Right. Everyone has different learning styles. The problem with learning just basic theory is that you get caught up in minute details. That's why I always re

Right. Everyone has different learning styles. The problem with learning just basic theory is that you get caught up in minute details. That's why I always recommend people to start with a focused problem, then in the process of trying to answer that problem, you become knowledgeable about all the pieces of the puzzle. The key is to make the discipline of statistics interesting to YOU!