The course teaches principles of data analysis and computation-based statistical inference with a secondary goal of teaching the R statistical computing language. Students will learn visualization, data wrangling, sampling/simulation of probability models, and computer-based inference.

Program

Statistics

Degree

Bachelor's

Instructors

• Yuval Benjamini
• Or Zuk

The course deals with the statistical analysis of large modern datasets. We will discuss statistical and computational challenges and learn general principles as well as specific methods of analysis. In particular, we will focus on exploratory data analysis and on prediction models.

Program

Statistics

Degree

Bachelor’s

Instructors

• Yuval Benjamini

The course will introduce modern statistical methods and concentrate on high-dimensional and large-scale datasets. We will discuss the novel computational and statistical challenges arising from such datasets. Emphasis will be given on practical methods and computational efficiency. During the course we will use and implement modern statistical procedures and apply them to simulated and real-life…

Program

Statistics, Computer Science

Degree

Bachelor’s

Instructors

• Or Zuk