Merge pull request #192 from UBC-MDS/general-resources

Update general learning resources

resources_pages/learning_resources.md

@@ -4,15 +4,14 @@ title: Learning Resources
 subtitle: Optional extra preparation for entering UBC MDS students
 ---
 
-The following is a list of online courses and other resources that might be useful preparation for the UBC MDS program. Completion of these courses
+The following is a list of online resources that might be useful preparation for the UBC MDS program. Completion of these courses
 does not replace the [official program prerequisites](http://masterdatascience.science.ubc.ca/admissions). Rather, this page is
 mainly intended for entering students who may wish to reinforce their preparation before the program starts.
+Many of these resources can also be helpful resources during the program. Highly recommended items are in bold.
 
-Disclaimer: We have not vetted these courses ourselves but rather selected them based on their descriptions seeming appropriate. 
+Disclaimer: We have not vetted all these resources ourselves, but rather selected them based on a combination of our experience, recommendation from colleagues, and the resources descriptions.
 If you have feedback about them, please [let us know](http://masterdatascience.science.ubc.ca/contact-us).
 
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 ### Python
 - [Programming for Everybody](https://www.py4e.com/): online book & [Youtube lectures](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DvywoWv6fI&t=9009s) by Chuck Severance
 - [Beginner tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-osiE80TeTskrapNbzXhwoFUiLCjGgY7), [OOP programming](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-osiE80TeTsqhIuOqKhwlXsIBIdSeYtc): Series of Youtube tutorials by Corey Shaffer
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ If you have feedback about them, please [let us know](http://masterdatascience.s
 - [Writing in the Sciences](https://www.classcentral.com/course/sciwrite-464): Coursera online course from Standford U. (free to audit)
 
 ### General
-- [Data Analysis for the Life Sciences](https://leanpub.com/dataanalysisforthelifesciences): book by Rafael A Irizarry and Michael I Love (has a suggested price but can be accessed for $0)
-- A variety of [free O'Reilly Ebooks on data science](http://www.oreilly.com/data/free/archive.html): e-book from O'Reilly
-- [Dataquest](https://www.dataquest.io/): online course by Dataquest
-- [Data Gymnasia](https://mathigon.org/data-gymnasia): online course from Brown University
+- **[StatQuest](https://statquest.org/video-index/), introductory intuition of many statistical topics through entertaining videos.**
+- [An Introduction to Statistical Learning](https://www.statlearning.com/), introductory theory and intuition with applications in both R and Python.
+- [3Blue1Brown](https://www.3blue1brown.com/), similar to StatQuest but more focus on Math and deeper explanations.
+- A [comprehensive list of data science textbooks](https://www.notion.so/virtuallibrary/Textbook-References-e8afb919d3454759a731bda6e06a442d) curated by an MDS alum.