A basic understanding of Calculus (integrals in particular) would be sufficient for Freund & Walpole. They do a nice job of walking through the basic concepts.
 
Contents of Freund & Walpole (3rd):
1. historical background, 2. probability, 3. distributions, 4. mathematical expectation, 5. special distributions, 6. special densities, 7. functions of random variables, 8. sampling distributions, 9. decision theory, 10. point estimation, 11. interval estimation, 12. hypothesis testing: theory, 13. hypothesis testing: application, 14. regression and correlation, 15. anova, 16. nonparametric methods.
*Appendices: algebra of events, sums and products.
 
Other references:
 
Casella, G. and Berger, R. L. (1999). Statistical Inference. 2nd Edition. Wadsworth Publishing Company.
 
Lindgren, B. W. (1993). Statistical Theory. Fourth edition. Chapman & Hall, New York.
 
Bain, L. J. and Engelhardt, M. (1992). Introduction to Probability and Mathematical Statistics. Second Edition. Duxburry.
 
Roussas, G. G. (1997). A Course in Mathematical Statistics. Second Edition. Academic Press.
 
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> I checked Amazon and bn.com, apparently, the current edition is the 7th
>
>
> Miller & Miller (2003) John E Freund's Mathematical Statistics with
> Applications
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> as I am also interested in learning more of the math background behind
> the stats I use, I am interested in other opinions of this book
> (particularly the newer editions # 6 was also by the new authors) or in
> other books.  In particular, I'd like to know the mathematical
> prerequisites for them.
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> Thanks
>
> Peter
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> Hi,
> I, too, had favorable experiences with an earlier version.
> The only author at that time was Freund, as I recall.
> Glenn Snelbecker
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> p s upadrashta wrote:
> Glenn E. Snelbecker, Ph.D., Professor, Temple University
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