The Division of Statistics + Scientific Computation at the University of Texas at Austin is offering short courses in statistics at all levels from May 20 – May 23, 2013, between the spring and summer semesters, as part of the sixth annual UT Summer Statistics Institute.

The courses run four days in the mornings or afternoons, at a discounted fee of $175 per course for UT students, and $275 per course for UT Faculty and Staff.

For more information or to register for a course, visit our website at:
http://ssc.utexas.edu/programs/summer-statistics-institute

Short courses are offered at all levels including introductory statistics, software, and statistical methods and applications. Our software courses include:

*Data Analysis Using SAS
*Introduction to MapReduce Programming Model with Hadoop
*Introduction to Microsoft Access
*Introduction to R
*Introduction to Stata (sponsored by www.stata.com)
*Introduction to SPSS
*Multivariate Data Analysis using R

We have a few new courses this year, including:
*Applied Text-Mining and Text-Analysis with R
*Introduction to Visual Analytics
*Pattern Analysis, Predictive Analytics and Big Data: Theory and Methods
*A Unifying Statistical Framework for Big Data: Graphical Models
*Writing Competitive Federal Grant Proposals

The three main purposes of the SSI are:

•   To provide participants with access to new statistical knowledge and skills

•   To give participants hands-on experience with data analysis

•   To prepare participants to interpret studies employing statistical methods.

Registration is now open. Students receive a 60% discount and groups can receive a 20% discount off the regular $550 course fee.

Visit our website at http://www.ssc.utexas.edu to download the UT Summer Statistics Institute brochure and learn more.

Posted by Alesi Gerthe