Head first statistics

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If you are starting from scratch without a very strong math background, I'd recommend: 1.) Head First Statistics -- Pretty good, but beware the section on Bayes Theorem which is a bit off. This is a quick and casual intro, but worthwhile. I used it to refresh me on my college stats course (which was a long time ago), and I like it. There's also Head First Data Analysis, which I haven't read but could be a reasonable companion. HF Data Analysis uses Excel and R. 2.) Using R for Introductory Statistics (Verzani) -- Good explanations and exercises, and you will also learn R. This second point is actually pretty important, because it's a very valuable tool. Whereas the Head First Stats book walks though pretty simple problems that you work out in pencil, the Verzani book has many real-world data sets to explore that would be impractical to do…

The Headfirst series has a statistics book now: http://www.amazon.com/Head-First-Statistics-Dawn-Griffiths/d... No it doesn't have R in it, but it's an interesting read