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Probability and Statistics for Data Science: Math + R + Data / Edition 1
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Probability and Statistics for Data Science: Math + R + Data / Edition 1
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Probability and Statistics for Data Science: Math + R + Data / Edition 1
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* Real datasets are used extensively.
* All data analysis is supported by R coding.
* Includes many Data Science applications, such as PCA, mixture distributions, random graph models, Hidden Markov models, linear and logistic regression, and neural networks.
* Leads the student to think critically about the "how" and "why" of statistics, and to "see the big picture."
* Not "theorem/proof"-oriented, but concepts and models are stated in a mathematically precise manner.
Prerequisites are calculus, some matrix algebra, and some experience in programming.
Norman Matloff is a professor of computer science at the University of California, Davis, and was formerly a statistics professor there. He is on the editorial boards of the
and
. His book
was the recipient of the Ziegel Award for the best book reviewed in
in 2017. He is a recipient of his university's Distinguished Teaching Award.