Review: The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
User Review - David - GoodreadsGreat book covering the principles of applied statistical learning. The book's mathematical rigor is semi-formal, opting for intuitive explanations and keeping proofs to a minimum. Chapters contain a thorough treatment of their subject, touching on modern research topics. Read full review
Review: The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
User Review - Clif Davis - GoodreadsExcellent book. Has repaid multiple rereadings and is a wonderful springboard for developing your own ideas in the area. Currently I'm going through Additive Models again which I breezed by the first ... Read full review
Review: The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
User Review - Nate Yoder - GoodreadsGood introduction to the overall topic but little to no help on the actual implementation of the algorithms. Read full review
Review: The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
User Review - Peter Flom - GoodreadsA beautifully produced book full of insight, but not for the beginner, nor for the easily daunted. Read full review
Review: The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
User Review - Jason Yang - GoodreadsAn extremely well-written introduction to machine learning. I now understand why this is the universal textbook for machine learning classes. The math is described at a reasonably high level, but the ... Read full review
Review: The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
User Review - Joecolelife - GoodreadsThis book is a miracle of clarity and comprehensiveness. It presents a unified approach to state of the art machine learning techniques from a statistical perspective. The layout is logical and the ... Read full review
Review: The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
User Review - Darin Brezeale - GoodreadsThe topics are described more from a statistics perspective than the computer science perspective, but as written by statisticians for computer scientists instead of for other statisticians. The examples are interesting and the graphics very nice. Read full review
Review: The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
User Review - Hoxie Ackerman - GoodreadsSo far, so good... if I could understand everything in this book, I'd be a statistical learning ninja. Read full review
Review: The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
User Review - Jane - GoodreadsRequires a very thorough grasp of linear algebra. A little too complex for my level of understanding. Read full review
Review: The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
User Review - DJ - Goodreadsrecommended by USC CS student as best of the machine learning books Read full review
