An Introduction to Statistical Learning: With Applications in Python, Gareth James, Daniela Witten, Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani, Jonathan Taylor, 2023 (Springer) - This book provides an accessible yet comprehensive introduction to statistical learning methods, explicitly using Python for examples, making it highly relevant for machine learning practitioners and students.
Introduction to Probability and Statistics, Jeremy Orloff, Jonathan Bloom, 2014 (MIT OpenCourseWare) - A foundational OpenCourseWare offering from MIT that covers essential principles of probability and statistics, providing a robust academic framework valuable for understanding quantitative disciplines and machine learning.