STAT 789
Advanced Topics in Statistics: Bootstrapping and Other Resampling Methods
Summer 2006
STAT 789, Advanced Topics in Statistics, is offered from time to time,
with different topics being the subject matter of the course.
My course for the Summer of 2006 will primarily deal with bootstrapping, but will also
cover jackkniffing, cross-validation, and some related topics.
- Welcome
(last updated: May 28,
2006)
- page, on which I introduce the course and indicate what you can read prior to the first lecture.
- Syllabus
(last updated: May 29,
2006)
- giving a description of the course, policies and procedures, information about books and software, and
information about how to contact me.
- Announcements
(last updated: 8:54 AM, July 28,
2006)
- about the course. (I'll update this section as needed during the
summer,
providing information about changes I make pertaining to this web site
and to previously posted/announced policies and schedules.)
- Lecture
(last updated: July 25,
2006)
- supplements.
- Homework
(last updated: July 21,
2006)
- information (assignments, comments, and hints).
- Final exam review
(last updated: July 26,
2006)
- information.
- Home page for
R
- --- to install R, I
clicked on CRAN under Download (on left),
clicked on the Pittsburgh site under USA,
clicked on Windows (95 and later) under Download and Install R,
clicked on base under R for Windows, clicked on R-2.3.1-win32.exe, clicked to Run, and then once the
Setup Wizard was running I clicked Next several times (accepting the defaults,
but you may want to choose something different).
- A thin book that covers the basics of R fairly well is An Introduction to R by Venables, Smith,
and the R Development Core Team, published by Network Theory Limited (ISBN 0-9541617-4-2). I believe the
entire contents of this little book is available from the
R web site. (Click on the Manuals link.)