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Using The R Library Rpanel For Gui-Based Simulations In Introductory Statistics Courses, Ryan M. Allison May 2012

Using The R Library Rpanel For Gui-Based Simulations In Introductory Statistics Courses, Ryan M. Allison

Statistics

As a student, I noticed that the statistical package R (http://www.r-project.org) would have several benefits of its usage in the classroom. One benefit to the package is its free and open-source nature. This would be a great benefit for instructors and students alike since it would be of no cost to use, unlike other statistical packages. Due to this, students could continue using the program after their statistical courses and into their professional careers. It would be good to expose students while they are in school to a tool that professionals use in industry. R also has powerful …


Advanced Topics From "An Introduction To Categorical Data Analysis" Chapters 7,8,9, Tyler Diestel Mar 2011

Advanced Topics From "An Introduction To Categorical Data Analysis" Chapters 7,8,9, Tyler Diestel

Statistics

This project explored Chapters 7, 8, and 9 of “An Introduction to Categorical and Data Analysis” by Alan Agresti. Chapter 7 describes how to use loglinear models to analyze categorical data in multi-way contingency tables. Chapter 8 shows how to deal with data in which there are matched pairs. Lastly, Chapter 9 presents models that describe data that contain repeated responses or clusters.