STAT 421 - Computational Issues in Statistical Science

Institution:

Virginia Commonwealth University

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Description:

Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisites: STAT 212 and CMSC 245 or CMSC 255, and MATH 310, or their equivalents. Examination of the interface of statistics, computer science and numerical analysis. The course explores the fundamental problems of doing arithmetic with digital computers: rounding, truncation, errors and error propagation, stability and accuracy of algorithms. It then proceeds to examine extensions to the computation of probabilities, percentage points of probability distributions, random number generation, Monte Carlo methods and numerical methods in linear algebra. This course will require programming in higher level language.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.vcu.edu/

Phone Number:

(804) 828-0100

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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