Ask HN: Recommended Statistics Books/Topics for Founders?

[cjbarber]

I'm making more of an effort to devote time to learning subjects now that I believe will be especially important in the coming years - and as a founder I believe statistics are going to be especially important.

I'd love to hear from the HN crowd - which statistics topics may be especially useful? Also - I'm currently enrolled at Stanford so if there are specific classes there that you recommend - I'll probably take them!

[tokenadult]

See "Advice to Mathematics Teachers on Evaluating Introductory Statistics Textbooks"

http://statland.org/MyPapers/MAAFIXED.PDF

and "The Introductory Statistics Course: A Ptolemaic Curriculum?"

http://escholarship.org/uc/item/6hb3k0nz

[davyjones]

I used this and found it a good for intro level:

Random Data: Analysis and Measurement Procedures

Bendat & Piersol

http://as.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470248777...

[ramsaysnuuhh]

http://www.amazon.com/Number-Executives-Probabilistic-Thinki...