TITLE: Algebraic Statistics textbook
QUESTION [6 upvotes]: Hey
A friend and I are thinking of having an algebraic statistics seminar next semester. Does anyone know of a good book to try learn it out of?

REPLY [8 votes]: I took a course in Algebraic Statistics from the book of Drton, Sturmfels, and Sullivant called "Lectures on Algebraic Statistics". I learned a lot from the book, and I enjoyed the material tremendously.  (My background is in algebraic geometry, by the way.)