
The Manga Guide To Statistics (Paperback)
Shin Takahashi (author)
£18.99
Paperback
224 Pages
Published: 15/11/2008
Published: 15/11/2008
Think you can't have fun learning statistics? Think again. The Manga Guide to Statistics will teach you everything you need to know about this essential discipline, while entertaining you at the same time. With its unique combination of Japanese-style comics called manga and serious educational content, the EduManga format is already a hit in Japan. In The Manga Guide to Statistics, our heroine Rui is determined to learn about statistics to impress the dreamy Mr. Igarashi and begs her father for a tutor. Soon she's spending her Saturdays with geeky, bespectacled Mr. Yamamoto, who patiently teaches her all about the fundamentals of statistics: topics like data categorization, averages, graphing, and standard deviation. After all her studying, Rui is confident in her knowledge of statistics, including complex concepts like probability, coefficients of correlation, hypothesis tests, and tests of independence. But is it enough to impress her dream guy? Or maybe there's someone better, rig
Publisher: No Starch Press,US
ISBN: 9781593271893
Number of pages: 224
Weight: 462 g
Dimensions: 234 x 178 x 14 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
"The art is charming and the humor engaging. Readers will enjoy following Rui as she struggles with math concepts while showing off her new school uniform and realizing her romantic feelings for her tutor."
-School Library Journal
"Provides accurate, clearly related statistical content as the underlying schoolgirl-crush story line unfolds...Recommended."
-Choice Magazine
-School Library Journal
"Provides accurate, clearly related statistical content as the underlying schoolgirl-crush story line unfolds...Recommended."
-Choice Magazine
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