Statistics and Data Analysis - Andrew F. Siegel & Charles J. Morgan

I know, I know. How can a book on statistics be interesting? Even most mathematicians think statistics is boring... However, this is a book that manages to make the subject interesting without having to appeal to silly jokes, cartoons or hypthetical examples which try to amuse rather than elucidate. Believe me, there are books which do take that approach, and invariably they are unfunny and not very interesting or useful as a result. What makes this book readable, apart from the clear quality of the text, is that the examples are usually real. Whether it is comparing the racial make-up of a parliament to see if there is bias or misrepresentation, or ...  Read the complete review