STAT 381
Statistical Computing
Statistics
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Course Description
Create and interact with relational databases comprised of large real world data; integrate previous course work into a single research project from formulation to final report; solve statistical problems using a combination of SAS, R, and SQL skills.
When Taught
Contact Department
Grade Rule
Grade Rule 8: A, B, C, D, E, I (Standard grade rule)
Min
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
2
Title
Design and create databases
Learning Outcome
Demonstrate ability to design and create databases for collecting and storing study data, including structures and tools to simplify the process
Title
Use SQL
Learning Outcome
Be able to use SQL queries from SAS, R, and database tools to work wit databases and extract data for analysis
Title
Use SAS/IML
Learning Outcome
Use SAS/IML to work with matrices and compute summaries of data including importing data from SAS datasets and exporting results to SAS datasets
Title
Regular expression matching
Learning Outcome
Use regular expression matching in SAS, R, and other tools to extract relavent parts of data or manipulate text to make data analysis simpler
Title
Write custom R functions
Learning Outcome
Write custom R functions to analyze data and to pass to other processing tools
Title
Create and run basic simulations
Learning Outcome
Create and run basic simulations in R and SAS to explore the bahavior or routines and do basic power studies
Title
Additional Tools
Learning Outcome
Demonstrate knowledge about additional tools in SAS, R, and stand alone tools that could aid in preparing data for analysis
