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You're right, and I misunderstood. I'm a computer programmer trying to rapidly learn enough about probability theory to be able to communicate with some theore
by nkurz 11y ago
You're right, and I misunderstood. I'm a computer programmer trying to rapidly learn enough about probability theory to be able to communicate with some theoretical statisticians regarding causality, confounding, and longitudinal data analysis. I have a decent intuitive grasp of what's happening, but no ability to convey anything with proper terminology. I could certainly use a better grasp of the basics, and I'm trying to figure out where to start. Thanks for the links.
- grayclhn 11y agoOkay, for that stuff probability theory is too abstract. For basic basics, Edward Tufte has a $2 ebook that's pretty good: Data Analysis For Politics And Policy[1] and for terminology in causality, Rubin has a short open access paper[2]. For a freshman-stats level treatment, OpenStax college's book looks legitimate but I haven't actually read it carefully[3]. [1]: https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/ebooks https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/ebooks [2]: https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aoas/1223908042 https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aoas/1223908042 [3]: http://cnx.org/contents/30189442-6998-4686-ac05-ed152b91b9de http://cnx.org/contents/30189442-6998-4686-ac05-ed152b91b9de