Simulation Studies in R

An introduction to what is simulation, why we simulate, and how we can do so in R while being able to also reproduce our results. The difference between the population distribution and sampling distribution is introduced with an example showing a simulation study from an exponential distribution (population) to empirically evaluate the sampling distribution of the sample mean.

A video for the Biostatistical Methods I (BIOS 6611) course in the Department of Biostatistics and Informatics at the University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus taught by Dr. Alex Kaizer. Slides and additional material available at https://www.alexkaizer.com/bios_6611.

Table of Contents:

00:00 - Intro Song
00:15 - Welcome
00:39 - What is simulation?
01:58 - Why simulate?
03:23 - Simulation Example
05:19 - Reproducibility in Simulations
09:22 - Population vs. Sample Distribution

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