Good book for statistics
Discussion
Quite enjoyed stats at school and I do enjoy maths in general. So what good books are there for stats? Don't want anything too heavy or dry, but my maths level is degree level engineering (for what it's worth) and for a while I even understood some ridiculous Laplace transform for electronics for spark discharges modelled as an LCR circuit (came out at 12 pages of working out!)
So I am not a dummy, but suspect a stats for dummies style book might actually be the best bet!
Know of but not familiar with all of things like , mean, mode, median, variance, STD dev, CoV, the various distributions and regressions but would like to know more.
Suggestions appreciated!
So I am not a dummy, but suspect a stats for dummies style book might actually be the best bet!
Know of but not familiar with all of things like , mean, mode, median, variance, STD dev, CoV, the various distributions and regressions but would like to know more.
Suggestions appreciated!
Thanks for the input guys
I still like a good book for reference. I often find them easier to read and follow rather than trying to read off of the screen. Those Stroud books look like just the ticket actually, especially considering they cover a lot of other things I'd like to be able to refer back to.
I still like a good book for reference. I often find them easier to read and follow rather than trying to read off of the screen. Those Stroud books look like just the ticket actually, especially considering they cover a lot of other things I'd like to be able to refer back to.
dnb said:
I too have the Stroud books sat near my desk at work. I also have Advanced Engineering Mathematics (Erwin Kreyszig) but it's a bit less user friendly.
This website is also a good reference for general maths - lots of numerical recipes etc:
http://people.math.sfu.ca/~cbm/aands/ The book it all comes from is out of print, and is affectionately known as the "Stegusaurus" in my office.
Wow, that link is excellent. Bookmarked. Thanks!This website is also a good reference for general maths - lots of numerical recipes etc:
http://people.math.sfu.ca/~cbm/aands/ The book it all comes from is out of print, and is affectionately known as the "Stegusaurus" in my office.
speedyguy said:
Not quite a book but you may like to run these stats past for something to do 
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/depart...
Haha, but thanks though, this actually has something useful we can use here at work (The stats for Road Freight might be handy!).https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/depart...
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