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chunk date topic due readings
1 5, 6 Sep introduction; data wrangling; review of linear models Faraway pp 1-17, 24
2 10, 12, 13 Sep distributions and estimation; model fitting; design matrices and contrasts HW 1 (Wed Sep 12)
3 17, 19, 20 Sep Exponential family and GLMs; estimation Faraway chap 8.1-8.4
4 24, 26, 27 Sep Inference HW 2 (Wed Sep 26)
5 1, 3, 4 Oct Logistic regression Faraway chaps 2-3
fall break
6 15, 17, 19 Oct Count data HW 3 (Fri Oct 19)
7 22, 24, 25 Oct Extensions: ordinal data, zero-inflation, etc. midterm test (Weds Oct 24)
8 29, 31 Oct, 1 Nov Mixed models (I) HW 4 (???)
9 5, 7, 8 Nov Mixed models (II)
10 12, 14, 15 Nov Mixed models (III) HW 5 (Mon Nov 12)
11 19, 21, 22 Nov Bayesian approaches
12 26, 28, 29 Nov Catch-up/advanced topics project proposal/draft (Mon Nov 26)
13 3, 5 Dec Wrap-up
final project (Dec 10)
final exam (Dec 21)