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Statistics 5910 - 1 credit hour
S Programming
Summer 2002
Instructor
Name: Christopher R. Bilder, Ph.D.
Office: MS 301G
Office hours: 1/2 hour before & after class and by appointment
Personal website: www.chrisbilder.com
E-mail: bilder@okstate.edu
STAT 5910 website: http://statistics.okstate.edu/bilder/stat5910
Textbooks
Venables, W. N. and Ripley, B. D. (2000). S Programming. Springer-Verlag: New York.
Prerequisites
Students need to be able to duplicate in S-Plus the information presented on
slides 1-42 of my “Who wants to become an S-Plus user?” 10-4-01 seminar.
The seminar PowerPoint slides can be downloaded from
www.chrisbilder.com.
Grades
Grades will be based upon the following:
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Percent of grade |
| Attendance |
40% |
| Book review |
30% |
| Participation in class
discussions |
30% |
Grading Scale:
| A |
90-100%
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| B |
80-89% |
| C |
70-79% |
| D |
60-69%
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| F |
Below
60%
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Computer Usage
The statistical computer software packages, S-Plus and R, will be used extensively
in this class. R can be downloaded for free from
http://www.r-project.org. S-Plus is available in all university computer
labs. In addition, S-Plus may be obtained by students FREE of charge from the
university. Contact Carol Reed (MSCS 113 or carolr@okstate.edu) to obtain a
copy.
My expectations of students
Students should spend 5-10 hours preparing for each class
meeting. This will involve reading the assigned pages of the book (and
sometimes other sources), trying out the example S code, and preparing
comments and questions. During the class meeting, students are
expected to fully participate in the discussion of the book. All
students will complete a book review detailing the good and bad
qualities of the book in a similar format to reviews given journals.
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