GREAT STATISTICS BOOKS
TEXTBOOK LINKS:
The book is available for two-hour checkouts from the library's course reserves. Bring your student ID.
• Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Essentials-Statistics-3rd-Mario-Triola/dp/0321434250/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/002-8918792-0963267?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184582203&sr=8-2
• Publisher's link:
http://www.aw-bc.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0321434250,00.html
BOOKS THAT CAN HELP YOU IN CLASS:
• The Cartoon Guide to Statistics
(Gonick)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0062731025/qid=1075107522//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/104-0410252-6762353?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
There are also Schaum's Outlines and REA Problem Solvers, but they may be too advanced.
BOOKS ON GAMBLING:
• The Mathematics of Games and Gambling
(Packel)
Second edition (hardcover):
http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Games-Gambling-Mathematical-Library/dp/0883856468/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201433106&sr=8-1
First edition (paperback):
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/088385628X/qid=1126687397/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-5417135-9734262?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
BOOKS ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DECISION MAKING:
• (Web Site)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Tversky (Tversky was one of my profs.)
• The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making
(Plous)
(FASCINATING AND USEFUL!)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0070504776/qid=1075107883/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-0410252-6762353?v=glance&s=books
• Rational Choice in an Uncertain World
(Hastie and Dawes)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/076192275X/qid=1075108206/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/104-0410252-6762353?v=glance&s=books
• The Paradox of Choice
(Schwartz)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060005688/qid=1075108206/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/104-0410252-6762353?v=glance&s=books
BOOKS ON INFLUENCING PEOPLE!
• Influence (Cialdini)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0321011473/qid=1096614286/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-8041546-2370428?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
BOOKS ON STATISTICAL ABUSE:
• 200% of Nothing
(Dewdney)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0471577766/qid=1075107645/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/104-0410252-6762353?v=glance&s=books
• How to Lie with Statistics
(Huff)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0393310728/qid=1075107717/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-0410252-6762353?v=glance&s=books
• Innumeracy (Paulos)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0809058405/qid=1075107829/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-0410252-6762353
BOOKS ON INFORMATION DESIGN (BY TUFTE):
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/105-9078441-0122040?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Tufte&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go
ALSO INTERESTING:
• Statistics Hacks (Frey)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596101643/sr=1-1/qid=1156479209/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-6036194-3013748?ie=UTF8&s=books
• What are the Chances? (Holland)
http://www.amazon.com/What-Are-Chances-Adventures-Probability/dp/0801869412/sr=8-3/qid=1170250620/ref=sr_1_3/105-9078441-0122040?ie=UTF8&s=books
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