Top 7 best statistics books for data science in 2024
1. "The Elements of Statistical Learning" by Hastie, Tibshirani, & Friedman: Comprehensive coverage of statistical methods for machine learning.
2. "Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning" by Christopher Bishop:
Essential for understanding statistical methods in pattern recognition.
3. "Statistical Learning with Sparsity" by Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani, & Martin Wainwright: Focuses on statistical methods for high-dimensional data.
4. "Bayesian Data Analysis" by Gelman et al.
In-depth exploration of Bayesian methods for data analysis.
5. "Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras, and TensorFlow" by Aurélien Géron
Practical guide to applying statistical models in machine learning.
6. "Introduction to the Practice of Statistics" by Moore, McCabe, & Craig
Excellent for foundational statistics concepts applied to real-world data.
7. "Practical Statistics for Data Scientists" by Peter Bruce & Andrew Bruce
Practical insights into applying statistical methods to data science problems.