Foundations of Data Science [pdf]
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Foundations of Data Science [pdf]
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Re: Foundations of Data Science [pdf]
#2Previous discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9437925
Re: Foundations of Data Science [pdf]
#3Previous discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9437925
The previous discussion is about the version dated November 4th, 2014. The book referenced here is dated January 4th, 2018. From looking at the TOCs, most chapters contain a few additional sections and there is an entirely new chapter. This might warrant a second discussion.
Re: Foundations of Data Science [pdf]
#4Not to be confused with, "The Foundations of Data Science", a free textbook used/created for UC Berkeley's data science course:
Re: Foundations of Data Science [pdf]
#5I also recommend ISLR
http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~gareth/ISL/
Re: Foundations of Data Science [pdf]
#6of all of the modern grad books this one has always struck me as the most mathematically rigorous. an heir to trevor's esl.
Re: Foundations of Data Science [pdf]
#7I'm an accountant but work consulting as a data/software "engineer" (or in those roles). For a while I got excited by all the "data science" books, until I admitted to myself 2 years ago that without the Math & Stats background, I'm wasting my time.
I went back to varsity (part time) this year, studying Applied Maths and Stats. Even with the basics that I now know, going through this book; I can feel that a glass ceiling is broken.
I'm going to print it bit by bit, and study its contents (after my exams). Thanks!
Re: Foundations of Data Science [pdf]
#8Ravindran Kannan, one of the authors taught a course of the same name at CSA, IISc. The video lectures of the course are available here: http://drona.csa.iisc.ernet.in/~chiru/datascience/iisclectur...
Re: Foundations of Data Science [pdf]
#9I also recommend ISLR http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~gareth/ISL/
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/machine-learning-1 is great as well.
Re: Foundations of Data Science [pdf]
#10is there an epub?