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I am taking mathematical statistics course in this semester. We learned many things such as covariance , kurtosis , skewness ,p-value,variance,standard deviation etc. We learned how to calculate them , we solved many questions .However , we did not enough pause on the meaning of them. For example, i know how to calculate correlation , but i do not know what correlation gives me , to be more specific , i do not how to interpret the value of correlation and why we need correlation. I think this is very stupid situation but it is not my fault. My professors just give the formulas not meanings.

Because of this reason , i wanted to learn them own myself. I saw that there are some videos about them on youtube , but i am a book person. So , i want you to recommend me some statistics books that gives the definitions detaily, and teach how to interpret the results . As i said , i am like a calculator that calculates the numbers but is not aware of why it is calculated.

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    Of course, any answers you get will be highly subjective. But you might improve chances of getting something useful to you, if you tell us in what fields of application you might be most likely to use statistics. // If you're near a university library with librarians who still tolerate 'open stacks' you might go there are browse the books available. – BruceET Dec 24 '21 at 20:26
  • For correlation in particular, @whuber has a terrific answer here: https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/18058/how-would-you-explain-covariance-to-someone-who-understands-only-the-mean/18200#18200 – Adrian Keister Dec 25 '21 at 01:33

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