Statistical Learning

Learn the theory behind cutting edge statistical and machine learning techniques. Gain hands on experience with real data from a variety of disciplines. The course will focus on the statistical computing language R.

Course Info

Location: Carswell 208
Time: Wed/Fri 11a

Office Hours

Instructor: Dr. Lucy D’Agostino McGowan
Email: mcgowald@wfu.edu
Office Hours: Book Online
Office: Manchester 342

TA: Joe Zhu
Office Hours: Monday 3-5PM email to set up
Math & Stats Center: mathandstatscenter@wfu.edu
Location: Math & Stats Center


Carswell 208


Wed/Fri 11a

Texts

The main text book is: An Introduction to Statistical Learning with Applications in R by Gareth James, Daniela Witten, Trevor Hastie, and Robert Tibshirani – it is freely available online.

Materials

This class is very hands on; be sure to bring a fully charged laptop to every class.