Joshua Habiger

Professor

Statistics

  • Professor
    Statistics
  • 405-744-5684 (Work)
  • Oklahoma State University, Statistics, MSCS bldg, Stillwater, OK, 74078-1056, USA

TEACHING SUMMARY

Teaching: I currently teach PhD Statistics courses in Computational Statistics and Probability with Measure Theory. I also developed and currently teach Statistical Machine Learning and R Programming courses that are offered at the undergraduate and graduate level. I also teach an online section of Elementary Statistics.

Past Teaching: Honors Business Statistics; Engineering Statistics; Multivariate Statistical Methods; Multivariate Statistical Theory; Time Series Analysis; Statistical Inference; Statistical Literacy

TEACHING

  • DEVELOPMENT OF NEW COURSE / TRAINING
    FEATURED
    Featured
    Statistical Machine Learning with R
    1 Jan 2021
  • DEVELOPMENT OF NEW COURSE / TRAINING
    FEATURED
    Featured
    R Programming
    1 Aug 2017
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Elementary Statistics (Q)
    8 Jun 2026 - 2 Jul 2026
    An introductory course in the theory and methods of statistics. Descriptive measures, elementary probability, sampling, estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression. Same course as STAT 2023 or STAT 2053.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or higher, except MATH 1493, with a grade of 'C' or better; or an acceptable placement score (see mathplacement.okstate.edu).
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Elementary Statistics (Q)
    9 Mar 2026 - 1 May 2026
    An introductory course in the theory and methods of statistics. Descriptive measures, elementary probability, sampling, estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression. Same course as STAT 2023 or STAT 2053.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or higher, except MATH 1493, with a grade of 'C' or better; or an acceptable placement score (see mathplacement.okstate.edu).
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    R Programming
    9 Mar 2026 - 1 May 2026
    R dataset construction, elementary statistical analysis, and use of statistics and graphics with R. May not be used for degree credit with STAT 4193, STAT 5191, STAT 5193.Prerequisite(s): STAT 4013 or equivalent.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    R Programming
    9 Mar 2026 - 1 May 2026
    R dataset construction, elementary statistical analysis, and use of statistics and graphics with R. May not be used for degree credit with STAT 4191, STAT 4193, STAT 5193.Prerequisite(s): STAT 4013 or STAT 5013.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Doctoral Dissertation
    12 Jan 2026 - 1 May 2026
    Directed research culminating in the PhD thesis.Offered for variable credit, 1-10 credit hours, maximum of 30 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Consent of advisory committee.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Master's Research
    12 Jan 2026 - 1 May 2026
    Methods of research and supervised thesis or report.Offered for variable credit, 1-6 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Consent of advisory committee.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    SAS and R Programming
    12 Jan 2026 - 1 May 2026
    SAS and R dataset construction, elementary statistical analysis, and use of statistics and graphics with SAS and R. May not be used for degree credit with STAT 4091, STAT 4191, STAT 5091, STAT 5191, STAT 5193.Prerequisite(s): STAT 4013 or equivalent.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    SAS and R Programming
    12 Jan 2026 - 1 May 2026
    SAS and R dataset construction, elementary statistical analysis, and use of statistics and graphics with SAS and R. May not be used for degree credit with STAT 4091, STAT 4191, STAT 4193, STAT 5191, STAT 5091.Prerequisite(s): STAT 5013 or equivalent.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Statistical Machine Learning with R
    12 Jan 2026 - 1 May 2026
    Computationally intense statistical methods for prediction and classification with R. Topics are bias-variance tradeoff; prediction and classification error; cross validation; bootstrapping; linear and logistic regression; discriminant functions; k-nearest neighbors; local and spline-based regression; generalized additive models; model selection and regularization; support vector machines; decision trees; principle component analysis; cluster analysis. May not be used for degree credit with STAT 4463.Prerequisite(s): STAT 5543.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Statistical Machine Learning with R
    12 Jan 2026 - 1 May 2026
    Computationally intense statistical methods for prediction and classification with R. Topics are bias-variance tradeoff; prediction and classification error; cross validation; bootstrapping; linear and logistic regression; discriminant functions; k-nearest neighbors; local and spline-based regression; generalized additive models; model selection and regularization; support vector machines; decision trees; principle component analysis; cluster analysis. May not be used for degree credit with STAT 4463.Prerequisite(s): STAT 5543.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Statistical Machine Learning with R
