Math Book Recommendations?

Hey all,

Deciding to refresh my math knowledge. Looking for text book recommendations for refreshers on Statistics and Calculus.

Anyone have any recommendations for solid text books that are user friendly to go through on your own time?

Thanks,

 

"Calculus" by James Stewart is among the most popular book for undergrads. I often pull it out for reference on certain stuff. As for stats, just find review materials online for free as there should be plenty.

 

^ i had it for my first probability class. i definitely recommend going through it (leave stochastic processes, etc. out) before you go toward statistics. i think a good math major would be designed to teach you quite a bit of probability before approaching statistics...this way you can derive distributions, among other things. so, for instance, instead of being told the formula for some specific kind of confidence interval (say one based on the normal distribution), you can derive it. i think that's the way to go if you really want to know the topic thoroughly. if you just want some working knowledge, i suppose you could just as well start with some business statistics book.

 

first, before even thinking about looking into stochastic process, make sure you have the basic fundamentals of linear algebra, probability, and differential equations down. then look into it.

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Blackacre22:
Wasn't a math major in college and looking for book recommendations on statistics and probability. Preferably not a textbook...something that can be used for a basic understanding.

Thanks in advance.

The "Schaum's" books are a very good place to start.

 
manbearpig:
Vol 1 doesn't have any discussion about continuous time processes though, which is what the OP is really interested in. But yeah, I guess it is good advice to read v1 first.

thats true.. vol I is discrete time..

continuous time is a real pain tho..

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