Computational Statistics with R
2020-11-30
Hello World!
These are the course notes for an introductory course in the statistical programming environnement R. The course is called “Computational Statistics with R” and focusses on programming first and then introduces more statistical examples step by step.
Prior programming knowledge is not required to sucessfully complete the course as every concept is being introduced along the way. However it is recommended that you attended at least one course in undergraduate statistics. To provide a hands on experience and to keep the learning pace high, we concentrate on applying statistical methods and do not in depth introduce the theoretical concepts again.
Installation
To get the most out of this course it is strongly suggested that you install R and RStudio. Programming as well as statistical analysis is learned by doing, rather than just by reading the provided examples. To actively run the provided code on your personal computer you can follow the installation steps below. Both, R and RStudio are available for Windows, Mac OS and Linux and should work on almost every computer.