Statistics

Statistical Computation and Software

Release Date: 2017-09-22

1. Basic Course Information

Course Title: Statistical Computation and Software
Course Code:109833
Credit Hours/Credits:48/3
Students: Undergraduate Students majoring in Statistics and Applied Statistics 
Prerequisites: The Foundation of Statistics and the Foundation of Computing
Subsequent Course(s):None
Course Category: Professional Fundamental Course
Assessment: final exam (70%) + Participation & Assignments (30%)

2. Course Introduction 

The objective of the course is to help students understand the procedure of data collection, classification, computation, output and analysis with EXCEL, SPSS, MINITAB and S-PLUS. The content includes: setting up and editing files, introducing the functions of windows, menus, dialogue usages and interpretation of the statistical meaning of results.