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I totally agree. It's much better to start with probability and then move to statistics. It gives both a foundation and the motivation for statistics.
by RA_Fisher 9y ago
I totally agree. It's much better to start with probability and then move to statistics. It gives both a foundation and the motivation for statistics.
- analog31 9y agoIndeed, and I think Python could be great for learning about probability too. It comes with an endless supply of random numbers. ;-)
- melling 9y agoAnyone have any recommendations on where to start? In particular, I’ve been looking for a good book on probability.
- joshvm 9y agoJaynes is the usual 'standard' probability text, and it's well written and not too dry. It's mathsy though.
- dragandj 9y agoWilliam Bolstad - Introduction to Bayesian Statistics Or E.T. Jaynes - Probability Theory, The Logic of Science (but this one is much more detailed and has lots of philosophy) Or Ian Hacking - An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic (this is the light approach written for philosophy students)
- maroonblazer 9y agoI like Norvig's Jupyter notebook on Probability using Python. http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/url/norvig.com/ipython/Probability.ipynb http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/url/norvig.com/ipython/Probabili...
- RA_Fisher 9y agoI recommend Think Stats by Allen Downey http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/ http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/