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Schaum's Outline of Probability and Statistics
by Murray R Spiegel, John J. Schiller, R. Alu Srinivasan
from McGraw-Hill
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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It helped me through many difficulties in probability and statistics 
The most difficult class I had in my math major was probability and statistics. It was the last class I had to take and because of low enrollment, I was forced to take it at a neighboring college. Therefore, not only was I in an unfamiliar building, I also had a teacher that I had never had before. To that point, I had been either blessed or cursed, depending on your point of view, by having had only two different math teachers. The teacher for the probability and statistics class also had a style... more info
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A great supplement to my text Intro to Mathematical Statistics by Hogg, McKean and Craig 
I am currently taking a mathematical statistics class using Intro to Mathematical Statistics by Hogg, McKean and Craig. This is a great supplement. I gave it a 4 instead of a 5 because it could not replace a good textbook but as a supplement I would probably give it a 5.
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Good as a refresher 
This book is good as a "refesher", but those starting a probability course will find it hard to grasp the concepts and ideas from probability and statistics. The beginner would be better off with the insightful book Understanding Probability from Cambridge University Press. This book contains also a great introduction to Bayesian statistics.
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The Best Stats Companion 
Although this is not a textbook, its probably just as good if not better than any textbook I've encountered in statistics. Each chapter usually starts off with a few proofs, then come the examples. You won't just get one or two examples, but many, & if they aren't enough, there are plenty of problems at the end of the chapter to work, all of which have the answers included. This book is geared towards someone that has already taken calculus III, & it is not a basic beginners statistics text. But... more info
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