Time : T Th 11:15 - 12:05

Location : 006 Sparks

Teachers : James Lockwood and Naomi Altman

Purpose of the Course

The purpose of the course is to introduce the basic computing environment of the department and statistical softwares such as S-Plus. The first 4 lectures are about the unix operating system and will be covered by James Lockwood. Naomi Altman will cover Splus and other useful software for statistical research.

Course Meeting Times

Tu 9/17 meeting

Th 9/19 cancelled

9/24 - 10/10 meets every Tu & Th

10/17 - 11/7 meets every Th only

last meeting 11/7

Evaluation

homework (weekly short problems) 80%

project 20%

References

W.N. Venables and B.D. Ripley. (1999). "Modern Applied Statistics with S-PLUS," Springer-Verlag.

R.A. Becker, J.M. Chambers and A.R. Wilks. (1988). "The New S Language", Wadsworth and Brooks/Cole.

Online Resources

Lecture notes on Splus by Joseph Schafer.

Official S-PLUS Documentation at Insightful Corporation.

S-PLUS for Unix at EPFL.

R Project.

Splus Lectures - Courtesy of J. Lee

Lecture 1.

Lecture 2.

Lecture 3.

Lecture 4.

Lecture 5.

Lecture 6.

Lecture 7.

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Integrity

All Penn State and Eberly College of Science policies regarding academic integrity apply to this course. See the integrity web page.

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