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title: "STAT 155 Notes"
author: "Macalester Statistics Faculty"
date: "Updated: `r Sys.Date()`"
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description: "This includes notes for Introduction to Statistical Modeling (STAT 155) at Macalester College."
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# Preface {-}

This book contains notes for STAT 155 at Macalester College. It contains definitions, data examples, and R code explanations that provide a foundation for the activities we will do in class.


Contributors:  [Kelsey Grinde](https://kegrinde.github.io/), [Brianna Heggeseth](https://bcheggeseth.github.io), [Leslie Myint](https://www.lesliemyint.org/)

*When* you find typos, please email bheggese@macalester.edu.


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This online book of notes is licensed under the [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).

## Acknowledgments {-}

These notes would not be possible without the **bookdown package** and the many open-source R packages used throughout the text. We thank the developers of these packages for making this work possible. 

The structure of this book is strongly influenced by the [`bookdown` text](https://bookdown.org/yihui/bookdown) written by Yihui Xie.