Computational Statistics

This is main resources site for the Computational Statistics course. This is where all the material, including slides, assignments, and data, are collected.

Schedule

Note on the exercises:

Each Thursday, our exercise session will center around a key topic. Together, we’ll work through selected exercises on this topic. The remaining exercises are for you to solve independently at your own pace.

Week 1

Lecture 1: Introduction

• Slides: Introduction and Functions in R
• Reading: Chapter 6 (AdvR)
• Exercises: A1-A7 (CSWR, Appendix A)
  • Data: infrared.txt

Exercise Session 1

• Main topic: Setting up a proper development environment for R/Rcpp
• In class walkthrough: A1-A7 (CSwR, Appendix A)

Lecture 2: OOP and Density Estimation

• Slides: OOP and Density Estimation
• Reading:
  • Chapter 13 (AdvR)
  • Sections 2-2.2 (CSwR)
• Exercises:
  • A8-A10 (CSwR, Appendix A)
  • 2.1-2.6 (CSwR, Chapter 2)