A great, fun introduction to an otherwise boring topic. This book has the same problem of interrupted narration as the other books in the series, making reading through one sitting difficult. It still works well as supplemental resource for one's own education or a classroom setting.

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.

Exactly what it purports to be, a basic intro to stats! Would be really good for a middle- to high-schooler who had no idea what stats was to get a familiarity w the topic.

Not the [b:The Cartoon Guide to Statistics|168872|The Cartoon Guide to Statistics|Larry Gonick|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347462819s/168872.jpg|163075], 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.

Ну такое. Материал местами подан как-то скомкано, иллюстрации похожи друг на друга, некоторые буквы в шрифте не очень хорошо воспринимаются ("ы" выглядит как "bl", например). Лучше пропустить всю книгу и прочитать только приложение, где всё хотя бы написано нормальным языком.

This is a great book to learn how statistics works.

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.

Accessible, fun tone. An excellent tool for processing the fundamentals of a complicated subject.