STAT 545: SYLLABUS

LAST UPDATE: 28 Aug. 2003 at 08:10.
NOTE: The dates for specific lectures are tentative and subject to change. We will try to keep this webpage updated with the changes in a timely fashion. Chapter (with section) numbers are shown in parantheses. Lectures marked with "+" will include substantial material not in the book. The lecturer's initials are shown in square brackets.
 
  1. Tue 26 Aug: Distributions (1.1-1.3) [DDC]
  2. Thu 28 Aug: Inference (1.3-1.5) [DDC]
  3. Tue 02 Sep: Bayesian inference (15.2.1-15.2.2); Probability distributions for contingency tables;  (2.1-2.2) [DDC]
  4. Thu 04 Sep: Comparing two proportions; Stratified 2 by 2 tables; (2.2-2.3) [DDC]
  5. Tue 09 Sep: I by J tables; Confidence Intervals for association (2.4,3.1) [ENA]
  6. Thu 11 Sep: Testing for independence; After Chi-squared tests (3.2-3.3) [ENA]
  7. Tue 16 Sep: Exact tests and exact confidence intervals; extensions (3.3-3.5) [ENA or DDC]
  8. Thu 18 Sep: Introduction to GLiM models (4.1-4.3,+) [ENA or DDC]
  9. Tue 23 Sep: Likelihood and inference for GLiM (4.4-4.5,+) [ENA]
  10. Thu 25 Sep: Fitting GLiMs (4.6,+) [ENA]
  11. Tue 30 Sep: Quasilikelihoods and related topics (4.7,+) [ENA or DDC]
  12. Thu 02 Oct: Further comments GLiMs and their extensions (4.8) [ENA]
  13. Thu 07 Oct: Introduction to logistic regression (5.1-5.2) [ENA or DDC]
  14. Tue 09 Oct: Categorical predictors, multiple logistic regression, fitting logit models (5.3-5.5) [ENA or DDC]; Midterm Exam handed out.
  15. Thu 14 Oct: Midsemester break.
  16. Tue 16 Oct: Categorical predictors, multiple logistic regression, fitting logit models (5.3-5.5) [ENA or DDC];
  17. Fri 17 Oct: Midterm Exam due.


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