An Introduction to Statistical Learning: with Applications in R (Springer Texts in Statistics) Hardcover – 25 Jun. 2013

This is one of the best books on the cutting edge between statistics and machine learning. I really enjoyed this book, it is accessible, easy to follow and full of knowledge. I don't really know how different the other book by the same authors "The Elements of Statistical Learning" is. They say that it is more thorough, but for what I need to do in my research this book is already enough. If you are not a mathematician, and you just need to apply data analytics to your research or in your job, this book will really help you. Heavier books on maths and stats with 500+ pages are not for me, as I generally get lost and find hard to follow those books. This one is not like that at all. It's a pleasure to read.

Honestly, this is the best statistics text I've ever read. Its so easy to understand and so engaging that once I start reading, its difficult to put the book down. The plots are very colourful and the book has useful R codes to implement the methods discussed. I believe this is one book every Data scientist should have on their shelf. I'm definitely going to read it over and over and over again.

Key textbook for my MSc Machine Learning module. Uses standard R and covers the needed packages well. If you either have some statistics background or programming experience, self-study is also an option.Would be nice to have a chapter on using the tidyverse to simplify tasks.Nothing on cleaning data in here, you'll need another reference for that.

Amazing book on the Fundamental algorithms governing the field of Machine/Statistical Learning. Simple , yet so effectively explained !

Although tagged as used, the book is basically new

An absolute classic of statistical aspects of machine learning methods! And very accessible introduction to all things statistical learning (and machine learning as you will discover).

Great read, really enjoying this book. It's expensive but worth it. (if you can get on with it, there are free PDFs I think)It' simple enough to understand, but complex enough to make me scratch my head and ponder about things..

Amazingly readable and concise. I bought the printed version with the hard cover, and the paper is of excellent quality.