Statistics reference?
February 16, 2016 10:42 AM   Subscribe

Is there a standard statistics reference that I can buy for easy . . . reference? I'm looking for something that is more encylopedic than a textbook. It doesn't have to be an exhaustive resource, but one that contains most of the standard methods and practices, as well as decent explanations of the statistical theories behind them.
posted by Think_Long to Science & Nature (5 answers total) 5 users marked this as a favorite
 
These are very biology-focused (and I strongly suspect that "standard methods and practices" are going to vary depending on what field you're in), but I like Statistics at the Bench and the Graphpad Statistics Guide. The latter focuses on using the company's software to actually perform the calculations, but both are good quick reference guides to a decent set of statistical techniques.
posted by metaBugs at 10:59 AM on February 16, 2016 [2 favorites]


Schaum's outline series "Statistics" is worth a look.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 4:13 PM on February 16, 2016 [1 favorite]


I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but the Statsoft online textbook served as a useful reference for me way back in grad school, and it looks like it's still going strong. It might not go into all the depth you might want, but I found it very helpful to get enough of a sense of the whys and wherefores of different methods, figure out which one(s) might be most suitable for a particular research question, and then selectively seek out additional methods books and papers for deeper dives on those as needed.
posted by shelbaroo at 4:16 PM on February 16, 2016 [2 favorites]


Oh, and I forgot to add that since it's free, it keeps that $$ in your pocket for future stats book purchasing - which sadly can make for a spendy habit.
posted by shelbaroo at 4:19 PM on February 16, 2016


Openintro statistics may fill a similar niche to Statsoft. Same disclaimers - it's probably not as deep as you'd like, but it's a good place to start and it's easy to download just one chapter or an example of something specific.
posted by R a c h e l at 6:40 AM on February 17, 2016


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