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A review by lenmacrae
Think Stats by Allen B. Downey
3.0
This book seems to have a very narrow use case. It's designed as a textbook for "an introduction to the practical tools of exploratory data analysis." Do not expect anything more. This is not the book for someone trying to learn statistics or trying to learn Python. I can see it having value within a course or as a supplement to other material but limited value elsewhere.
Much of my frustration with this book can be summed by an example glossary entry: "chi-squared test: A test that uses the chi-squared statistic as the test statistic." There is a lot of material here which the author assumes you already know, and therefore many explanations are lacking. The book could be much improved by stating in the Preface more clearly what is expected of the reader before they begin this book.
Much of my frustration with this book can be summed by an example glossary entry: "chi-squared test: A test that uses the chi-squared statistic as the test statistic." There is a lot of material here which the author assumes you already know, and therefore many explanations are lacking. The book could be much improved by stating in the Preface more clearly what is expected of the reader before they begin this book.