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Author Takahashi, Shin.

Title The manga guide to statistics / Shin Takahashi,Trend-pro Co.

Imprint San Francisco : No Starch Press, c2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  519.5 T139m 2009    ---  Available
Description vi, 215 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note Includes index.
Contents Determining data types -- Getting the big picture: understanding numerical data -- Getting the big picture: understanding categorical data -- Standard score and deviation score -- Let's obtain the probability -- Let's look at the relationship between two variables -- Let's explore the hypothesis tests.
Summary Uses manga characters to introduce the reader to the world of statistics. Rather than learning from a dry textbook, readers follow the animated adventures of Rui and her teacher, Mamoru Yamamoto, as Rui interacts with a colorful cast of characters. The book consists of seven chapters, each containing a cartoon, text to supplement the cartoon, an exercise and answer section, and a summary. Readers learn about working with numerical and categorical data; probability; relationships between two variables; tests of independence; even how to perform calculations in Microsoft Excel.
Subject Mathematical statistics -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Genre/Form Graphic novels.
Added Author Trend-pro Co.
ISBN 9781593271893 (pbk.)
1593271891 (pbk.)

 
    
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