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- Provides accompanying, fully updated R code
- Evaluates the ethical and political implications of the application of algorithmic methods
- Features a new chapter on deep learning
Part of the book series: Springer Texts in Statistics (STS)
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This textbook considers statistical learning applications when interest centers on the conditional distribution of a response variable, given a set of predictors, and in the absence of a credible model that can be specified before the data analysis begins. Consistent with modern data analytics, it emphasizes that a proper statistical learning data analysis depends in an integrated fashion on sound data collection, intelligent data management, appropriate statistical procedures, and an accessible interpretation of results. The unifying theme is that supervised learning properly can be seen as a form of regression analysis. Key concepts and procedures are illustrated with a large number of real applications and their associated code in R, with an eye toward practical implications. The growing integration of computer science and statistics is well represented including the occasional, but salient, tensions that result. Throughout, there are links to the big picture.
The third edition considers significant advances in recent years, among which are:
- the development of overarching, conceptual frameworks for statistical learning;
- the impact of “big data” on statistical learning;
- the nature and consequences of post-model selection statistical inference;
- deep learning in various forms;
- the special challenges to statistical inference posed by statistical learning;
- the fundamental connections between data collection and data analysis;
- interdisciplinary ethical and political issues surrounding the application of algorithmic methods in a wide variety of fields, each linked to concerns about transparency, fairness, and accuracy.
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Book Title: Statistical Learning from a Regression Perspective
Authors: Richard A. Berk
Series Title: Springer Texts in Statistics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40189-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-40188-7Published: 30 June 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-42923-2Published: 30 June 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-40189-4Published: 29 June 2020
Series ISSN: 1431-875X
Series E-ISSN: 2197-4136
Edition Number: 3
Number of Pages: XXVI, 433
Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations, 107 illustrations in colour
Topics: Statistical Theory and Methods, Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Public Health, Psychological Methods/Evaluation, Methodology of the Social Sciences