Day 1 - 08/19/2024

Welcome to STAT 705!

  • About us

  • About you

    • more than 50% of you study some type of biological science.
    • about 20% PhD, 60% Master’s, 20% undergraduates.

About this course

Logistics

  • Website
  • Syllabus
  • Statistical programming
  • Rough draft of the course
  • Semester project
  • Grades

Philosophy and goals

  • Statistical thinking
  • Think of data generating processes
  • Writing out statistical models
  • Fitting the model using R

In-class activity

How much do 10 corn kernels weigh?

kernels <- read.csv("data/corn_kernel_data.csv")
hist(kernels$weight_g,
     breaks = seq(3,6, by = .1), 
     main = "Histogram of 10 corn kernels weight (g)", 
     xlab = "10 kernel weight (g)", 
     ylab = "count")

For next class:

  • Read Chapter 1 from the book.
  • Install R and RStudio.
  • Send me an email if you wish to use a different software.
  • Think of your semester project.
  • Complete this survey.