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Graduate Record 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

STAT 5390 - Exploratory Data Analysis

Effective Start Date: 10/14/2014
Introduces philosophy and methods of exploratory (vs confirmatory) data analysis: QQ plots; letter values; re-expression; median polish; robust regression/anova; smoothers; fitting discrete, skewed, long-tailed distributions; diagnostic plots; standardization. Emphasis on real data, computation (R), reports, presentations. Prerequisite: A previous statistics course; previous exposure to calculus and linear algebra recommended.

Credits: 3
Grading Basis: Student Option