Spring 2017 - STAT 675 G100

Applied Discrete Data Analysis (3)

Class Number: 4170

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 4 – Apr 7, 2017: Tue, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
    Burnaby

    Jan 4 – Apr 7, 2017: Thu, 9:30–11:20 a.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    STAT 302 or STAT 305 or STAT 650 or permission of instructor. Open only to graduate students in departments other than Statistics & Actuarial Science.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Introduction to standard methodology for analyzing categorical data including chi-squared tests for two- and multi-way contingency tables, logistic regression, and loglinear (Poisson) regression. Students with credit for STAT 402 or 602 may not take this course for further credit.

COURSE DETAILS:

Course Outline:

This course introduces students to the most important methods for analyzing categorical data. The focus of the course is twofold: classical methods in categorical data analysis, such as chi-squared tests, and logistic and loglinear (Poisson) regression techniques.

  1. Introduction and review: likelihood methods and R 
  2. Analysis with binary variables 
  3. Analysis with multicategory variables 
  4. Analysis with count response 
  5. Model selection and evaluation 
  6. Further topics 

Grading

  • Assignments 10%
  • Midterms 20%
  • Project 30%
  • Final 40%

NOTES:

Graduate students in STAT 675 will be graded separately from students in STAT 475 using standards appropriate to graduate level course work. 

All grading is subject to change.

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Required Text:

Analysis of Categorical Data with R., by: Christopher R. Bilder and Thomas M. Loughin. Publisher: CRC Press

Graduate Studies Notes:

Important dates and deadlines for graduate students are found here: http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/current/important_dates/guidelines.html. The deadline to drop a course with a 100% refund is the end of week 2. The deadline to drop with no notation on your transcript is the end of week 3.

Registrar Notes:

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