Tag: ebook
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Free Bayesian and Machine Learning Textbook
David Barber, Computer Science Professor at University College London, is still offering his textbook, Bayesian Reasoning and Machine Learning, for free. This text looks quite extensive. The website also includes matlab code for many of the algorithms in the book.
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Free Bayesian Statistics Textbook
Think Bayes by Allen B. Downey is another free book available from Green Tree Press. Allen B. Downey is a computer science professor at Olin College. The book is currently available in PDF or HTML. The book is not yet complete, so it may contain some errors.
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The Statistical Sleuth in R
Nicholas Horton, Professor of Statistics at Smith College, has published a nice set of R tutorials that go along with the book The Statistical Sleuth. If you are looking to learn R, this might be a good place to start. Once again, see the R tutorials here.
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Free Open-Source Statistics Cookbook
Matthias Vallentin, a computer science PhD student at UC Berkeley, has published a Probability and Statistics Cookbook. The book can be freely downloaded in PDF format via the website. Also, the latex source is available on Github. Matthias states that others are free to fork the source and make changes. The book is not a…
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Learn Data Science
Starting Point If you have the necessary background in math, statistics, and computer science; then it is a good time to learn some data science specific skills. Coursera just recently launched a course specifically devoted to Data Science. It is titled: Introduction to Data Science. The course is being taught by Bill Howe of the…
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New Data Science eBook – Free and Open-Source
Jeffrey M. Stanton, member of Syracuse University’s iSchool, just released an open-source ebook about data science. Obviously this book is intended to be used in the curriculum for the new Data Science Certificate Program. In particular, it will be used for two courses on analytics and visualization. The book is available in the iTunes store…