Seeing Statistics is an introductory statistics course in the form of web based interactive material. The author states that ‘statistics is inherently a geometric discipline’ and aims to introduce various statistical concepts through the use of interactive graphics. The version reviewed here is release 1.0 which includes material on displaying data summary statistics binomial and normal distributions inference and confidence intervals and correlation and regression. Release 2.0will also look at multiple comparisons categorical data and non-parametric statistics.
The material is accessed through the Web using a serial number which is supplied with the book which accompanies the material. The book gives instructions on how to use the material on the Web and is not a textbook in itself. It has a chapter on navigation which runs through a sample tour of the Website using as an illustration the chapter on Describing the Centre. This is almost not needed since the Web site is well set out and easy to navigate
