Probability and statistics for engineering and the sciences
by Jay L. Devore · first published 1995
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…Statistics" is a book used by senior undergrads or grad students. Are there more mathematical heavy stats books, yes, but this isn't a casual read for someone who is trying to learn statistics either. I like "Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences" by Devore as an intro book. It covers the basics of probability distributions, maximum likelihood and method of moments estimation, ANOVA, and linear regression. Pre-requisite knowledge is probably multivariable…
on “What are the most important statistical ideas of the past 50 years? [pdf]” ↗…the steps I was reproducing, or the why behind the process), but how do you correct for that type of uncertainty? Is there a good, basic statistics reference that HN would recommend? We used Devore's "Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences", and it didn't "click" with me. I'd love to find a good textbook on the subject.
on “Exit polls aren't what you think they are” ↗…Bayesian-by-default. I didn't realize this isn't universal. I watched it because my professor seemed to be teaching from the same textbook, so it followed the same general course structure. The textbook we used was "Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences — 9th edition". You can find a PDF of the eighth edition just by googling the name. You could probably follow along just by taking notes during the video lectures, but if you want to give yourself homework,…
on “Introduction to Modern Statistics” ↗