Stat 770, Spring 2017

STAT 770: Categorical Data Analysis, Spring 2017

Syllabus.
Instructor: Tim Hanson. E-mail: hansont@stat.sc.edu.
Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 10am to 11am, and by appointment.
Office: 219C LeConte College, (803) 777-3859.
Class Meeting: Tuesday/Thursday 11:40am - 12:55pm in WMBB Nursing room 409 or online.
Textbook: Categorical Data Analysis, Third Edition by Alan Agresti.
Video link for STAT 770.

Lecture schedule, notes, and homework

  • Tues., Jan. 10: Logistics, syllabus, use of SAS. Sec. 1.1, 1.2. Course notes.
  • Thur., Jan. 12: Sec. 1.3.
  • Tues., Jan. 17: Sec. 1.4, 1.5. Course notes. Homework 1 due Jan. 24.
  • Thur., Jan. 19: Sec. 1.4, 1.5 finished; 2.1, 2.2. Course notes.
  • Tues., Jan. 24: 2.2, 2.3. Course notes.
  • Thur., Jan. 26: 2.3, 2.4.
  • Tues., Jan. 31: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3. Skip 3.3.3 unless interested. Homework 2 due Feb. 7. Course notes.
  • Thur., Feb. 2: 3.4, 3.5. Course notes.
  • Tues., Feb. 7: 3.5, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3. Course notes. We skipped 4.2.4 and 4.2.5.
  • Thur., Feb. 9: 4.3, 4.4, 5.1. We skipped 4.5, 4.6, and only briefly discussed 4.7; read if interested. Course notes.
  • Tues., Feb. 14: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3. Course notes. Homework 3 due Feb. 21.
  • Thur., Feb. 16: 5.3, 5.4; skip 5.5. Course notes.
  • Tues., Feb. 21: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3. Course notes.
  • Thur., Feb. 23: 6.4, 6.5, 6.6. Course notes.
  • Tues., Feb. 28: 6.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3. Course notes. Homework 4 due March 14. Cohen et al. (1997). The heart data set. Paper on exact logistic regression in SAS. Excerpt on Bayesian analyses in SAS.
  • Thur., Mar. 2: Hierarchical models and 7.4.
  • Tues., Mar. 7: Spring Break.
  • Thur., Mar. 9: Spring Break.
  • Tues., Mar. 14: 8.1, 8.2. Course notes.
  • Thur., Mar. 16: 8.3, discrete survival analysis; skipped 8.5.
  • Tues., Mar. 21: 11.1, 11.2. Course notes. Homework 5 due March 28.
  • Thur., Mar. 23: 11.3, 11.4, 11.5. Sample SAS code.
  • Tues., Mar. 28: 12.2. Course notes.
  • Thur., Mar. 30: 12.2, 12.5. Sample SAS code for clinical trial data.
  • Tues., Apr. 4: CLASS CANCELLED.
  • Thur., Apr. 6: 13.1, 13.2. Course notes.
  • Tues., Apr. 11: 13.3, Bayesian approach in SAS PROC MCMC, 13.6. Homework 6 due April 20. Here are the data.
  • Thur., Apr. 13: 13.6, 13.4, SAS PROC GLIMMIX. Lee and Nelder (2004): conditional vs. marginal approach. Sample SAS code showing how to fit the Ache hunting data in PROC MCMC and for testing H0: σ2=0 vs. Ha: σ2>0 in PROC NLMIXED.
  • Tues., Apr. 18: Chapters 9 and 10. Course notes.
  • Thur., Apr. 20: Review. Lecture prerecorded; no in-class lecture!