Stat 408 Assignment 1
Due January 11, 2013
- Install (or update) R on a computer.
Go to the home page
for this course.
Bookmark the page. Note that assignments will appear here.
Click Setting
Up R and follow the instructions to download and install.
-
Install Rstudio. This
is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) which is nice for organizing
our work.
- Set up a folder for Stat408.
- Email me (
)
to answer these questions:
- Where does your Stat 408 folder reside relative to your
home directory?
- Start RStudio and look in the Help menu. What manuals
or documentation has it installed on your computer? (Breifly
describe for both RStudio and underlying R manuals and docs).
- What is your plan for backing up the files we'll need for
this class? For example, do you use something like Goggle
Drive or Dropbox? or your own backup system? How often do you
do backups?
- What stat classes have you had?
- Will you be bring a laptop to class or use the
departmental computers?
- Where did you graduate from high school?
- Are you working? If so how many hours/week?
- What are your interests?
Use the email you check most often so I can contact you if needed.