shridhevi.iyer@GMAIL.COM wrote: > >Hi > >I would appreciate if someone can help me with a gud book on Statistical >Modeling. > >I apologise if this is an irrelevant topic to the SAS mailing List.

David replied

<<< This is definitely NOT an irrelevant topic here. We talk about this issue a lot.

But you need to help us out.

What do you mean by 'statistical modeling'? Different people mean different things here, and some guidance will help us find the target. There are thousands of books on statistics out there, and I doubt you want a complete list of all of them. What kind of modeling do you want to do, and for what purpose?

How much statistics do you know already? Are you a beginner, or an expert in one area, or what?

What kind of book are you after? Theory, application in a particular area, application with particular software, .... ? >>>>

All good questions. I find it helpful, in this situations, to also specify amount of math known. (This is often not specified in book reviews or blurbs or even the preface..... grrrr)

2 examples: 1. I had 3 semesters of calculus, 25 years ago. Then no more math. But I've had lots of training in data analysis, both in school and on my own. So, I am familiar with (e.g.) many types of regression.

2. I know people who have graduate degrees in math, but no practical data analysis.

Even if we wanted to get to the same place, we would want to travel on different paths.....

Peter