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STAT 421. Applied Statistical Computing Using R. 3 Hours.
Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisites: MATH 310 and either STAT 305 or STAT 314, or their equivalents. Completion of STAT 321 is strongly recommended. Introduction to object-oriented programming in the R environment for use with statistical analyses. Topics include basic algorithms in R and applications involving random number generation, parametric and non-parametric data analysis and inference, linear models, simulation, and advanced data manipulation.
Mathematical Sciences, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) with a concentration in statistics
...3 STAT 403 Introduction to Stochastic Processes 3 STAT 415 Statistical Consulting 3 STAT 421...
Statistics, Certificate in (Post-baccalaureate undergraduate certificate)
...following: 6 STAT 403 Introduction to Stochastic Processes STAT 415 Statistical Consulting STAT 421 Applied...
Bioinformatics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) with a concentration in biological/genomic sciences
...of Molecular Microbiology 3 STAT 314 Applications of Statistics 4 STAT 421 Applied Statistical Computing...
Bioinformatics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) with a concentration in computational sciences
...508 Database Theory 3 STAT 314 Applications of Statistics 4 STAT 421 Applied Statistical Computing...