Beginner level books on statistics

[Ceke2002]

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I'm still trying to sneak Roy's Largest Root into a manuscript one of these times.

Wow, there really is something called that. I thought you were making a bit of a double entendre, and got my chuckle on, until I remembered you're not Australian so you probably have no idea what 'root' is slang for down this way. Either that or I am way too easily amused.

 

[Ceke2002]

Ceke, this is the course I was talking about: https://www.udacity.com/course/intro-to-statistics--st101

Yes, I had a look at that one, it looks promising for sure, thanks for the suggestion, muchly appreciated 🙂. I'm starting to realise now though that I may need to do some more basic maths stuff in order to prepare for attempting to start even basic, beginner level stats, so that's sort of the direction I'm heading in now - foundations of maths/maths 101 type stuff first, get the basics down pat (including simple algebra), and then move on to statistics 101 type stuff from there. 🙂

 

[Dr. Mr. T]

Yes, I had a look at that one, it looks promising for sure, thanks for the suggestion, muchly appreciated 🙂. I'm starting to realise now though that I may need to do some more basic maths stuff in order to prepare for attempting to start even basic, beginner level stats, so that's sort of the direction I'm heading in now - foundations of maths/maths 101 type stuff first, get the basics down pat (including simple algebra), and then move on to statistics 101 type stuff from there. 🙂

For basic math stuff, I'd try Khan Academy. It uses a mastery method where you don't progress through the program until you've mastered each skill. I believe Khan also has a stats section.

https://www.khanacademy.org

 

[NickNaylor]

I bought a book a couple of years ago called Intuitive Biostatistics (available on Amazon) which is a very quick and easy read and gets to the basics of common statistical tests and how to interpret them. There's also a strong focus on what exactly statistical tests do (and don't) tell you about a dataset, which I think was particularly helpful as we often make assumptions/interpretations based on datasets and the statistics performed on them which may not be valid. I think it's $50-60 and could easily be read over a weekend. There's not much of an emphasis on the mathematics behind the statistical tests but, instead, the assumptions on which the tests are built and, again, how to interpret the results of those tests.

Great little book that I still refer to from time to time.

Here's the link in the event SDN decides to actually link to it: Amazon product ASIN 0199946647

 

[OldPsychDoc]

For basic math stuff, I'd try Khan Academy. It uses a mastery method where you don't progress through the program until you've mastered each skill. I believe Khan also has a stats section.

https://www.khanacademy.org

(Sorry--can't help myself sometimes... And now I'm imagining what a "Khan Academy of Statistics" would be like in this context. )