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Questions seeking external references (books, papers, etc.) about a particular subject. Always use a more specific tag in addition.

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What book would you recommend for non-statistician scientists?

What book would you recommend for scientists who are not statisticians? Clear delivery is most appreciated. As well as the explanation of the appropriate techniques and methods for typical tasks: time series analysis, presentation and aggregation of…
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What is the single most influential book every statistician should read?

If you could go back in time and tell yourself to read a specific book at the beginning of your career as a statistician, which book would it be?
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Introduction to statistics for mathematicians

What is a good introduction to statistics for a mathematician who is already well-versed in probability? I have two distinct motivations for asking, which may well lead to different suggestions: I'd like to better understand the statistics…
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What are the most useful sources of economics data?

When doing research in Economy, one frequently needs to verify theoretical conclusions on real data. What are reliable data sources to use and cite? I am mainly interested in sources that provide various statistical data such as GDP, population,…
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What statistical blogs would you recommend?

What statistical research blogs would you recommend, and why?
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Recommendations for non-technical yet deep articles in statistics

The inspiration for this question comes from the late Leo-Breiman's well-known article Statistical Modeling: The Two Cultures (available open access). The author compares what he sees as two disparate approaches to analyzing data, touching upon key…
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Statistical podcasts

What are some podcasts related to statistical analysis? I've found some audio recordings of college lectures on ITunes U, but I'm not aware of any statistical podcasts. The closest thing I'm aware of is an operations research podcast The Science…
John D. Cook
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A statistics book that explains using more images than equations

I have become interested in statistics, but I must admit that it has been a long time since I have used math seriously. Sometimes I understand what equations mean, but sometimes I can't follow them. I like the answer given here that uses the image…
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Statistics/Probability Videos for Beginners

There was already a request for Mathematical Statistics Videos, but it explicitly asked from people for videos that provide a rigorous mathematical presentation of statistics. i.e., videos that might accompany a course that use a textbook …
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Choosing between "Statistics" by Freedman et al., and "Statistical Models: Theory and Practice" by Freedman

I'm not a statistician, but I'm very interested in statistics and I'd like to buy a book to keep as a reference. I have a few books on specific subjects (such as The Elements of Statistical Learning for machine learning or Bayesian Data Analysis…
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Are there highly cited papers on statistics that have actually spread poor statistical practices?

There are obviously many ways to abuse statistical methods. Do you know of any examples of poor statistical practice that were first published as explicit advice (e.g. "you should use this method to ..."), in reputable academic journals that then…
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Advice on collaborations with applied scientists

I am a graduate student in statistics and as such involved in a couple of collaborations with applied scientists (economists, foresters, …). These collaborations are fun (most of the time) and I do learn a lot, but there are also some complications,…
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Exposition of "levels of measurement" for mathematicians

Is there a good expository account that explains and justifies Stevens's classification of "levels of measurement" into nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio, that is comprehensible to all mathematicians?
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Good book about theoretical approach to statistics

When I took courses in theoretical statistics as an undergrad 10 years ago, we used Modern Mathematical Statistics by Dudewicz and Mishra. I find myself referring back to the book now and am reminded some of the code examples are in assembly for an…
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Introduction to maths for a junior in epidemiology

I am working in hospital processing infection data, and start to read more and more articles on regressions and statistics, having realized that my mathematics background is not sufficient for me to handle all the maths inside the article. I plan to…
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