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To give you some background, I have a grasp on the basics of statistics and probability theory and even remember touching Bayes theorem at the university data mining course. But being a few years away from the university made my math got extremely rusty (so much for last-minute pre-exam cramming). While I remember various random basic concepts, there are a lot of gaps in my understanding of them.

What would be a good material (a book, a site, or otherwise equally accessible medium) to revise the fundamentals and go beyond basics? I'd like a book that can be actually read as a book (most statistics books are really dry and are close to being reference material, rather than a book).

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    You may want to ask this at http://stats.stackexchange.com/2010-10-07
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    @Jyotirmoy Thanks for the pointer, I've completely missed this one. Probably someone with enough rep should migrate this question, I'd like to avoid cross-posting.2010-10-07
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    Yes, there's a parallel thread on the stats site. But this one focuses on *readable* texts that would be of interest to *mathematicians*, so I think it merits staying in its current location.2010-10-07
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    If you just want a review, just read Schaum's Outline of Probability and Statistics. It's less than $16 new.2011-03-16

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