Yeah, the early stuff in Jaynes is pretty comprehensible (the ideas are clear if not all the proofs). Intro stats classes tend to be very light on the proofs, though. They’re very much “here’s probability”, not “here’s why probability”. I’ll definitely reread Jaynes again before teaching, but I want to finish Bolstad and work through some of the problems before that.
Yeah, the early stuff in Jaynes is pretty comprehensible (the ideas are clear if not all the proofs). Intro stats classes tend to be very light on the proofs, though. They’re very much “here’s probability”, not “here’s why probability”. I’ll definitely reread Jaynes again before teaching, but I want to finish Bolstad and work through some of the problems before that.