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		BeetleB on Feb 5, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lectures in Quantitative Economics as Python and J... >Ever taken statistics courses? You're not doing multiple regression analysis on real world data on day 1. On day 1 you're learning odds using playing cards and coin flips. Curiously enough, my undergrad statistics textbook was loaded with problems where the data was taken straight from a journal paper. The book has poor reviews on Amazon, but I think it's the best I've seen. https://www.amazon.com/Probability-Statistics-Engineering-Sc...

Mikeb85 on Feb 5, 2019 [–]

Yeah, higher levels stats had plenty of real world examples. I did real world examples in econ as well. But you build to both.

BeetleB on Feb 6, 2019 | [–]

This wasn't a higher level stats course. It was the first and only course I took (introductory).

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