Biostatistical Computing, PHC 6068

Overview

Zhiguang Huo (Caleb)

Monday August 21, 2017

Why biostatisticians learn to program

Basic description of this class

https://caleb-huo.github.io/teaching/2017FALL/biostatisticalComputing.html

More description of this class

Contents of this class

Textbook

Assignment

grading criteria
Requirement points
Homework1 5%
Homework2 5%
Homework3 5%
Mid-term exam 25%
Homework4 5%
Homework5 5%
Homework6 5%
Final exam 25%
Final project 20%

Homework policy

Exams

Final project

Any question about administration things?

What software do we need?

All 3 are free, and all 3 will be used extensively in this course

(survey, demo)

Installing R

R Console

RStudio

Image

Image

R markdown

Will be covered in the next lecture.

Things you should have done, by the end of this week

HiPerGator

Why we should learn R

Some drawbacks of R