I tried asking this question on Stack Overflow a couple weeks ago. I got some good answers, though I don't feel like I got one really definitive answer. Anyhow, I'd recommend reading through that thread to see if anything leaps out at you.<p><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2039904/what-statistics-should-a-programmer-or-computer-scientist-know" rel="nofollow">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2039904/what-statistics-s...</a>