Statistical Modelling and Computing - MATH3821
Faculty: Faculty of Science
School: School of Mathematics and Statistics
Course Outline: http://www.maths.unsw.edu.au/
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: MATH2831 or MATH2931
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Introduction to flexible and modern approaches to statistical modelling and statistical computing. Theory, applications and computation for linear models, generalised linear models, the Bayesian linear model, nonparametric regression using kernel smoothers and smoothing splines, nonparametric density estimation and bandwidth selection. Applications of simulation in statistical inference including Monte Carlo simulation, bootstrap methods, and Markov chain Monte Carlo. Statistical packages include R or Splus.
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