Statistics Book: Find a Level & Theory Equivalent to Stewart Calculus

[Cyrus]

Is there a good statistics book that is the equivalent of Stewart for Calculus in terms of level and theory?

I am probably going to retake stat in the math department at some point (or not), but want to know if such a book exists. By and large, the stat books I have thumbed through are garbage.

 

[CPL.Luke]

go with a book on probability, that's the theory behind statistics

 

[courtrigrad]

A Primer to Probability

 

[Cyrus]

Probability? I don't want probability.

 

[Swapnil]

I took a statistics class last year and we covered a lot of things from really basic stuff to some mind-boggling intense stuff. The textbook that we used for our class was [bold]A First Course in Probability[/bold] by [bold]Sheldon Ross[/bold] (don't mind the name, its actually a book on statistics ). I haven't looked at a lot of statistics books, but I seriously loved this book. Very clear and concise. It is one of those books that you might actually feel like reading.

 

[loom91]

Probability? I don't want probability.

Umm, you expect to learn statistics without learning probability? Statistics IS probability, at least the non-grabage part is.