Good book for statistics
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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!
Psychology data based but all that means is qual data is measured as quant. Guide to SPSS as well, which is regarded nowadays as far superior to Excel. Don't know anything about signal processing!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Introduction-Statistics-P...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Introduction-Statistics-P...
There are only two maths books I ever refer too and they are Engineering Mathematics and Further Engineering Mathematics by K. A. Stroud. They cover virtually every topic you'll ever need and are full of worked examples. Matlab programming is a bit different as it's more hands on than theoretical and I only ever refer to Matlab's own help pages or the Stack Overflow website if things get a bit sticky. These are great resources and you can often find help there that is tailored to your problem.
As for signal processing, I do have a book called Applied Signal Processing by Dutoit and Marques that uses examples with Matlab code but I rarely use anything other than band pass and Kalman filtering, so have never really felt the need to refer to it. But I think with the internet as it now is, you'll find a wealth of info on Youtube and Google to help you out without needing to source books. Which is a bit sad, but I often find it easier to search the internet for a specific answer than pick up a book.
As for signal processing, I do have a book called Applied Signal Processing by Dutoit and Marques that uses examples with Matlab code but I rarely use anything other than band pass and Kalman filtering, so have never really felt the need to refer to it. But I think with the internet as it now is, you'll find a wealth of info on Youtube and Google to help you out without needing to source books. Which is a bit sad, but I often find it easier to search the internet for a specific answer than pick up a book.
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.
Not quite a book but you may like to run these stats past for something to do 
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/depart...
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/depart...
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.
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.
I found this useful when I was a PhD student (possibly an earlier edition mind)
http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-...
http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-...
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...
I've referred to this at work sometimes, helps my non statsy brain deal with things.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cartoon-Guide-Statistics/...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cartoon-Guide-Statistics/...
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