Re: Textbook Recommendations

Sean Berry <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Feb 2023 11:38:04 -0700
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Hi Britta,

Here is one that includes regression and machine learning that I've found
useful:

Hands-On machine learning with scikit-learn, keras, & tensor flow. Written
by Aurelien Geron.

Sean

On Wed, Feb 15, 2023, 9:46 AM Albert Steppi <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Britta,
>
> I haven't read anything Python specific, but I like the following books:
>
> For basic introductory stats, Freedman, Pisani, and Purves
> <https://wwnorton.com/books/Statistics/>
>
> As a follow up, Freedman's Statistical Models: Theory and Practice
> <https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/statistical-models/68F8872C7788AF62BD6513F7071EE1BA#fndtn-information>,
> teaches one to think critically about regression modeling and its
> limitations.
>
> Efron and Hasties Computer Age Statistical Inference
> <https://hastie.su.domains/CASI_files/PDF/casi.pdf>, for a very broad
> overview of a wide range of computational statistics topics.
>
> Hastie, Tibshirani, and Friedman's Elements of Statistical Learning
> <https://hastie.su.domains/Papers/ESLII.pdf>, classic introduction to
> statistical machine learning.
>
> Gelman et al's Bayesian Data Analysis
> <http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/book/BDA3.pdf> for Bayesian
> modeling, but I haven't read any other books on this topic.
>
> I tend to just read the relevant documentation (pymc, pyro, pytorch,
> scikit-learn, scipy, statsmodels) to figure out how to do things in Python.
> Hopefully someone else can chime in with more Python specific books.
>
> Best,
> Albert
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 10:31 AM Britta Smith <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear SciPy community,
>> What are your recommendations for textbooks concerning statistics and
>> data science? That hopefully go into depth about regression, and hopefully
>> python.
>> Many thanks,
>> Britta
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<div dir=3D"auto">Hi Britta,=C2=A0<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"a=
uto">Here is one that includes regression and machine learning that I&#39;v=
e found useful:</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Hands-On=
 machine learning with scikit-learn, keras, &amp; tensor flow. Written by A=
urelien Geron.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Sean</div=
></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr"=
>On Wed, Feb 15, 2023, 9:46 AM Albert Steppi &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:albert.s=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquot=
e class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc sol=
id;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hi Britta,<br></div><div><br></d=
iv><div>I haven&#39;t read anything Python specific, but I like the followi=
ng books:</div><div><br></div><div>For basic introductory stats, <a href=3D=
"https://wwnorton.com/books/Statistics/" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferre=
r">Freedman, Pisani, and Purves</a></div><div><br></div><div>As a follow up=
, Freedman&#39;s <a href=3D"https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/statistica=
l-models/68F8872C7788AF62BD6513F7071EE1BA#fndtn-information" target=3D"_bla=
nk" rel=3D"noreferrer">Statistical Models: Theory and Practice</a>, teaches=
 one to think critically about regression modeling and its limitations.</di=
v><div><br></div><div>Efron and Hasties <a href=3D"https://hastie.su.domain=
s/CASI_files/PDF/casi.pdf" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">Computer Ag=
e Statistical Inference</a>, for a very broad overview of a wide range of c=
omputational statistics topics.</div><div><br></div><div>Hastie, Tibshirani=
, and Friedman&#39;s <a href=3D"https://hastie.su.domains/Papers/ESLII.pdf"=
 target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">Elements of Statistical Learning</a>,=
 classic introduction to statistical machine learning.</div><div><br></div>=
<div>Gelman et al&#39;s <a href=3D"http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/boo=
k/BDA3.pdf" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">Bayesian Data Analysis</a>=
 for Bayesian modeling, but I haven&#39;t read any other books on this topi=
c.</div><div><br></div><div>I tend to just read the relevant documentation =
(pymc, pyro, pytorch, scikit-learn, scipy, statsmodels) to figure out how t=
o do things in Python. Hopefully someone else can chime in with more Python=
 specific books.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Albert<br></div><=
div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 10:31 AM Britta Smith=
 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nore=
ferrer">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"=
gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(20=
4,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Dear SciPy community,<div dir=3D"auto">What ar=
e your recommendations for textbooks concerning statistics and data science=
? That hopefully go into depth about regression, and hopefully python.</div=
><div dir=3D"auto">Many thanks,</div><div dir=3D"auto">Britta</div>
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