Stats 110A
Spring 2002
Robert Gould
9410 Boelter
Hall
310-206-3381
rgould@stat.ucla.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday, 11-11:50, Friday 1:30-2:30. Or,
if you'd like to make an appointment, send email suggesting some available
times.
TA: Jason Lenderman
Office Hours: Thursday, 10-10:50, 12-12:50.
Special Midterm office hours: Thursday, May 2, 2pm-3pm. My office.
Check the
directions
before trying to find it on your own. (It's behind the computer lab
where we usually meet.)
Homework
Assignments
are listed here.
Handouts:
Sometimes, materials given out in class can be easily put on-line.
Other times not. If I can, I will post them on-line here.
Announcements: Make sure you have an email address listed on
URSA.
This is how we will communicate any changes in plans or other similar
things. (for example, changes or hints regarding homework.)
Datasets used in
class will,
whenever possible, be stored in this large directory. Files with
a ".dta" extension are Stata files and can't be read into R. Datafiles
with a "txt" or "dat" extension are text-files and can be read into R or
a word-processor or spreadsheet editor. (You might sometimes need to
clean them up a bit before reading into R.)
Quiz solutions
can be found here
.
Software: We'll be using R, which is a moderately high-level statistical
programming language. I'll try to cover the basics, but the help("topic")
and help.search("topic") functions should become invaluable tools.
R is freeware, compatible with Mac and Unix and PC, and
available here
.
Forum
: We have a virtual discussion section which both I and the TA will check
daily. You can use this to ask questions, try out ideas, etc.
Standard information about the
structure
or pacing of the course can be found in the
syllabus
or
course outline.