Hello all! I just recently found this forum and am excited about how useful this will be for me!
I have been accepted to a Statistics Department to start my Masters Degree this Fall, and I have to admit I am a little nervous!
I received my BS in Physics from a small college, took a year of graduate coursework in Geophysics and have been working as a data processor/analyst/manager for the past several years. I love my job, but I recognize that to move ahead and excel, I need to have a higher degree.
I have weighed the pros and cons and think I have decided to quit my job and start school full time (student loans, here I come!). The program would finish in 18 months if I did it full time, or it would take me 6 years to do it one class at a time. It's a scary idea, but I think it is for the best.
Anyway, do you know of any helpful resources that could get my brain back to thinking in numbers and equations? I am definitely nervous about this path I have chosen since I have only ever taken one actual statistics course (elementary statistics... go ahead and laugh!). I have taken lots of other math courses though, (Calc I, II, III; Linear Algebra; DE; and PDE) and physics courses that should help (Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, etc.).
I just found the other books that have been recommended on other posts, but can you think of anything that I just HAVE to have?! Do you have any other advice?
I have been accepted to a Statistics Department to start my Masters Degree this Fall, and I have to admit I am a little nervous!
I received my BS in Physics from a small college, took a year of graduate coursework in Geophysics and have been working as a data processor/analyst/manager for the past several years. I love my job, but I recognize that to move ahead and excel, I need to have a higher degree.
I have weighed the pros and cons and think I have decided to quit my job and start school full time (student loans, here I come!). The program would finish in 18 months if I did it full time, or it would take me 6 years to do it one class at a time. It's a scary idea, but I think it is for the best.
Anyway, do you know of any helpful resources that could get my brain back to thinking in numbers and equations? I am definitely nervous about this path I have chosen since I have only ever taken one actual statistics course (elementary statistics... go ahead and laugh!). I have taken lots of other math courses though, (Calc I, II, III; Linear Algebra; DE; and PDE) and physics courses that should help (Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, etc.).
I just found the other books that have been recommended on other posts, but can you think of anything that I just HAVE to have?! Do you have any other advice?
