Computing

We will use the free and open source statistical computing environment RStudio, which is an interface to the language R. You may either install R and RStudio on your personal machine (www.r-project.org and www.rstudio.com, respectively), or use Oberlin's RStudio server via a web browser (rstudio.oberlin.edu). The R language has become the standard computing tool used by practicing statisticians and data scientists, and so although statistical reasoning is the main goal of the course, competence in R and written presentation of results is a learning objective unto itself as well.