Fall 2022 - STAT 652 G100

Statistical Learning and Prediction (3)

Class Number: 4672

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 7 – Dec 6, 2022: Wed, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
    Burnaby

    Sep 7 – Dec 6, 2022: Fri, 8:30–10:20 a.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Dec 17, 2022
    Sat, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    STAT 302 or STAT 305 or STAT 350 or STAT 604 or STAT 605 or ECON 333 or equivalent.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

An introduction to the essential modern supervised and unsupervised statistical learning methods. Topics include review of linear regression, classification, statistical error measurement, flexible regression and classification methods, clustering and dimension reduction. Open only to graduate students in departments other than Statistics and ActSci. Students with credit for STAT 452 may not take this course for further credit.

COURSE DETAILS:

Outline:

1. Statistical Learning and Prediction
2. Measuring prediction error
3. Linear regression essentials and extensions
4. Classification: Predicting categorical data
5. Variable selection in linear regression
6. Non-linear regression methods
7. Trees and ensembles
8. Additional modern prediction methods
9. Unsupervised learning: clustering and dimension reduction

Grading

  • Assignment 10%
  • Individual Project 1 10%
  • Individual Final Project 15%
  • Midterm Test 30%
  • Final 35%

NOTES:

Above grading is subject to change.

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

An Introduction to Statistical Learning with Applications in R. Gareth James, Daniela Witten, Trevor Hastie and Robert Tibshirani (2013). New York: Springer. 

Book is available for free online through the SFU Library
ISBN-13: 978-1461471370.

REQUIRED READING NOTES:

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Graduate Studies Notes:

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Registrar Notes:

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