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An Introduction to Statistical Learning: with Applications in R Hardcover – July 30 2021
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- ISBN-101071614177
- ISBN-13978-1071614174
- Edition2nd ed. 2021
- PublisherSpringer
- Publication dateJuly 30 2021
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions20.32 x 3.05 x 23.88 cm
- Print length607 pages
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"An Introduction to Statistical Learning (ISL)" by James, Witten, Hastie and Tibshirani is the "how to'' manual for statistical learning. Inspired by "The Elements of Statistical Learning'' (Hastie, Tibshirani and Friedman), this book provides clear and intuitive guidance on how to implement cutting edge statistical and machine learning methods. ISL makes modern methods accessible to a wide audience without requiring a background in Statistics or Computer Science. The authors give precise, practical explanations of what methods are available, and when to use them, including explicit R code. Anyone who wants to intelligently analyze complex data should own this book." (Larry Wasserman, Professor, Department of Statistics and Machine Learning Department, Carnegie Mellon University)
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- Publisher : Springer; 2nd ed. 2021 edition (July 30 2021)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 607 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1071614177
- ISBN-13 : 978-1071614174
- Item weight : 1.19 kg
- Dimensions : 20.32 x 3.05 x 23.88 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: #65,478 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #15 in AI Computer Mathematics
- #19 in Mathematical & Statistical Software (Books)
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About the authors
Daniela Witten is a professor of Statistics and Biostatistics at University of Washington, and the Dorothy Gilford Endowed Chair. She is the recipient of a NIH Director's Early Independence Award, a NSF CAREER Award, a Sloan Research Fellowship, and a Simons Investigator Award. For more, see www.danielawitten.com
Robert Tibshirani (born July 10, 1956) is a Professor in the Departments of Statistics and Health Research and Policy at Stanford University. He was a Professor at the University of Toronto from 1985 to 1998. In his work, he develops statistical tools for the analysis of complex datasets, most recently in genomics and proteomics.
His most well-known contributions are the LASSO method, which proposed the use of L1 penalization in regression and related problems, and Significance Analysis of Microarrays. He has also co-authored three well-known books: "Generalized Additive Models", "An Introduction to the Bootstrap", and "The Elements of Statistical Learning", the last of which is available for free from the author's website.
Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Tibshirani (i took this photo) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.
Trevor Hastie is the John A Overdeck Professor of Statistics at
Stanford University. Hastie is known for his research in applied
statistics, particularly in the fields of statistical modeling, bioinformatics
and machine learning. He has published six books and over 200
research articles in these areas. Prior to joining Stanford
University in 1994, Hastie worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories for nine
years, where he contributed to the development of the statistical modeling environment
popular in the R computing system. He received a B.Sc. (hons) in statistics
from Rhodes University in 1976, a M.Sc. from the University of Cape
Town in 1979, and a Ph.D from Stanford in 1984. In 2018 he was elected
to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. He is a dual citizen of the
United States and South Africa.
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Bought it for a Masters course but provides a lot of background for business analytics as well

I already knew most of the concepts but became hooked because of how clear the explanations are. The authors convey complex ideas with remarkable simplicity, and for that, I think this is the most important book for data scientists.
I am an avid opposer of the R programming language (ew) and even I enjoyed the applied programming parts of the book.
In all honesty, the applications in R are very good, but it's not the main focus of the book. I think people should read this to understand the inner workings of the most popular AI algorithms instead of learning how to train predictive models (especially in R, haha).
Overall, I think this is a great book for beginners and veterans alike. I would not hesitate to recommend this book to anyone interested in statistics, data and AI.