Instructor
Zhijin (Jean) Wu
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
Center for Statistical Sciences
121 South Main Street, Room 704
Phone: 863-1230
Email: zhijin_wu at brown.edu
Course Objective
Introduce fundamental theory and methods of statistical inference for categorical data, with emphasis on application in biostatistics.
Required Text:
Agresti,A (2002) Categorical Data Analysis , 2nd Edition, Wiley.
Additional References:
Agresti, A. (1996) An introduction to Categorical Data Analysis. Wiley.
McCullagh, P. and Nelder, J. (1989) Generalized Linear Models , 2nd Edition. Chapman and Hall/CRC
Syllabus
| Date |
Topic |
Reading |
Notes |
Exercise |
| Sept 6 |
Introduction to inference for categorical data |
chap1 |
Selected Notes |
1.12 1.30 1.25 1.17 optional 1.18 |
| Sept 8,13 |
Describing contingency table |
chap2 |
|
2.10 2.18 2.28 (Due Sept 22) |
| Sept 15,20 |
Inference for contingency table |
chap3 |
|
3.4, 3.13, 3.17,3.24 (see 2.36, not 3.26 for Yule's Q),3.30,3.38 (Due Sept 29) |
| Sept 22,27 |
Introduction to Generalized Linear Models |
chap4 |
R expample
crab.txt
exactTest example
R code on crab data
R code on snoring data
|
HW4 |
| Sept 29, Oct 4, 6,11 |
Logistic regression |
chap5,6 |
R expample 1
R expample 2
|
HW5 Due Oct 13
|
| Oct 13 |
Midterm |
| Oct 18,20 |
Multinomial responses |
chap7 |
|
hw6 due Nov 1 |
| Oct 25,27 |
Log-linear models |
chap8 |
R example 1
R example 2
|
HW due Nov 10 |
| Nov 1,3 |
Building and Extending models |
chap9 |
R example possion regression with rate |
HW due Nov 17 |
| Nov 8,10 |
Models for Matched pairs analysis |
chap10 |
HW due Nov 29 |
| Nov 15,17 |
Repeated Categorical Data |
chap11 |
| Nov 22, 29 |
Generalized liner mixed models |
chap12 |
| Dec1, Dec 6 |
Miscellaneous topics |
Grading
Homework 50%
Midterm exam 25%
Final exam 25%