Dino, I'm not an expert, I come here for advise, but certainly I would think any statistician would need to understand probability first, then univariate and multivariate statistics, as a foundation. If you will be able to maintain access to it, SPSS or SAS are among the more powerful tools to know, and learning them will force you to understand the stats. Seems like around this campus, SAS is what the hardcore stat folks use, but you have to know what you are doing. HTH
Jim On Sun, 06 Jan 2002 18:21:13 +0800, Dino Hsu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Dear all, > >I am a programmer and database administrator, I have been equipped >with IT basics. After I do OLAP (data mart) and data mining, I am >turning into a statistics + IT cross-disciplinary area for master and >doctor degrees. Can anyone tell me what the basics of statistics are >required? 1. Introduction to Statistics 2. Multi-variable analysis? 3. >statistics tools (statistica?) Anything else? > >Thanks, >Dino > Watch out for spam block . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
