In article <8tucis$5lk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <8trqbp$eg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> In article <8tr56a$gci$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> > Comments, please, on the relative merits of the standard textbooks:
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>> Depends on your purpose? Textbook for an introductory course? Self-
>> study? Reference?
>Self-study and reference. Though not a math major, I have a strong math
>background (PhD in Physics). Having switched careers (into mathematical
>finance), I need both deeper and broader capability in statistics.
>Ideally, I'd like a book which pays enough attention to clarity and
>comprehensibility to be useful for self-study, yet which is complete
>enough to be usable as a reference.
I would not say that any of these are complete enough. However,
the new edition of Bickel and Doksum covers many topics almost
ignored in the others; it is fairly clear, and the difficulties
are more likely to be in the mathematics.
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are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University.
Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558
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