too,they'll love the mythical creatures in it,and hopefully learn a bit about stats too.

[Irene · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too rudimentary and not cat-friendly!