Description: This comprehensive modern look at regression covers a wide range of topics and relevant contemporary applications, going well beyond the topics covered in most introductory books. With concision and clarity, the authors present linear regression, nonparametric regression, classification, logistic and Poisson regression, high-dimensional regression, quantile regression, conformal prediction and causal inference. There are also brief introductions to neural nets, deep learning, random effects, survival analysis, graphical models and time series. Suitable for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students, the book will also serve as a useful reference for researchers and practitioners in data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence who want to understand modern methods for data analysis.
Brief description: Isabella Verdinelli is Professor in Residence in the Department of Statistics and Data Science at Carnegie Mellon University, where she has been affiliated since 1988. She was Professor of Statistics at the University of Rome from 1975 to 2013. She has authored a number of papers on experimental design, Bayesian inference, manifold estimation, clustering, structure recovery and feature importance.
Review Quotes: 'Remarkable in scope and clarity, this book masterfully traces the evolution of regression from classical linear modeling to its many modern descendants. Each chapter offers a lucid introduction to a distinct methodology, explained with precision and insight from a contemporary perspective. Complete with exercises and datasets, it will serve equally well as a textbook and an indispensable research resource.' Edward I. George, The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania