Introduction to Statistics using NumPy

Re:Introduction to Statistics using NumPy by dragandj on Saturday September 09, 2017 @10:48AM (#15207319)

The problem with these kind of extremely short texts is that they jump into explaining technical concepts without even mentioning basic things such as random variable for example.

Then, readers learn that statistics is about applying a few summing and averaging procedures, and trust the numbers they get as a result.

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Re:Introduction to Statistics using NumPy by RA_Fisher on Saturday September 09, 2017 @11:34AM (#15207558)

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.

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Re:Introduction to Statistics using NumPy by analog31 on Saturday September 09, 2017 @11:39AM (#15207576)

Indeed, and I think Python could be great for learning about probability too. It comes with an endless supply of random numbers. ;-)

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Re:Introduction to Statistics using NumPy by melling on Saturday September 09, 2017 @12:03PM (#15207668)

Anyone have any recommendations on where to start? In particular, I’ve been looking for a good book on probability.

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Re:Introduction to Statistics using NumPy by maroonblazer on Saturday September 09, 2017 @12:08PM (#15207693)

I like Norvig's Jupyter notebook on Probability using Python.

http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/url/norvig.com/ipython/Probabili...

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Re:Introduction to Statistics using NumPy by RA_Fisher on Saturday September 09, 2017 @01:57PM (#15208248)

I recommend Think Stats by Allen Downey http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/

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Re:Introduction to Statistics using NumPy by dragandj on Saturday September 09, 2017 @12:07PM (#15207681)

William 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)

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Re:Introduction to Statistics using NumPy by joshvm on Saturday September 09, 2017 @12:07PM (#15207680)

Jaynes is the usual 'standard' probability text, and it's well written and not too dry. It's mathsy though.

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Re:Introduction to Statistics using NumPy by mubaris on Saturday September 09, 2017 @01:09PM (#15207953)

I'll be posting a separate blog post about probability soon. Anyway, thanks for the suggestion.

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