RMSC 1101

Assessment:

Assignment (a out of 10): Complete 3 individual assignments. Hand in any n pieces of them to get a = min(5n, 10). Aims:

• 1. start appreciating the art of programming; and

  2. skillfully search for potential solutions on the Internet.

Presentation (p out of 10): Each group is required to deliver a 25-minute presentation on an assigned topic. Aims:

• 1. successfully attract the audience’s interest;

  2. concisely outline the problem;

  3. intuitively explain the idea; and

  4. precisely present an R-program to illustrate and/or solve the problem.

Report (r out of 10): Each student is required to write a one-page report on his/her presented topic individually. Aims:

• 1. complete the report by LaTeX;

  2. contain one graph produced by R;

  3. demonstrate your own understanding of the problem; and

  4. neatly summarize the problem and the solution.

Discussion (d out of 10): All students should discuss the presentation with their groupmates after listening to the presentation. For group g’s presentation, group g′ = (g + 4)1(g ≤ 4) + (g − 4)1(g ≥ 5) needs to lead the class to discuss and ask group g questions regarding the presentation to earn the discussion score d. Aims:

• 1. raise interesting and relevant questions to motivate discussion; and

  2. effectively discuss new problems with other people.

Bonus (b out of 0.5): Bonus points are given to students who enthusiastically participate in lectures, presentations, discussions, and tutorials. Possible ways to earn the bonus points include (but are not restricted to):

• 1. give good answers or ask good questions during the discussions; and

  2. enthusiastically participate in class and tutorials.

Course materials

• • Course outline

  • Lecture note 0: Course introduction + Presentation skills

  • Lecture note 1: R programming (I)

    • • R code for the demonstrations

      • R code for the examples

      • R code for the quick exercises

  • Lecture note 2: R programming (II)

    • • R code for the examples and quick exercises

  • Latex example and R-code

  • R code for potting trend-line (14 Nov 2022)

Course material in the previous years can be downloaded here.