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References

Feller, William. An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Vol. 1 (discrete distributions), 3^rd ed. 1968. Vol. 2 (continuous distributions), 2^nd ed. 1971. Wiley. The standard reference of probabilists. It is a serious mathematical treatment of the subject, but includes numerous examples and exercises designed to develop the reader's intuition in the art of probabilistic formulation.

Kendall, Sir Maurice; Stuart, Alan; and Ord, J. Keith. The Advanced Theory of Statistics,
Volume 1, Distribution Theory, 5^th ed., 1987.
Volume 2, Inference and Relationship, 5^th ed., 1991
Volume 3, Design and Analysis and Time Series, 4^th ed., 1983.
Oxford University Press and Charles Griffin & Co. Ltd.
Excellent reference books. They are useful to the person who wants only an overview as well as the one who wants to explore the deeper concepts involved.

Statistics Journals with mostly survey or expository articles:

• The American Statistician, American Statistical Association
• Statistical Science, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
• Journal of Statistics Education, A free, refereed electronic journal.

For statistics journals with mostly technical articles, review the "publications" lists of the ASA and the IMS from their websites given above.

Last updated August 27, 2009 . Mary Parker