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Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite book for learning statistics? by huitzitziltzin on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @12:35PM (#29727197)
At what level?

intro: freedman, Pisani, purves. Very clear and accessible.

Intermediate/advanced: casella and Berger

Advanced: Bickel and doksum

Overview of ML and modern stat methods: efron and hastie

You are spoiled for good choices frankly.

What’s the best textbook you have read about X? In general the answer is “the third one.” By that time things sink in and the third book seems super clear and understandable.

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Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite book for learning statistics? by _fnhr on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @01:33PM (#29728050)
I second the Freedman, Pisani, Purves "statistics" recommendation.

This book explains the concepts without using mathematics, but even people with phDs in mathematics praise it as one of the best textbooks on statistics [1]

[1] https://stats.stackexchange.com/a/1666/18417

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