[WhatsUpUoH] 2-Day Course on R Nov.7-8: 5.00pm

Dear All,

                                                                                   
                                                                                       University of Hyderabad
                                                                                            Computer Center
                                                                                                   Circular
                                                                                                                                                                    29 October 2013

The First of the Series of the 2- day  Course on R to be held at the seminar hall of the computer center on November 7-8, 2013 (Thursday and Friday)  from 5.00 pm to 6-30 pm.

The Course will be conducted by   Ms. Manjusha Kancherla, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
All those who have registered are kindly  requested to note the date and timings.

A few more seats are available. Those interested may directly attend the Course at the Computer Centre on the specified date and time.

A brief outline of the course is outlined below.

R – Workshop: Course Outline

Dates and Timing: TBA

Instructor: Manjusha Kancharla

Session 1-2: Introduction

·         Applications across disciplines

o   Why, Where and How!

·         Installation

·         R – Studio

·         R Session

·         R as a calculator

·         Variable assignment

·         Import/Export data

·         Inbuilt Datasets

·         Packages

·         Commands

·         Define functions

·         Commonly made errors

·         Practice Practice!

o   Datasets: TBA

Session 3-4: Exploring the Data at hand

·         Summarize a data set: Descriptive Statistics

·         Explore its features

·         Graphical Representations

·         Types of Data

o   Types & Techniques

·         Interpretations

·         Datasets: TBA

Session 5: Building your own models (2 Hour Session)

·         Measures of Association

·         Scatter plots

·         Required Probability distributions

·         Regression

o   OLS, GLS, Logit

·         Other Models

·         Datasets: TBA, Students should try to get datasets from their field of study

Session 6: Testing

·         Essential Testing procedures

·         ANOVA

·         Doubts/Wrap-up

Prof.S Kumaresan

Professor Incharge, Computer Centre

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B.Balakrishna

Systems Manager, Computer Centre

University of Hyderabad 

E-Mail : bbkcs@uohyd.ernet.in 

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