STATS 779 Professional Computing Skills for Statisticians

Below description edited in year: 2017

Points: 15

Credit: Worksheets after each lecture 20%, five assignments 20%, final test 60%. There is no final exam.

For Advice: James Curran (Email: j.curran@auckland.ac.nz | extn: 88755), David Scott (Email: d.scott@auckland.ac.nz | extn: 85055)

Taught: First Semester City

Website: STATS 779 website

STATS 779 is intended to provide students with the skills they will need to undertake many routine tasks as a professional statistician, either in industry or academia. These include text editing, data manipulation, data storage and retrieval, data processing, document preparation and typesetting, presentation skills, spreadsheet skills and advanced graphics. The course will involve gaining familiarity with a wide range of (mostly free) software packages with an emphasis on practice rather than theory. Classes will be carried out in the computer laboratory and we envisage that students will spend a large amount of the lecture time doing aided computing tutorial work. The course will be assessed on the work completed during those computing sessions, five assignments and a final test which in 2017 is expected to be a four hour test in a computer laboratory. There will be no final exam.

Disclaimer:
Although every reasonable effort is made to ensure accuracy, this information for the course year (2017), is provided as a general guide only for students and is subject to alteration. All students enrolling at the University of Auckland must consult its official document, the University of Auckland Calendar, to ensure that they are aware of and comply with all regulations, requirements and policies.