The all time best "tutorial" style book for learning introductory statistics is "Fundamentals of Applied Probability Theory" by Alvin Drake. Unfortunately it is

The all time best "tutorial" style book for learning introductory statistics is "Fundamentals of Applied Probability Theory" by Alvin Drake. Unfortunately it is out of print and used copies are hard to come by. It looks like you can get PDFs from MIT: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-041Spring-2006/RelatedResources/ http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Compute... I have a math degree but didn't study any statistics. I used this book to teach myself. There may be more comprehensive books but this one is the best for learning the basics on your own.