Warren May wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (czwang) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > Can any one here suggest a good set of self-study statistics books for
> > a computing scientist with only elementary probability and statistics
> > knowledge (one undergraduate course 12 years ago) so that he could
> > master the book "The Elements of Statistical Learning"? or better, he
> > could become a data miner using statistics learning methods. Thanks in
> > advance. --czwang
>
> If I want to learn computing science, would you recommend I do that on
> my own...or do I need a degree of some sort?
I think a more parallel question would be: "If I want to learn to
program in Java so that I can create statistical applets, would you
recommend I do that on my own...or do I need a degree of some sort?"
-Robert Dawson
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