R and Data Mining: Data Mining Resources

Data Mining and Machine Learning Resources

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General Reference

• Machine Learning with R Full textbook on machine learning fundamentals using R by Brett Lantz
• Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques Comprehensive textbook on data mining topics. 
• An Introduction to Statistical Learning with Applications in R Textbook covering topics including linear regression, classification, resampling methods, shrinkage approaches, tree-based methods, support vector machines, clustering, etc.

Courses, Workshops, and Additional Training

• Machine Learning Course offered by Stanford via Coursera
• Neural Networks for Machine Learning Course offered by the University of Toronto via Coursera
• Data Mining Course by MITOpenCourseware
• Social Network Analysis Course offered by the University of Michigan via Coursera
• Data Mining with Weka Course by University of Waikato using the open source algorithm suite Weka

Tutorials & Video Resources 

• An Introduction to Data Mining Tutorial by Kurt Thearling, PhD.

Statistics Resources

Remember from the introduction, data mining makes use of statistical approaches

Basic Reference

• Quantitative Information Analysis Textbook intended for introductory statistics courses being taken by students at two– and four–year colleges who are majoring in fields other than math or engineering. Intermediate algebra is the only prerequisite.
• Open Intro Statistics Free online textbook

Courses, Workshops, and Additional Training

• Statistics One Introductory statistics course offered by Princeton University via Coursera
• Introduction to Probability and Statistics Course by MITOpenCourseware
• Intro to Statistics: Making Decisions Based on Data Course via Udacity

Tutorials & Video Resources

• Introduction to Set Notation Videos provided by the Khan Academy
• Against All Odds: Inside Statistics Course broken down into tutorials and guides by topic provided by Annenberg Learner
• Stat Trek Teach Yourself Statistics Tutorials Free online Statistics and Probability tutorial

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