STAT902. Advanced Data Analysis


Class Handouts and Slides


Class 1 Handouts and Slides

Introduction slides*** Course outline*** Data Explosion slides*** Accompaning paper*** Assignment 1***
`Matrix Algebra Basics' whiteboard lecture*** Single graphic summary of this course.

Class 2 Handouts and Slides

Notes on `Likelihood Theory and Methods'*** Assignment 2*** Paper on `Vector Differential Calculus'***
`Some Basics of Distribution Theory' whiteboard lecture*** `Likelihood Theory and Methods' whiteboard lecture***
`Vector Differential Calculus' whiteboard lecture

Class 3 Handouts and Slides

Regression notes (background material)*** `The R Computing Environment' slides***
`Introduction to Generalised Linear Models' slides*** Assignment 3

Class 4 Handouts and Slides

Generalised Regression notes*** `Hessian Matrices and Statistics' slides*** Assignment 4*** `Binary Response Regression' whiteboard lecture.

Class 5 Handouts and Slides

`Additional Aspects of GLM' slides *** Assignment 5*** `Prediction' whiteboard lecture***

Class 6 Handouts and Slides

`Some Results from Multivariate Statistics'*** `Overview of Longitudinal Data Analysis' slides*** Assignment 6***

'Longitudinal Data Analysis: Whiteboard Interlude I' whiteboard lecture*** 'Longitudinal Data Analysis: Whiteboard Interlude II' whiteboard lecture

Class 7 Handouts and Slides

'Longitudinal Data Analysis: Whiteboard Interlude III' whiteboard lecture*** 'Longitudinal Data Analysis: Whiteboard Interlude IV' whiteboard lecture***
'Residual Analysis and Prediction in Longitudinal Data Analysis' slides*** Assignment 7*** Mixed Models notes

Class 8 Handouts and Slides

'Bayesian Statistical Inference' whiteboard lecture *** Assignment 8*** 'Introduction to Bayesian Inference Via MCMC' slides

Class 9 Handouts and Slides

Assignment 9*** 'Generalised Linear Mixed Models' slides*** 'A Useful Result Involving Normal Densities'***
Gelman (2006) paper.*** Zhao etal. (2006) paper.*** `Bayesian Normal Mixed Models' whiteboard lecture.

Class 10 Handouts and Slides

Assignment 10*** 'Laplace's Method and PQL' slides*** Wand (2007) paper on GLMM Fisher Information***
'Laplace's Method and PQL: Whiteboard Interlude I' whiteboard lecture*** 'Laplace's Method and PQL: Whiteboard Interlude II' whiteboard lecture

Class 11 Handouts and Slides

Assignment 11*** 'Introduction to Semiparametric Regression' slides*** `Penalised Splines' whiteboard lecture.

Class 12 Handouts and Slides

`Automatic Nonparametric Regression' whiteboard lecture.*** 'Penalised Splines and Mixed Models' slides***
Assignment 12*** Penalised Splines notes

Class 13 Handouts and Slides

'Semiparametric Mixed Models' slides*** 'Introduction to Spatial Statistics' slides***
Information on the 2009 final examination*** 2007 Final Examination *** 2008 Final Examination