r/learnmachinelearning • u/Aljariri0 • Feb 14 '26

Help Statistical Learning Or Machine Learning first?

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ISLP book, I finished the first 2 chapters, but this book is not easy, and I want some guys to study this book together. Any tips to study this book?

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u/skeerp Feb 15 '26

If this book is too hard you need more understanding of undergrad algebra, calc, stats, and basic programming.

This book is a wonderful introduction to the field and launched my career. Its graduate level equivalent, ESL, is also amazing but much much more difficult.