Statistical Computing

Catalog description

This is an introductory course in programming-based statistical software packages, such as SAS, R, Matlab, etc. Students will learn the core of ideas of programming such as objects, data structures, looping, and functions. Students will also learn how to read data from different types of files, format them appropriately and use them to perform basic statistical analyses, such as graphing and computing numerical summaries, or more advanced statistical analyses, such as one and two sample T-tests, Chi-square for comparisons of proportions, regression, non-parametric analyses, bootstrapping, and simulations.