Table of Contents

Introduction.- Statistical Learning.- Linear Regression.- Classification.- Resampling Methods.- Linear Model Selection and Regularization.- Moving Beyond Linearity.- Tree-Based Methods.- Support Vector Machines.- Unsupervised Learning.- Index.

Promotional Information

"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)

About the Author

Gareth James is a professor of data sciences and operations at the University of Southern California. He has published an extensive body of methodological work in the domain of statistical learning with particular emphasis on high-dimensional and functional data. The conceptual framework for this book grew out of his MBA elective courses in this area.

Daniela Witten is an associate professor of statistics and biostatistics at the University of Washington. Her research focuses largely on statistical machine learning in the high-dimensional setting, with an emphasis on unsupervised learning.

Trevor Hastie and Robert Tibshirani are professors of statistics at Stanford University, and are co-authors of the successful textbook Elements of Statistical Learning. Hastie and Tibshirani developed generalized additive models and wrote a popular book of that title. Hastie co-developed much of the statistical modeling software and environment in R/S-PLUS and invented principal curves and surfaces. Tibshirani proposed the lasso and is co-author of the very successful An Introduction to the Bootstrap.      

Reviews

“Data and statistics are an increasingly important part of modern life, and nearly everyone would be better off with a deeper understanding of the tools that help explain our world. Even if you don’t want to become a data analyst—which happens to be one of the fastest-growing jobs out there, just so you know—these books are invaluable guides to help explain what’s going on.” (Pocket, February 23, 2018)