An Introduction to Statistical Learning: with Applications in R (Springer Texts in Statistics)
An Introduction to Statistical Learning: with Applications in R (Springer Texts in Statistics)
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ISBN: 9781461471370
Author: Gareth James
Publisher: SPRINGER NATURE CUSTOMER SERVICE
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Classification or regression problem

  • Classification is the problem of predicting a discrete class label and regression is the problem of predicting a continuous quantity...

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Classification or regression problem

  • Classification is the problem of predicting a discrete class label and regression is the problem of predicting a continuous quantity...

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Classification or regression problem

  • Classification is the problem of predicting a discrete class label and regression is the problem of predicting a continuous quantity...

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