Introduction to programming in applied statistics
Introduction to C++ and ROOT:C++ is one of the most widely used programming languages in the World, not the least so in the sciences. ROOT is a piece of (CERN developped) software (libraries) based on C++, which enables fast reading of data, advanced stastistical analysis and fitting, and graphical displaying of the results. For a further description, please see Wikipedia's description of ROOT.
ROOT (and C++) is essential to the course, as we will be using it for all data analysis. Much of the analyses involved is hard/impossible to do using simpler programming languages (e.g. matlab).
Installing C++ and ROOT:
C++ is typically part of Linux/MAC installations. For Windows, the following is a free C++ compiler for Windows.
ROOT can be downloaded in the latest ROOT version 5.34. Instalation instructions can be found on the page.
An example C++/ROOT macro (small piece of program not needing to be compiled) to test the installation can be found at: PrimeNumbers.c
Slides introducing ROOT:
The following slides are very general and possibly too advanced for what is needed for this course, but nevertheless useful:
Overview of talk
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5Useful links for new ROOT users:
ROOT User Guide
ROOT Tutorials (i.e. examples)
ROOT FAQ