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woodson · 2009-10-14 · Original thread
For a good and concise introduction to basic statistics I'd recommend: "Principles of Statistics" by M.G. Bulmer

http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Statistics-M-G-Bulmer/dp/04...

It's kind of old, but it helped me a lot...

Edit: It's also on Google Books, if you want to take a look

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