MAS468   Statistical Programming in R   (10 credits)

Description

The module introduces students to a range of statistical and programming techniques and gives practice in their implementation and interpretation using the software R. It aims to help students develop the knowledge and experience to select and use appropriate techniques for a variety of problems. The emphasis will be on practical application of techniques and knowledge of their scope rather than development of theoretical underpinnings. Areas to be covered include: exploratory data analysis, simple checks on data, density estimation, simulation, programming and optimization.

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