Govari Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Hey all, I'm looking for a good refresher in statistics before I go to any of my graduate school interviews and was not a fan of either of the stats books I used during my years in undergrad (both of which were stats for behavioral sciences text books). What're your favorites, or which were most useful for really nailing down difficult concepts? I'm considering getting Discovering Statistics Using R (http://www.amazon.com/Discovering-Statistics-Using-Andy-Field/dp/1446200469/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386492444&sr=8-1&keywords=learning+statistics+with+r), so I'd also like to hear any thoughts about that. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats applicant Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Give Wassermann "all of statistics" a shot. Really nice book as a refresher. http://www.stat.cmu.edu/~larry/all-of-statistics/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clurp Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Do grad interviews typically involve technical questions? I figured they were more about assessing fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberwulf Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Hey all, I'm looking for a good refresher in statistics before I go to any of my graduate school interviews and was not a fan of either of the stats books I used during my years in undergrad (both of which were stats for behavioral sciences text books). What're your favorites, or which were most useful for really nailing down difficult concepts? Do grad interviews typically involve technical questions? I figured they were more about assessing fit. I've never heard of an interview in a stat or biostat department asking technical questions; typically, the assumption is that they wouldn't even consider admitting you if they weren't confident you had the relevant technical ability or the capacity to pick it up on the fly. Many first-year courses in stat/biostat programs are taught out of Casella & Berger , so that may be a decent place to start if you're looking for a refresher and/or head start on what you'll be learning as a grad student. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParanoidAndroid Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Undergraduate Level Mathematical Statistics with Applications by Wackerly et. al Introduction to Mathematical Statistics by Hogg et. al Probability and Statistics by Degroot and Schervish Graduate Level Statistical Inference by Casella and Berger Theory of Statistics by Schervish Mathematical Statistics by Shao Wasserman's book is also great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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