Probability and Statistics for Data Science: Math + R + Data covers "math stat"distributions, expected value, estimation etc.but takes the phrase "Data Science" in the title quite seriously:
* 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
Journal of Statistical Software and
The R Journal. His book
Statistical Regression and Classification: From Linear Models to Machine Learning was the recipient of the Ziegel Award for the best book reviewed in
Technometrics in 2017. He is a recipient of his university''s Distinguished Teaching Award.
