Stat 414 - Lectures Notes

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Tuesday
Thursday 

To Do:

  • REGRESS test and Initial Course survey in PolyLearn

Day 1: What is a GLM?

To Do:

  • Finish HW 0
  • Review Linear Regression Models (Stat 324, Stat 334)
  • Start HW 1
Day 2: Adjusted association, Interactions, Modeling Heterogeneity

To Do:

  • Continue HW 1
  • Start reading Ch. 2
Day 3: Estimation

To Do:

Day 4: Likelihood Ratio Test, Restricted Maximum Likelihood Estimation

To Do:

  • Review HW 1 solutions, grading comments
  • Continue HW 2
Day 5: Random Effects
To Do:

Day 6: Random intercepts and Induced correlation (4.1 - 4.4)

To Do:

  • Start brainstorming project topics
  • Continue HW 3
Day 7: Estimating Group Effects (4.8)
To Do:
  • Submit HW 3
  • Submit Review questions in PolyLearn
  • R plotting blog 
Day 8: Confidence intervals and Level 2 residuals (4.8)

To Do:

  • Review Q and A in PolyLearn
Exam 1

Review handout
Review problems
Solutions
Day 9: Three-level models (4.9)

To Do:

  • Submit project proposal (PolyLearn)
  • Submit new version of Exam 1, question 6 (Friday)
Day 10: Random slopes (5.1)
To Do:
Day 11: Random slopes cont. Centering (4.6, 5.2)
To Do:
  • Review HW 4,  Project proposals
  • Cont. HW 5.
Day 12: Adding Level 2 Variables (5.2)
To Do:
  • Submit HW 5
  • Finish reading Ch. 5-6
  • Next project report due Tuesday
  • Start reading Ch. 10
  • Start HW 6
Day 13: Residuals and Influential observations (Ch. 10)
To Do:
  • Email me question for guest speaker
  • Submit project progress report in PolyLearn
  • Cont. HW 6
  • Wednesday office hour moving to 9-10am
Day 14: Longitudinal data
  • Guest speaker - email at least one question by 8am
  • Longitudinal data (pdf) (anno)

No Thursday or Friday office hour this week (e-mail)

To Do:
  • Submit HW 6
  • Begin review for Exam 2

Day 15: Longitudinal data (time dependent correlation) (Ch. 15)
To Do:
  • Review Q and A in PolyLearn
Exam 2

Review handout
Review problems
Solutions
Day 16: Logistic regression (Ch. 17)
To Do:



Day 17: Imperfect hierarchies (Ch. 13)
To Do:
  • Submit HW 7
  • Projects
    • Submit Part 3?
  • Have a wonderful break!
Day 18: Immanuel Williams

  • Office hours Sunday 12/1, 1-3pm
  • Complete course evaluation form
  • Review exercise (doc) (sols)
Day 19: Nina Schleicher

  • Office hours Sunday 12/8, 1-3pm
  • Monday 9-10am, 11-12pm
  • Tuesday 9-10am