Lecture 01

Lecture 01

PDF Slides for Class Session 1

• Slides, Lecture 1

Hands-On for Class Session 1

• If you haven't done so already, install all the software and go over the materials on the Course Tools page.
• Getting Acquainted with R
• Getting Acquainted with Python
• Reproducible Research with Sweave and Pweave
  • PDF version of Hands-on 1
• Sweave and Pweave templates

Data sets for Class Session 1

• algae.txt
• algae2.txt
• turtles.txt

Readings

• Wickens, T. D. The Geometry of multivariate statistics. -- Chapters 1 and 2.
• Bryant, P. 1984. Geometry, statistics, probability: variations on a common theme. American Statistician 38: 38-48. JSTOR Link -- Concentrate on sections 1, 2 and 4. Best read after the Wickens chapters.

Programming exercises

Read/work through the materials in the following:

• Paradis, E. R for Beginners. PDF -- Chapters 1-3.
• Elkner, J. et al. How to think like a computer scientist: Learning with Python. 2nd edition. Web version -- Chapters 1-4 (ignore section 4.11).