Statistics
by David Freedman, Robert Pisani, Roger Purves · Freedman
Classic introductory textbook that teaches statistical reasoning through experimental design, observational studies, and real case histories, with careful treatment of chance, sampling, and regression. Emphasizes interpreting studies correctly over formula manipulation.
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