stat 579

Introduction to Statistical Computing

Fall 2012

Section A (Statistics Graduates) Thursday 12:10–2:00. Gilman 2272

Section B (outside Statistics) Tuesday 12:10–2:00. Snedecor 1105

Section XW tapes based on section A. Due dates by arrangement

Heike Hofmann, hofmann@iastate.edu.
Office hours by arrangement. Snedecor 2413

TA: Martin Silerio silerio@iastate.edu.
Office hour: M/W 2:30 - 4:00 pm. Snedecor 2219

Syllabus

Course syllabus describing objectives, software used, topics and assessment.

Lectures and timetable

Date Lecture and Resources Homework
R Basics & Setting up the Working Environment
Aug 21/23 First steps in R, good working practices.
Aug 28/30 Numeric and Visual Summaries, Data frames & subsets, logical operators Homework #1, due Sep 4/6
Sep 4/6 Subsets, Types and Objects Homework #2, due Sep 11/13
Data Manipulation
Sep 11/13 Factors Homework #3, due Sep 18/20
Sep 18/20 Factors & Plyr Homework #4, due Sep 25/27
Sep 25/27 Functions no homework this week, but make sure to practice!
Fall '09 midterm, Fall '10 midterm
Oct 2/4 Midterm - Information and Practice Homework #5, due Oct 9/11
Advanced Topics
Oct 9/11 Maps & Time Series Homework #6, due Oct 16/18
Oct 16/18 Interactive Graphics Homework #7, due Oct 23/25
solution to the midterm I and II
Oct 23/25 Random Numbers, Basic Simulations Homework #8, due Oct 30/Nov 1/Nov 5 ;
Oct 30/Nov 1 Regular Expressions & Working with Text Data Homework #9, due Nov 6/8, Final Project
Nov 6/8 Data from the web Homework #10, due Nov 13/15, Final Project first stage due
Nov 13/15 Connecting to Databases, mySQL no homework, happy Thanksgiving!
Nov 20/22 Thanksgiving Week
Nov 27/29 Midterm
2nd midterm exam - practice, 2nd midterm exam - practice		 Abstract Submission
Dec 4/6 Project Presentations Give feedback to the presentations
Dec 13 Project Presentations Give feedback to the presentations

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