Nicholas Horton - Teaching Statistics with Open-Source Tools

Nicholas Horton (http://www.math.smith.edu/~nhorton/), Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Smith College, will be presenting on how to ease the use of R in an academic environment. This talk is hosted by Gordon College and we know it is a bit out of town (and early in the day for some), but we hope you can attend. It will be a great talk for beginner R users or those who haven't made the switch to R, but want to!

Summary:

Professor Horton will demonstrate the use of the mosaic package (http://mosaic-web.org/), which was created with instructors and students in mind, and to help facilitate the use of modeling in introductory statistics, science and calculus courses. He'll give an overview of these systems for use in introductory statistics courses and undergraduate research projects. No prior experience with R or the mosaic package necessary. Minor refreshments will be provided.

Directions: http://www.gordon.edu/directions

Campus Map: http://www.gordon.edu/download.cfm?file=\download\galleries[Gordon%20Map_fowler.pdf](Gordon%20Map_fowler.pdf)