STAT 599 (Special Topics Course: Advanced Statistical Models)

Spring 2013

Syllabus

Syllabus (Word document) or Syllabus (pdf format)

Instructor

David Hitchcock, associate professor of statistics

Office Hours -- Spring 2013

Mon 2:00-3:00 p.m., Tues 1:10-2:00 p.m., Wed 1:00-2:00 p.m., Thur 10:30-11:15 a.m.
Please feel free to make appointments to see me at other times.

209A LeConte College
Phone: 777-5346
E-mail: hitchcock@stat.sc.edu

Course Meeting Times

Mon-Wed-Fri 11:15 a.m. - 12:05 p.m., LeConte College, Room 201A

Course Description: Advanced models, including: generalized linear models, nonlinear models, random- and mixed-effects models, repeated measures models, nonparametric regression, spatial models, and data mining.

Prerequisites: STAT 513 or STAT 516 or equivalent.

Current Textbook: Extending the Linear Model with R, by Julian J. Faraway, 2005.

Homework Assignments

Available Computing Resources: R is available as a free download (from the CRAN home page).
R is also available on the computers in the labs in LeConte College (and a few other buildings).
Help in using R can be found on the CRAN home page.

Downloading Instructions for R

Computer Code for Class Examples

Required Computing Resources: Some problems in this course involve significant computations, and we will primarily learn to use the software package R to do the needed computations.
You will need access to a computer with R (available as a free download from the CRAN home page). This can easily be downloaded onto your home computer.
R is also available on the computers in the labs in LeConte College.
Help in using R can be found on the CRAN home page.

HELPFUL R RESOURCE:


Supplementary material available for download:
Click here for Basics of R: A Primer, by Don Edwards.
Introduction to R, Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN).
Available at CRAN home page (click "Manuals" at left side of page; then choose the first manual, "Introduction to R").

Data Sets

Review Sheets

Formula Sheets

Test 1 Formula Sheet (Word document) or Test 1 Formula Sheet (pdf format)

Exam Solutions

Exams