Mathematical statistics and data analysisJohn A. Rice
Mathematical statistics and data analysis
by John A. Rice
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Nice lists, I often recommend these for people who want an introduction to the field: "Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis" by John A. Rice "All of Statistics: A Concise Course in Statistics" by Larry Wasserman "Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning" by Christopher M. Bishop "The Elements of Statistical Learning" by…
on “Learning About Statistical Learning” ↗Yeah just the books I used in school: Ross - A First Course in Probability Rice - Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis Casella - Statistical Inference
on “Ask HN: Good book about statistics and probability?” ↗Elementary: Freedman, Pisani, Purves, "Statistics" (uses some unconventional terminology) Intermediate: Rice, "Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis" Wasserman's "All of Statistics" is also a very good book except that it is too terse to be a primary text.
on “The Probability and Statistics Cookbook” ↗something called mathematical statistics and data analysis was my college textbook. it covers those things but it's a tough read and i did not like it. now actually, statistics is already quite advanced math. you might want to try learning probability theory…
on “Ask HN: How to Get into Statistics?” ↗