October 30, 2012
Some people don’t know when to give up
After teaching an online course “Computing for Data Analysis” to 50,000 people through Coursera, Roger Peng has decided to do it all again on his blog next month.
Think of it as an Advent calendar for aspiring DIY statisticians.
Thomas Lumley (@tslumley) is Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Auckland. His research interests include semiparametric models, survey sampling, statistical computing, foundations of statistics, and whatever methodological problems his medical collaborators come up with. He also blogs at Biased and Inefficient See all posts by Thomas Lumley »
I (and my 14 year old daughter) actually did the Coursera one. I thought it was effective as a “this is how to work with R” introduction, and well taught.
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