What's Veeky Forums's opinion on statistics?
Regards, guy who wants to do a statistics PhD.
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Jaxon Walker
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Isaac Sanders
I think it's a great application of probability theory and it's really one of the most applicable things you can learn - statistics is everywhere.
Don't know much about PhDs in Stats but I checked the placements at a few of the top schools and the placements are really great
Noah Thomas
God tier, it's applied mathematics but stats majors actually get taught proofs and rigour.
Angel Diaz
I'm a PHD student in statistics. It's a decent branch of math since all the questions have an appearance of being applicable but people still want you to rigorously prove them. However depending on your personality, teaching could be a major pain in the ass. You think undergrads taking calculus are bad? Undergrad in statistics courses are worse. I've literally asked a student about the binomial distribution and she looked at me like I was chanting voodoo. In calculus you can shut a student up by writing down the right equations, but undergrad stat students are unironically scared of equations and want you to explain in words.
Luis Scott
What are the best books to learn statistic?
I want to have a sold knowledge of the field befofe applying.
Bonus point for books with solutions
Grayson Gray
It depends on what part of statistics. Are you looking to learn on basic statistical inference? Stochastic processes? Regression? Finite measure theory? There's different textbooks on all of them.
Logan Phillips
I recommend Casella and Berger:
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There is a solution manual with most of the problems solved which is separate from the actual book. However it is also extremely easy to find a pdf of the solution manual through google.
Grayson Rodriguez
Great on its own, even better if you go into actuarial science and can deal with the bullshit that is businessfags.
Jaxon Wilson
Amazing subject, incredible applications, academia is full of autists
Robert Taylor
I have worked with some people with higher education with statistics and a few were total fucking morons.
Can someone explain to me how you can get a master's or higher in a difficult subject but still be completely inept. Is this common in other higher level professions? How do these people not get weeded out?