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Non-Music Shit / Re: what are you reading?
« on: December 17, 2010, 03:47:25 PM »
Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis - Hammond and Sydsaeter
covers basic algebra, calculus, linear algebra, diff equation, optimization, etc.
I just looked this up on Amazon and it looks pretty good. For the most part I've forgotten all the math I "learned" in high school and college so I've taken up the slow and thankless task of trying to teach myself again. I don't know how I even knew this shit in the first place, it's hard. Understanding the basic principles behind sinusoidal motion took the mental effort of crapping a football. I thought I was gonna have an aneurysm. I literally had to squeeze my eyes shut and punch my kneecap at least once. All my fault, as the book I was using is pretty straightforward: Mathematics For The Mathematician by Morris Kline. I'll have to check out the book you mentioned, I've been wanting to start learning about statistics so that would probably be helpful in laying a proper foundation.
I've read a lot of stats books over the years. The one thing I would reccomend is learning the statistical programming language R. By working with R, I was able to learn a new programming language and thought deeper about statistics. Here's some stat's books that I've found useful, especially for the basics:
An Introduction to Data Analytics - Bowen and Weisberg
This is a really simple book. It just presents the basic ideas behind descriptive and inferential statistics without the math. It was written in the 1990s for political science students.
Principles of Statistics - Bulmer
If you're comfortable with univariate calculus, this book should be no problem. Supposedly one those "classic" textbooks, but really small.
Using R for Introductory Statistics - Verzani
This is the main book I used to learn R. It's probably not the best book on the market, but covers everything from significance tests, linear regression, logistic regression, analysis of variance, etc.
Also, these class lectures are really great =
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3474013489970580510&hl=en&emb=1#
Thanks for the tip-offs. Probably biting off way more than I can chew here ("univariate calculus") but I enjoy a good brain beating every now and then. Does your job involve math/programming?
Yeah, I just started a consulting firm. My company (just me at the moment) provides data analysis and visualization consulting services to small businesses, political campaigns, political action comitees, and religious institutions. So it's usually some statistics, data mining, and creating "pretty" charts and graphs.
www.mathewanalytics.com
I just set up the website last week, and still need to update the blog more frequently.
