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Height | 8.5 Inches |
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Number of items | 1 |
Release date | March 1979 |
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You are in a very special position right now where many interesing fields of mathematics are suddenly accessible to you. There are many directions you could head. If your experience is limited to calculus, some of these may look very strange indeed, and perhaps that is enticing. That was certainly the case for me.
Here are a few subject areas in which you may be interested. I'll link you to Dover books on the topics, which are always cheap and generally good.
Basically, don't limit yourself to the track you see before you. Explore and enjoy.
My intro/grad class used Bulmer's book. Its an enjoyable read, easy to follow and answers to odd exercises in the back... and a hell of alot cheaper than current textbooks.
If you want theoretical / mathematical I would suggest reading a few math, stats or engineering books.
Dover is a great place to find some cheaper reading material. They republish old scientific and math texts that were popular in their time in a smaller sized paperback. They're a nice size to bring around with you and they don't cost much.
Math and stats findings of today build on this knowledge, and much of it is still used in state-of-the-art applications. Or, that math/stats is used as part of some state-of-the-art algorithm. Lots of the newest ML algorithms are blending math from a variety of areas.
Statistical analysis of experimental data
Principals of Statistics
Information Theory
Statistics Manual
Some theory of sampling
Numerical Methods for Scientists and Engineers (Hamming)
Mathematical Handbook for Scientists Engineers
Handbook of Mathematical Functions: with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables
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There is also the Data-Science Humble Bundle for more technical / practical skill building.
I use [this book]http://www.amazon.com/Statistics-Manual-Edwin-L-Crow/dp/048660599X) as a reference. It's very small and inexpensive (you may have to buy it direct from Dover, though). It won't go through any derivations, but it covers most of the very important, basic, topics. I also have my old textbook on backup as well. Old editions of textbooks are cheaper, and all the information is the same.
Looking through amazon, this one looks pretty good as well, especially for an inexpensive text. A reviewer said it ends with what we just talked about! Any book that lays down the foundations well enough should be fine. See if you can find one that does correlation analysis, since you'll probably use that later.
Getting more advanced than this may depend on your field. If you're in biology, I'd recommend a book on designing and analyzing scientific experiments. I can't recommend a good title, though, because I'm only familiar with computer experiments (which tend to be easier).
I hope this helps!
Principles of Statistics (Bulmer) - this is a very nice introduction to probability and statistics. It takes you through the important distributions (binomial, normal, poisson, etc), laws of probability, central limit theorem, etc. And it's like $10 as an eBook or $15 in paperback.
http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Statistics-Dover-Books-Mathematics/dp/0486637603/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1463424228&sr=8-5&keywords=statistics