R Programming

4.0 credits

This course will teach students about core statistical programming components in the R environment with the goal of producing high level functions, packages and simulation studies. This course will cover base R objects, structures and graphics; importing, exporting and organizing data structures; control statements; loops and iteration processes; function development; basic R Markdown (HTML, PDF, Word); simulation study programming; presentation of simulation results and R package creation. Successful students will have strong familiarity with R and RStudio, be able to manage various data structures using R, program Statistical tasks using R, code user-defined functions, read and understand functions defined by other users and compile reports in R Markdown. Those enrolled in the writing section of the course (STAT 275W) will additionally learn how to write proper and clear documentation for functions and packages in the R repository.