Final examination

  • Monday, Dec 15, 3:30-6:00 pm, MATH 104
  • Aids allowed: calculators, two 8x11.5 (2-sided) formula sheets

    Office hours for December 2008 (LSK Rm. 308D)

  • Thursday, Dec. 4, 10-11am
  • Tuesday, Dec. 9, 10-11am
  • Thursday, Dec. 11, 10-11am
  • Monday, Dec. 15, 10-11am

    Solutions (and R code) for Assignment 5

  • Model Solutions
  • R code

    Lecture notes & handouts

  • Course Outline
  • Sept. 2
  • Sept. 2 (annotated)
  • Sept. 4 (corrected) version
  • Sept. 4 (annotated)
  • + annotations from Sep 9th and 11
  • Sept. 9
  • Overheads from Sept. 16
  • Overheads from Sept. 18
  • Overheads from Sept. 23
  • Sept. 23 - Poisson Examples
  • Overheads from Sept. 25
  • Overheads from Sept. 30
  • Sept. 30 - Poisson Regression Example
  • Overheads from Oct. 2
  • Overheads from Oct. 7
  • Overheads from Oct. 14
  • Collinearity Example/Analysis of Deviance
  • Overheads from Oct. 16
  • Brazilian Trips Example/Overdispersion
  • Overheads from Oct. 21
  • Overheads from Oct. 23
  • 2x2 Contingency Tables
  • Overheads from Oct. 28
  • Overheads from Oct. 30
  • Overheads from Nov. 4
  • Overheads from Nov. 6
  • RxC Contingency Tables
  • Overheads from Nov. 18
  • Overheads from Nov. 20
  • RxC Contingency Tables (continued) + Higher Way Tables
  • Overheads from Nov. 25
  • Overheads from Nov. 27
  • Higher Way Tables (continued)

    Material relating to handouts

  • Synthetic version of Apnea Data
  • R commands for sleep apnea example
  • home-grown R functions used in sleep apnea example
  • R commands for shark attack example
  • Commands for Brazil Analysis
  • Analysing 2x2 Tables in R
  • Analysing RxC Tables in R
  • Analysing Higher Way Tables in R
  • berkelyAdmissions data file
  • agrestiIncome data file
  • purumMarriage data file

    Assignments, Reading

  • Chapters 1-3, Simonoff
  • Assignment 1, due Tuesday, Sept. 16, in class [Question 1 only]
  • data for Assignment 1, Question 1
  • Data management steps for above
  • Assignment 1 Solutions
  • Assignment 2, due Tuesday, Sept. 30, in class
  • Simonoff, Chapter 5, Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.4.1. Note that Sections 5.1.1 and 5.1.2 are a quite abstract - a more concrete treatment related specifically to Poisson regression will be given in class.
  • Simonoff, Chapter 4, pages 55-80, Likelihood handout.
  • Assignment 2 Solutions
  • Assignment 3, due Tuesday, Oct. 28, in class
  • Vermont population data for question 1
  • Vineyard data for question 2
  • Assignment 4, due Thursday, Nov. 6, in class
  • Assignment 3 Model Solutions
  • Reading for week of Oct. 27 : Simonoff, Chapter 6, up to and including Section 6.3.1 li>Assignment 4 Model Solutions
  • Chapter 6, sections 6.3.2, 6.4
  • Chapter 7, 7.1 (7.1.1, 7.1.2), 7.2 (7.2.2, 7.2.5, 7.2.6)
  • Chapter 8, 8.1, 8.2
  • Assignment 5, due Thursday, Nov. 27, in class

    Midterm Exams + Solutions

  • October Midterm
  • Model Solutions for October Midterm
  • November Midterm
  • Model Solutions for November Midterm

    Other resources

    You can access the course text on-line, as follows. Click the link below to take you to the library catalog search page. Click the "Author" button, search for "Simonoff J" and then follow the obvious links.

  • UBC Library Catalog
  • Jeffrey Simonoff's Web-page for Text Material

    Note that if you're working from off campus you'll need to configure your browser to use VPN or the the Library Proxy Server. For instructions on doing this, go to:

  • Proxy, VPN Instructions

    If you need to install R or you wish to look for supplementary information concerning R, visit the R Download site (at SFU)

    Supplementary Reading

    Problems with Stepwise Regression

    STATA is a commercial statistics package which has very good WWW-based support material, including a FAQ (frequently asked questions) list which includes this page with comments from Frank Harrell and Ronan Conroy