In article <8tr56a$gci$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Comments, please, on the relative merits of the standard textbooks:
> Bickel & Doksum
This was the text for my first course in statistics (in 1977-8!). I'd
say it's OK, but far from perfect. It has a distinctly theoretical,
mathematical overtone, but doesn't go the whole rigorous mathematical
nine yards. It's very weak on applications, so the instructor would
have to add some perspective there.
> Casella & Berger
Haven't seen this.
> Cox & Hinkley
Do you mean "Theoretical Statistics"? My impression (from the early
80s) was that it's very interesting, good as a supplement, but quite
sketchy, and would be difficult if used as a text for a "first course".
> Or is there some other book that you prefer? This question has been
> posted before, but nobody responded, so I'm asking again.
Depends on your purpose? Textbook for an introductory course? Self-
study? Reference? A respectable source recently opined on this ng that
there are *no* truly good introductory texts. FWIW, the books I most
frequently consult for this material are Rao, "Linear Statistical
Inference and its Applications" and the Kendall-Stuart volumes, but
these are perhaps better for reference/self-study.
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