Introduction to Statistical Learning
Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Philosophy, International and Economic Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
This is the website of the Introduction to Statistical Learning course of the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Philosophy, International and Economic Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
Teaching material
Required
- Gareth, J., D. Witten, T. Hastie, and R. Tibshirani. 2021. An Introduction to Statistical Learning with Applications in R (Second Edition). New York: Springer.
Optional
Azzalini, A., and B. Scarpa. 2013. Data Analysis and Data Mining: an Introduction. Oxford University Press.
Gareth, J., D. Witten, T. Hastie, R. Tibshirani and J. Taylor. 2023. An Introduction to Statistical Learning with Applications in Python. New York: Springer.
Slides and lecture notes
The slides are meant to be used in HTML. However, if you really want to convert the HTML slides into pdf files, you can follow the instruction of the quarto documentation.
| Topic | Notes | Slides | Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistical Learning | Unit A | Slides Unit A | Code A |
| Lab 1 | Lab 1 | Code Lab 1 | |
| Exercises | Exercises A - Conceptual | Exercises A - Applied | |
| Regression | Unit B | Slides Unit B | Code B |
| Lab 2 | Code Lab 2 | Code Lab 2 | |
| Exercises | Exercises B - Conceptual | Exercises B - Applied | |
| Classification | Unit C | Slides Unit C | Code C |
| Lab 3 | Code Lab 3 | Code Lab 3 | |
| Exercises | Exercises C - Conceptual | Exercises C - Applied | |
| Principal Components Analysis | Unit D | Slides Unit D | Code D |
| Lab 4 | Code Lab 4 | Code Lab 4 | |
| Exercises | Exercises D - Conceptual | Exercises C - Applied | |
| Clustering | Unit E | Slides Unit E | Code E |
| Lab 5 | Code Lab 5 | Code Lab 5 | |
| Exercises | Exercises E - Conceptual | Exercises E - Applied |
Exam
Rules
Mock exam
An example of written examination is provided at
Prerequisites
Knowledge of the topics covered in the course Introduction to Probability for Economics is highly recommended.
Office hours
To schedule a meeting, please write to aldo.solari@unive.it. Office hours is every DAY at HOUR.
Acknowledgments
The primary source of this website’s content is the textbook Gareth, Witten, Hastie and Tibshirani (2023). A few pictures have been taken from the textbook; in these cases the original source is cited.
All the mistakes still present are mine.