• Title: Advanced Data Analysis from an Elementary Point of View
• Author(s) Cosma Rohilla Shalizi
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; eBook (Draft of the Book, 2025)
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• eBook: PDF (903 pages)
• Language: English
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Book Description

This is a textbook on data analysis methods, intended for advance undergraduate students who have already taken classes in probability, mathematical statistics, and linear regression. It began as the lecture notes for 36-402 at Carnegie Mellon University.

Every subject covered here can be profitably studied using vastly more sophisticated techniques; that's why this is advanced data analysis from an elementary point of view.

The book also presumes that you can read and write simple functions in R. If you are lacking in any of these areas, this book is not really for you, at least not now.

• Cosma Rohilla Shalizi is a Professor of Statistics at Carnegie Mellon University.

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