ENSAE Paris - École d'ingénieurs pour l'économie, la data science, la finance et l'actuariat

Descriptive statistics with R

Objective

This course introduces the basics of the R programming language in order to build a foundation in descriptive statistics and to represent data and results graphically with R.

The course will cover importing and manipulating data, performing simple operations, and creating modern graphics.

Assessment Method:

  • Report (50%)

  • Graded practical work (25%)

  • Attendance (25%)

Planning

  1. R Language
    1. Control structures (conditionals, loops, functions, …)

    2. Objects (vectors, data frames, lists, …)

    3. Efficient programming

    4. Data

  2. Practical work in descriptive statistics with R

References

Nicolas Baradel. Langage R : Introduction à la Statistique, à l’Actuariat et à la Finance. Economica, 2015.