STAT 8670 - Computational Methods in Statistics

Author

Chi-Kuang Yeh

Published

September 3, 2025

Preface

Description

Topics ins included are optimization, numerical integration, bootstrapping, cross-validation and Jackknife, density estimation, smoothing, and use of the statistical computer package of S-plus/R.

Prerequisites

MATH 4752/6752 – Mathematical Statistics II, and the ability to program in a high-level language.

Instructor

Chi-Kuang Yeh, I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Georgia State University.

Office Hour

14:00–15:00 on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Assignment

Midterm

Final Exam

Topics and Corresponding Lectures

Those chapters are based on the lecture notes. This part will be updated frequently.

Topic Lecture Covered
Introduction to R Programming 1–2
Optimization 3–
Numerical integration TBA
Jackknife TBA
Bootstrap TBA
Cross-validation TBA
Smoothing TBA
Density estimation TBA
Monte Carlo Methods TBA

Side Readings

  • Wickham, H., Çetinkaya-Rundel, M. and Grolemund, G. (2023). R for Data Science. O’Reilly.