    12 Jan 2026 - 1 May 2026
    Computationally intense statistical methods for prediction and classification with R. Topics are bias-variance tradeoff; prediction and classification error; cross validation; bootstrapping; linear and logistic regression; discriminant functions; k-nearest neighbors; local and spline-based regression; generalized additive models; model selection and regularization; support vector machines; decision trees; principle component analysis; cluster analysis. May not be used for degree credit with STAT 5063.Prerequisite(s): STAT 4043.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Elementary Statistics (Q)
    13 Oct 2025 - 5 Dec 2025
    An introductory course in the theory and methods of statistics. Descriptive measures, elementary probability, sampling, estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression. Same course as STAT 2023 or STAT 2053.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or higher, except MATH 1493, with a grade of 'C' or better; or an acceptable placement score (see mathplacement.okstate.edu).
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    R Programming
    13 Oct 2025 - 5 Dec 2025
    R dataset construction, elementary statistical analysis, and use of statistics and graphics with R. May not be used for degree credit with STAT 4191, STAT 4193, STAT 5193.Prerequisite(s): STAT 4013 or STAT 5013.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Doctoral Dissertation
    18 Aug 2025 - 5 Dec 2025
    Directed research culminating in the PhD thesis.Offered for variable credit, 1-10 credit hours, maximum of 30 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Consent of advisory committee.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    SAS and R Programming
    18 Aug 2025 - 5 Dec 2025
    SAS and R dataset construction, elementary statistical analysis, and use of statistics and graphics with SAS and R. May not be used for degree credit with STAT 4091, STAT 4191, STAT 5091, STAT 5191, STAT 5193.Prerequisite(s): STAT 4013 or equivalent.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    SAS and R Programming
    18 Aug 2025 - 5 Dec 2025
    SAS and R dataset construction, elementary statistical analysis, and use of statistics and graphics with SAS and R. May not be used for degree credit with STAT 4091, STAT 4191, STAT 4193, STAT 5191, STAT 5091.Prerequisite(s): STAT 5013 or equivalent.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Statistical Computing
    18 Aug 2025 - 5 Dec 2025
    Random variable generation; numerical calculations of maximum likelihood estimators, computer intensive exact tests; randomized tests; bootstrap and cross validation methods, Monte Carlo integration and simulation; Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods for Bayesian estimation.Prerequisite(s): STAT 5223.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Elementary Statistics (A)
    7 Jul 2025 - 1 Aug 2025
    An introductory course in the theory and methods of statistics. Descriptive measures, elementary probability, sampling, estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression. Same course as STAT 2023 or STAT 2053.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or higher, except MATH 1493, with a grade of 'C' or better; or an acceptable placement score (see mathplacement.okstate.edu).
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Doctoral Dissertation
    9 Jun 2025 - 1 Aug 2025
    Directed research culminating in the PhD thesis.Offered for variable credit, 1-10 credit hours, maximum of 30 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Consent of advisory committee.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Internship in Statistics
    9 Jun 2025 - 1 Aug 2025
    Directed practicum or internship experience in a Statistics-related professional work setting. Students must have an approved internship that will provide statistical experience beyond that available in the classroom. Students produce written analyses of their work and learning under the guidance of the instructor and internship site supervisor.Offered for variable credit, 1-9 credit hours, maximum of 9 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Elementary Statistics (A)
    10 Mar 2025 - 2 May 2025
    An introductory course in the theory and methods of statistics. Descriptive measures, elementary probability, sampling, estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression. Same course as STAT 2023 or STAT 2053.Prerequisite(s): MATH 1483 or higher, except MATH 1493, with a grade of 'C' or better; or an acceptable placement score (see mathplacement.okstate.edu).
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    R Programming
    10 Mar 2025 - 2 May 2025
    R dataset construction, elementary statistical analysis, and use of statistics and graphics with R. May not be used for degree credit with STAT 4191, STAT 4193, STAT 5193.Prerequisite(s): STAT 4013 or STAT 5013.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Doctoral Dissertation
    13 Jan 2025 - 2 May 2025
    Directed research culminating in the PhD thesis.Offered for variable credit, 1-10 credit hours, maximum of 30 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Consent of advisory committee.