Software

Many statistical software now includes some nonparametric estimations methods. We will be using the free statistical software R. Additionally, we will cover some topics using Microsoft Excel. You can obtain R from www.r-project.org (or directly from cloud.r-project.org. We highly recommend using R with RStudio, which makes R easier to use. RStudio includes a code editor, debugging, and visualization tools. Try to get familiarize yourself with R and RStuio before the course progresses. Tremendous amount of documentation and tutorial are available at the R web page (check cran.r-project.org/manuals.htm and cran.r-project.org/other-docs.html). You may also benefit from the free R introduction course at datacamp.com/courses/free-introduction-to-r.