Hello, my name is Thomas and I will be attending graduate school in the
fall '00 for a masters program in applied statistics. Some of the schools
to which I have applied have a course in statistical computing, which
requires knowledge of a high-level programming knowledge. Other schools do
not have such a course, and presumably, expect you to learn this on your
own. My question is, how important is the topic of statistical computing to
an applied setting? As an undergraduate, I used minitab in stats courses,
and it has been a while since I have used a high-level programming
language. Is there any language in particular that is good for applied
statistics? Perhaps Fortran or C++. At this point, my background is weak
and I do not know if applied statisticians use statistical packages,
programming, or some combination of the two. Any information would be
greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Thomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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