Statistics 4C03/6C03

Generalized Linear Models

Dr P.D.M. Macdonald

2004-2005


| Announcements | Calendar | Timetable | Textbook | Labs | Course Notes |
| Computing Resources | Exercises | Assignments | Tests | Links |

Statistics 4C03/6C03 is offered by the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at McMaster University.
Any questions, comments or suggestions? Send an e-mail to me at pdmmac@mcmaster.ca.


Announcements

Check your term marks online!
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Your Final Examination will be held on Tuesday, April 19, from 9:00 am until 1 pm
in the BSB-244 Computer Lab. Any books, notes or other resources are permitted.
You must have a valid, paid-up printing account for the Lab!

REMAINING EXAM OFFICE HOURS
Mon Apr 18 9:30-13:30 & 15:00-17:00.

Calendar Description & Course Outline

STATS 4C03/6C03: Generalized Linear Models

Normal linear model, exponential family, iteratively-reweighted least squares, logistic regression, Poisson regression and log-linear models, other families of GLMs, analysis of deviance and model checking, residual analysis.

Course Outline

Timetable

Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 9:30 in JHE-A113
In January, all Friday classes will be held in the BSB-241 Computer Lab.

Textbook

McCulloch, C.E. & Searle, S.R. (2001) Generalized, Linear and Mixed Models, Wiley.
This text gives a concise and thorough account of the theory while putting GLMs in the broader context of mixed models.

Dobson, A.J. (2002) An Introduction to Generalized Linear Models, Second Edition, Chapman & Hall.
Dobson's text gives very a accessible account of the theory and is aimed at anyone who needs to use GLMs to analyse data.

McCullagh, P. & Nelder, J.A. (1989) Generalized Linear Models, Second Edition, Chapman & Hall.
This is the authoritative original monograph on the topic; everything is there, but it is not always easy to follow.

Computer Labs

Classes on January 7, 14, 21, & 28 will be held in the BSB-241 computer lab.

Course Notes

Computing Resources

Exercises

Assignments

Assignment #1 - Due 2005-02-09 16:30
Assignment #2 - Due 2005-03-04 9:30

Tests

Test #1

2005-02-10 (Thursday)

18:00-20:00

BSB-241 Computer Lab*

Test #2

2005-03-21 (Monday)

18:00-20:00

BSB-241 Computer Lab*

Aids permitted: Open book.

*You must have a valid userid, password and laser printing account for the BSB computer lab. Tests MUST be submitted on paper; electronic submission is NOT permitted.

If you are unable to write a test at the scheduled time, please e-mail me at least 3 days before to make special arrangements.

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