<<The nickname Lockheed employees gave to their organization is an adaptation of the name for the ultra-secret high security “Skunk Works” moonshine operation featured in Al Capp’s widely popular comic strip Li’l Amber, which ran from 1934 to 1977.>>

– Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

The name since became widely used for elite research teams especially in the hi tech industry.

Quote from the Air and Space Museum

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2. Decide upon Your True Dreams and Goals:   Write down your specific goals and develop a plan to reach them.
3. Take Action.   Goals are nothing without action .
4. Never Stop Learning:   Go back to school or read books. Get training & acquire skills.
5. Be Persistent and Work Hard:   Success is a marathon, not a sprint. Never give up.
6. Learn to Analyze Details: Get all the facts, all the input. Learn from your mistakes.
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8. Don’t Be Afraid To Innovate:   Be different. Following the herd is a sure way to mediocrity.
9. Deal And Communicate With People Effectively:   No person is an island. Learn to understand and motivate others.
10. Be Honest and Dependable: Take Responsibility, otherwise 1-9 don’t matter.

A: Below are some sites that you may find useful.

1)      The online copy of StatSoft, the Statistica textbook, a good resource, and it’s organized as a book.
http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/

2)      UCLA has an online probability and statistics book, although it may be too elementary for you.
http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/index.php/EBook

3)      Planet Math has a lot of very useful links.   If you scroll down the page for the URL below, you’ll see a link labeled 62-XX, Statistics.  (There are plenty of other valuable links too.)
http://planetmath.org/browse/objects/

4)      The Kahn has some excellent short videos on specific topics in statistics.  More generally, the entire site is very well regarded.
http://www.khanacademy.org/#statistics

It you share the name(s) of the (text)book(s) that you’ve read I can identify which resources may be of the most use to you.  As I’m sure you’ve discovered, statistics fractures into a myriad of sub topics just like mathematics.  So narrowing this down will let me help you better.

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The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)