Written in the same cartoon format as"The Cartoon History of the Universe"and"The Cartoon Guide to the Computer", this book provides a humorous tour through modern statistics as it is practiced in a wide variety of fields - from the humanities to the sciences. The book begins with a brief history of the subject, then proceeds to cover data analysis, probability and all the other topics crucial to the study of statistics. Other books by Larry Gonick include"The Cartoon Guide to Genetics","The Cartoon Guide to the United States"and"The Cartoon Guide to Physics".