Introduction

Homework problems are selected from the course textbook: An Introduction to Statistical Learning.

Problem 1

Chapter 6, Exercise 3 (p. 260).

Problem 2

Chapter 6, Exercise 4 (p. 260).

Problem 3

Chapter 6, Exercise 9 (p. 263). Dont do parts (e), (f), and (g).

Problem 4

Chapter 7, Exercise 1 (p. 297).

Problem 5

Chapter 7, Exercise 8 (p. 299). Find at least one non-linear estimate which does better than linear regression, and justify this using a t-test or by showing an improvement in the cross-validation error with respect to a linear model. You must also produce a plot of the predictor X vs. the non-linear estimate f(X).

Problem 6

Chapter 9, Exercise 1 (p. 368).

Problem 7

Chapter 9, Exercise 8 (p. 371).