Stat 505 Course Calendar

Introduction to linear models;
Matrix operations: addition, multiplication, direct sum,
kronecker product, hadamard product

Ch. 2; Ch. 7;
Sec. 8.1-8.4

 

Matrix operations (cont); linear models in R

Mon: Labor Day - No Class

Wed: Download R and RStudio prior to class
and bring laptops to class.

(cont)

Fri Sep 6: HW1 Due

Matrix operations (cont): rank, trace, inverses

Sec. 8.5.1-2,
8.6-8.7

 

Matrix operations (cont): generalized inverses

Sec. 8.5.3

Mon Sep 16: HW2 Due

Matrix operations (cont): norm, determinant, vec;
eigenvalues, eigenvectors and diagonal form

No class Friday

Sec. 8.9-8.10,
8.11.1;
Sec. 9.1-9.2

Mon Sep 23: Quiz 1

Optimizing quadratic forms, positive definite;
matrix factorizations

Sec. 9.3-9.5;
Sec. 10.1-10.4

Mon Sep 30: HW3 Due
Fri Oct 2: HW4 Due

(cont)

No class Friday - attend the
MT ASA Chapter Meeting!

(cont)

Wed Oct 7: Quiz 2

Vector spaces and projection operators

Sec. 11.1-11.10

Matrix derivatives;
optimization and Lagrange multipliers

Sec. 12.1-12.2, 12.7;
Sec. 13.1-13.2

Mon Oct 21: HW5 Due

Fri Oct 25: Quiz 3

Distributions of random vectors and quadratic forms

Sec. 14.1-14.6

Fri Nov 1: HW6 Due

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Wed Nov 6: Quiz 4 

Estimation in linear models

Mon: Veteran's Day - No Class

Sec. 15.1-15.3, 15.6

Fri Nov 15: HW7 Due

Inference in linear models

Sec. 16.1.1, 16.2-16.4

Wed Nov 20: Quiz 5

 

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Wed-Fri: Thanksgiving - No Classes

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Wed Dec 4: HW8 Due