Basic Statistical Computing Using R
PostgraduateSWI-STA600032024
Course information for 2024 intake
Upskill and package up your computer and statistical knowledge. Form questions. Use SPSS software to select, modify, merge and apply data visualisation techniques. Investigate missing values and manage complex data files.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- Subject may require attendance
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Basic Statistical Computing Using R
About this subject
Students who successfully complete this subject will be able to:
- Clean and prepare unorganised data for analysis using R
- Visualise data graphically using R.
- Perform basic programming and user-defined function using R within the RStudio environment.
- Write R programs to perform statistical analysis conduct and interpret hypothesis tests
- Simulate data from different probability distributions.
- Perform and interpret linear regression using R.
- Analyse and interpret categorical data using R.
- Introduction to R and RStudio
- R data types and basic syntax
- Basic Principles of programming-functions, algorithms, loops
- Data summaries and graphics
- Hypothesis testing and comparison of means
- Probability distributions and simulation in R
- Linear regression
- Categorical data analysis
This subject introduces R, one of the popular open source statistical programming languages commonly used in applied statistics and data science disciplines. Students will learn key programming principles of R and develop competence in programming in R which are essential for a statistician or data scientist to perform different types of statistical analyses.
This subject was formerly known as STA60003 Basic Statistical Computing
Please note: assessment values are indicative only, details will be advised at the start of the subject.
- Assignments, Individual (40%)
- Invigilated Exam, Individual (50%)
- Online Quizzes (10), Individual (10%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- SWI-STA-GCE-2024 - Graduate Certificate of Applied Statistics
Elective
- OUA-PSU-GCE-2024 - Postgraduate Single Subjects
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
SWI-HMS772 (Not currently available)
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - You will require access to a recent version of SPSS - at least the SPSS Grad Pack.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Certificate of Applied Statistics
PostgraduateSWI-STA-GCE
PostgraduateOUA-PSU-GCE