The lecturers here, Hastie and Tibshirani, are also the authors of the classic text book, "Introduction to Statistical Learning," probably the best introduction

The lecturers here, Hastie and Tibshirani, are also the authors of the classic text book, "Introduction to Statistical Learning," probably the best introduction to machine/statistical learning I have ever read.[1] I highly recommend the book and this online course, both of which are FREE. Hastie and Tibshirani's other book, "The Elements of Statistical Learning," is also excellent but far more theoretical, and best for experienced practicioners who want to use it as a reference guide.[2] -- [1] http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~gareth/ISL/ISLR%20Sixth%20Printing.pdf http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~gareth/ISL/ISLR%20Sixth%20Printing.p... [2] http://statweb.stanford.edu/~tibs/ElemStatLearn/ http://statweb.stanford.edu/~tibs/ElemStatLearn/