Thursday, August 21, 2008

Book recommendation du jour

.. 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,
right in front of her? ..."

I'm buying this as soon as possible. Go here for more. Hat tip to Kuldeep.