The Introduction to Statistics and Analytics
Hello! This is my initial post on this blog. I'm Crystal Lin (Allen Lin), a Dual Enrollment student at Pine View School. I'll be talking my experience in an introduction to LIS4273 (Adv. Statistics and Analysis) So, what is statistics? Statistics is defined as a collection of methods used to obtain, analyze, present, and understand data to make better informed decisions. This includes descriptive statistics and inferential statistics, respectively: one being the collection and description of data, and another being the inferences made based on collected data. What about analytics? It's a newer field of statistics, which involves lots of predictive modeling. Analytics is an area of predictive modeling based on data, mainly in the computational field. What is R, and why am I using it? R is an interpreted CLI open source programming language made in 1976, theorized by Bell Labs and brought to life by Dr. Ross Ihaka and Dr. Robert Gentleman. It's a language that supports ...