STATS 782 Statistical Computing

Below description edited in year: 2010

Points: 15

Credit: There will be no final exam.

For Advice: Ross Ihaka (Email: r.ihaka@auckland.ac.nz | extn: 85054)

Taught: First Semester City

Website: STATS 782 website

This course provides an introduction statistical computing. It explores the skills needed to develop professional quality software for statistical data analysis. The particular goal of the course is to teach the skills necessary to create extension packages for the R statistical system.

The course incidentally provides an introduction to modern workstation environments and their associated software tools. The course emphasises the Linux operating system and is intended for students with a strong interest in computing or progressing on to a research career (or both).

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