Statistical Computing Course

• Computer programming prerequisites
• Syllabus, course notes, and book by Alzola and Harrell.
• Concepts to master
• R and S-Plus page
• Scripts and Output used in Class and Labs
• Homework and Project Assignments
• Lab Assignments
• Small Excel file for learning how to import data here.
• S code for creating data for Table 5 of Galobardes et al. for final project
• Corrected data and data dictionaries from Rosner and some associated S-Plus data frames (dumpdata.ssd file)
• Datasets useful in learning biostatistical modeling techniques
• For an S script demonstrating how to draw random numbers, the central limit theorem, and binomial probabilities, click here.
• Statistical graphics page
• S-Plus Hints; JS Hong (27May98, PDF, 16 pages, companion to Alzola & Harrell)

WWW Statistical Computing Applications using R

• RStatServer and RSOAP projects and a live CD ISO
• Open Infrastructure for Outcomes with a live reporting module using RSessionDA
• An impressive implementation of time series analysis based on R and Javascript. This web server creates separate browser windows for data entry, graphics, and procedure selection. These windows are dynamic. For example, after entering data there is no submit button to submit the data. The procedure selection window is used to start the analysis, which uses the current values in the data window.
• Online multivariate analysis and graphical displays from PBIL, Lyon
• Correspondence analysis of codon usage from a set of DNA sequencies, from PBIL, Lyon
• The Rweb system (mirrored here).
• An R web server for robust rank-based linear models
• An R web server for the Harrell-Davis quantile estimator
• Rcgi, a "lighter alternative to Rweb with more 'reasonable' dependencies"
• Rpad
• R-php
• R-Online
• Doug Bates' presentation Using Open Source Software to Teach Mathematical Statistics, with examples of distribution fitting using maximum likelihood, profile likelihood plotting, and other statistical calculations
• Notes from John Nash's Workshop on Open Source and Proprietary Statistical Software
• Other CGI examples: here, here, and here.
• The CGIwithR package
• A web site summarizing features of various R web servers
• The Other Road Ahead by Paul Graham, an interesting essay on the value of using servers for most applications
• R/Apache Integration Project

Short Courses and Workshops

• S for Statistical Data Analysis and Graphics - Detailed description of a three-day short course by FrankHarrell. See the attachments at the bottom of this page for scripts developed in previous classes (.txt files).
• Introduction to Statistics in R by BonnieLaFleur and DeanBillheimer
• An Introduction to R by TheresaScott
• Advanced Statistical Computing by Robert Gray

Resources for Learning Computer Languages

• Tcl Tutor, a self-extracting .exe file for Windows for learning the Tcl language

• Web site for Kraus and Olson's book
• Dalhousie University's Software Tutorials, including one on S-Plus
• Statistical Computing & Graphics Newsletter
• Abstracts and papers from the 2nd International Workshop on Distributed Statistical Computing, Vienna
• Keynote lectures from the 2004 useR! meeting
• R-based site for rank-based linear models by Abebe, Crimin, McKean, Haas, Vidmar (see Drug Information Journal 35:947-971, 2001).
• Patrick Burns' bootstrap and resampling page for R and S-Plus
• Statistical computing software list (including a list of free packages) from Statistical Science Web

-- FrankHarrell - 04 Feb 2004; Modified 20 May, 11 Jul, 1 Aug, 9 Sep, 13 Dec 2004, 28 Feb, 19 Apr 2007
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