The Manga Guide to Statistics

I bought it for my 10y/o and he loved it. Granted, I overshot the age needed, but if you are a nerd like me, you will be able to explain to your kid the really complicated things. I guess it's great for Y6 and above.. Deffo enjoyed it

I found it a fun and interesting book. I actually have used it in my working life as it helps to explain statistics in terms that do not require a lot of mathematics knowledge. I've ended up buying more for others who have shown an interest in statistics from items in this book.

Very pedagogic approach. I read it during my tube journeys to and from work; it's the only stats book that, whilst reading it in a public place, other people were curious about and asked me questions. It's got the right balance between being entertaining and educational.

Easy to read

Great book, fast shipping!

I have never been a big manga fan, and I truly suck at math, statistic included. But I've always wanted to know at least a little math, and statistics seems to be among the more interesting areas (perhaps because of how stats can be abused in government, the marketplace, etc.). I have read "The Cartoon Guide to Statistics" and found it fun, useful book. But I think "Manga" is better. For one thing, as white Westerner, I was utterly charmed by the Japanese flair in the book. My favorite example is when the tutor told a recalcitrant Rui, "You dampen my spirits." I would love to think that somewhere in America we have a math tutor who would say such a thing. I doubt we do. The art and narrative is relentlessly cute (in a way I approve of...after all, who doesn't love the Japanese gape-mouthed pillow cushion of a monster, Domo?). And the statistics instruction is, while kept basic enough, comprehensive enough to have made me feel like I was picking up valuable knowledge. There's probably nothing here that a real statistician would find compelling, but for a young person or an older person who's never properly learned any statistics, this book is the spoonful of plum wine that helps the standard deviations go down. As to unadulterated usefulness, that might come in the last chapter and appendix, which demonstrates how an Excel spreadsheet can be used to figure out statistical data. Another reviewer commented that the longish-winded explanations the tutor gives to how statistics work, the formulae that are used to work them out, are unnecessary because most of those functions are easily accomplished with computers now. That's a fair point, but I disagree. I still think there is something importantly organically with connecting on an understanding level with what computer functions are up to that helps maintain the meaning of those functions for us better. I might liken it to photography--sure, a digital autofocus camera might effortlessly take better pictures than we could with a manual focus old Nikon SLR. But what we learn composing the hands-on way might make us understand and appreciate the product of technology all the more. In this perhaps the book is just capturing something I imagine to be a flavor of Japan...a country with profound traditions, and incredible technological prowess. Even manga artwork seems to be a fusion of traditional minimalism with something very vanguard and hip. In other words, not only is "The Manga Guide to Statistics" a good work of pedagogy, but it's a darn fine work of pop art as well.

This book is charming, as well as very rich technically. Builds up your skill very gradually until you no longer feel an outsider in the world of statistics. I wish the seller can get other books in the manga series at low prices.

Al menos para mí, estos libros tienen una doble función: que los niños aprendan bases científicas y se vean estimulados a estudiar y aprender más y que al mismo tiempo practiquen inglés, todo ello entreteniéndose, que es el mejor modo de aprender. Cumplen su cometido y seguiré comprando más.

Llego en perfecto estado y el contenido genial.

Le coup de crayon n'est pas renversant et le scénario se devine dès les premières pages mais l'essentiel n'est pas là (puis je suis bon public pour les manga comiques). Mieux vaut avoir déjà de bonnes bases en statistiques avant d'entamer la lecture car la courbe d'apprentissage est un peu raide (on parle de médiane et de moyenne dans le 1er chapitre et paf ! voilà déjà des fonctions dans le 2ème chapitre !) mais l'on y apprend des notions non abordées au lycée de même que l'on retient plus aisément celles que l'on a déjà vu grâce à des exemples concrets. A compléter avec les guides manga de l'analyse, l'algèbre linéaire et la régression linéaire (en anglais) pour couvrir au mieux le domaine.