STAT 435 - Statistical Computing & Exploratory Data Analysis

3 credits (Hrs: 3 Lec.)

Techniques available to the statistician for efficient use of the computer to perform data management and exploratory statistical analyses. Programming statistical software for the import and export of data, variable sorting, creation of new variables, descriptive statistics and displaying data efficiently are discussed. Special modern statistical topics including bootstrapping and nonparametric modeling are discussed.

Prerequisite(s): STAT 131, STAT 216, STAT 332, or a first course in statistics. Course generally offered 2nd semester.