Chapter 1 Introduction

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1.1 An Overview of Statistical Learning

Statistical learning is focused on supervised and unsupervised modeling and prediction.

1.2 Data Sets Used in Labs and Exercises

All data sets used in this book can be found in ISLR and MASS packages, with some also being found in the base R distribution.

We will utilize the tidyverse ecosystem to tackle the exercises and labs, as the R code found in the original textbook is outdated.

1.3 Book Resources:

The website and free PDF for the book can be found here:

• Website w/ free PDF
• YouTube Lectures