An Introduction to Statistical Learning: with Applications in R (Springer Texts in Statistics) 2nd ed. 2021 Edition

About This Book An Introduction to Statistical Learning provides an accessible overview of the field of statistical learning, an essential toolset for making sense of the vast and complex data sets that have emerged in fields ranging from biology to finance to marketing to astrophysics in the past twenty years. This book presents some of the most important modeling and prediction techniques, along with relevant applications. Topics include linear regression, classification, resampling methods, shrinkage approaches, tree-based methods, support vector machines, clustering, deep learning, survival analysis, multiple testing, and more. Color graphics and real-world examples are used to illustrate the methods presented. Since the goal of this textbook is to facilitate the use of these statistical learning techniques by practitioners in science, industry, and other fields, each chapter contains a tutorial on implementing the analyses and methods presented in R, an extremely popular open source statistical software platform. Book Details Author: Gareth James Publisher: Springer ISBN-13: 9781071614174 Language: English Why Buy From TextBooksPrepping? Fast USA shipping. Trusted academic bookstore for students and professionals.