Electronic Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

Orlando, Florida, March 16-19, 2006

Paper S056

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Edited by Joanne Foster, ISBN 0-321-49160-2, Copyright (C) 2007 by Pearson Education, Inc.


Using R in an Introductory Statistics Course

Alan T. Arnholt


Department of Mathematical Sciences
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
USA

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ABSTRACT

This session will show how to install r ans several useful packages from the internet. Participants will become familiar with r commands needed to use r in an introductory statistics course including graphics and syntax of the r language. Illustrating statistical concepts through simulation with r will also be covered.

Keyword(s): statistics, software, simulation