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Cartoon Guide to Statistics »

Authors: Larry Gonick, Woollcott Smith, Woolcott Smith, Woollcott Smith
ISBN-13: 9780062731029, ISBN-10: 0062731025
Format: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: July 1993
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Larry Gonick

Larry Gonick is the creator of the bestselling Cartoon Guide series, comprised of nine books that have sold more than half a million copies and been translated into more than a dozen languages. Currently staff cartoonist for Muse magazine, he has also been a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.

Book Synopsis

A humorous and valuable tour through modern statistics, these inspired cartoons simplify the confusing concepts of statistics for easier studying.

Booknews

A very clever effort at explaining the meaning and use of the major statistical methods through the medium of captioned cartoon drawings. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)