Theory behind computers. Operating Systems. What do geologists use computers for? Review of common productivity packages---spreadsheet, word processor, presentation, image analysis, Communication, database and GIS. Planning, executing, writing up, and presenting a geologic study. Internet: Internet resources for geologists. Algorithms and Flowcharts, Methods of finding, gathering, managing, and evaluating geoscience information. Application of statistical methods to geology including, descriptive data analysis. correlation and regression, tests of hypotheses, trend surface analysis, analysis of variance, nonparametric statistics and time series analysis. Finding data sources, creating valid data sets and visualizing data, simulating geostatistical data.

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Exercises on use of computer packages and web interfaces in Geology, 3D Geologic Visualization Packages, Statistical packages etc.