Ask HN: Would you read a statistics textbook?
Summary
An Ask HN post questions whether a statistics textbook would be read, arguing that statistics is intuitive when illustrated well and criticizing many existing books as dry or suboptimal. The author references Seeing-theory as a model for intuitive teaching and asks for suggestions on resources or approaches to create a better statistics textbook, including considerations of structure and pedagogy. The discussion includes recommendations and reflections on how intuition vs. formal proofs should be balanced in teaching statistics.