Thanks for the recommendation. The Murphy's book looks solid, better than half the books above. I personally own the ISLR(Hastie) and learning from data(Yaser).

Thanks for the recommendation. The Murphy's book looks solid, better than half the books above. I personally own the ISLR(Hastie) and learning from data(Yaser). Both are beginner friendly. What were the Math requirements for the classes that you took at Uni that used Murphy's book? And how would one go about acquiring those Math/Stats/Prob skills in order to work through a tome like Murphy?Thanks