| Week | Lecture Dates | Instructor | Topic | Pre-work (Pencast) | Assessments due |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-01-07 | Lucy | Introduction to STAT 306 | Introduction to relationships in data | Quiz 1/2 |
| 2025-01-09 | Tiffany | Least square estimation | Least square estimation | ||
| 2 | 2025-01-14 | Lucy | Properties of the simple linear model | Residuals and (OPTIONAL) Normal probability plots | Quiz 3/4, Lab Activity 1, Mini-HW 1 |
| 2025-01-16 | Tiffany | Confidence intervals | Properties of estimators | ||
| 3 | 2025-01-21 | Lucy | Prediction intervals | Confidence and prediction intervals | Quiz 5/6, Lab Activity 2, Mini-HW 2 |
| 2025-01-23 | Tiffany | Inference in regression | Distributional theory | ||
| 4 | 2025-01-28 | Lucy | Matrix formulation of linear models | Matrix representation of linear models | Quiz 7/8, Lab Activity 3, Mini-HW 3 |
| 2025-01-30 | Tiffany | Properties of least squares estimators | Estimator properties in matrix form | ||
| 5 | 2025-02-04 | Lucy | Properties of residuals | Further properties of residuals and (OPTIONAL) Advanced distribution theory | Quiz 9/10, Lab Activity 4, Mini-HW 4 |
| 2025-02-06 | Tiffany | Categorical variables | Dummy variables in linear models | ||
| 6 | 2025-02-11 | Lucy | More on categorical variables | Advanced dummy variables | Quiz 11/12, Lab Activity 5, Mini-HW 5 |
| 2025-02-13 | Tiffany | Quadratic models and curve fitting | Collinearity | ||
| 7 | 2025-02-18 | Midterm break | |||
| 2025-02-20 | |||||
| 8 | 2025-02-25 | Tiffany | Case studies | Research studies | Quiz 13/14, Mini-HW 6, HW 1 |
| 2025-02-27 | Tiffany | Partial correlation and midterm review | Partial correlation | ||
| 9 | 2025-03-04 | Lucy | Model selection | Model selection methods | Quiz 15/16, Lab Activity 6, Mini-HW 7, Group project proposal |
| 2025-03-06 | Tiffany | Leverage and influence | Influence, leverage, and outliers | ||
| 10 | 2025-03-11 | Lucy | Transformations | Transformations | Quiz 17/18, Lab Activity 7, Mini-HW 8 |
| 2025-03-13 | Tiffany | Continuous interactions | Interaction between continuous covariates | ||
| 11 | 2025-03-18 | Lucy | Modelling a binary response | Modelling a binary response | Quiz 19/20, Lab Activity 8, Mini-HW 9, Group project peer review |
| 2025-03-20 | Tiffany | Further logistic regression/PCA | Principal components analysis | ||
| 12 | 2025-03-25 | Lucy | Model selection in logistic regression | Likelihood and deviance | Quiz 21/22, Mini-HW 10, HW 2 |
| 2025-03-27 | Lucy | Poisson regression/PCR | Principal components regression | ||
| 13 | 2025-03-01 | Tiffany | Further Poisson regression | (OPTIONAL) Generalized linear models | Quiz 23/24, Lab Activity 9, Mini-HW 11, Complete group project |
| 2025-04-03 | Lucy | Final review | |||
| 14 | 2025-04-08 | Tiffany | TBD |
Schedule
STAT 306: Finding Relationships in Data