• Instructor
  • Deborah Nolan
    • Office: 395 Evans
    • Email: nolan@stat.berkeley.edu
    • Office Hours: Wed 11:00-12:00 and Thu 1:00-2:00
• GSI
  • Neal Fultz
    • Office: 342 Evans
    • Email: nfultz@ischool.berkeley.edu
    • Office Hours: Tue 2-4
• Student Assistants
  • Cassidy Morris

• There is NO textbook for the class. Chapters of a draft manuscript will be made available throughout the semester.
• We will use R as the primary computational environment
  R manuals
  • Using R for Data Analysis and Graphics - Introduction, Examples and Commentary by John Maindonald
  • R for Beginners by Emmanuel Paradis
  • An Introduction to R
  • R Data Import/Export
  • R Language Definition
• Computing Resources: Statistical Computing Facilities (SCF) - networked computers running Unix
• Undergraduate computer laboratory
  • 342 Evans (25 iMacs) and 432 Evans (12 SUNs)
  • Open 8am to 6pm Monday through Friday.
  • Remote access through ssh.
• Forum, Announcements, and Chat Room: bspace.Berkeley.edu

Participation	4%	Forum and class discussion
Homeworks	48%	6 Short computing assignments each worth 8%
Project	36%	Two group projects with 3 students
Final	12%	Written final exam May 20 8-11am