Welcome to BIOS6110 this fall semester. I look forward to an enjoyable learning experience with you throughout the semester!

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Week Date Subject Note
1 8/21 Introduction
8/23 Categorical data and common distributions;Likelihood function part_1.pdf
2 8/28 MLE; Inference for one proportion
8/30 Finish Ch1; Ch2 - Introduction to contingency tables
3 9/4 No CLASS - University Holiday
9/6 Risk measures for a 2 by 2 contingency table; HW 1 Due (Ch1)
4 9/11 Test of Independence and linear trend;
9/13 Three-way Tables - the 2 x 2 x K case; part_2.pdf
5 9/18 Ch3 - Generalized Linear model Intro
9/20 GLM goodness of fit and diagnosis; Hw 2 Due (Ch2) part_3.pdf
6 9/25 Poisson Regression
9/27 Tentative: Midterm 1 (Ch1 and Ch2)
7 10/2 Finish Ch3 part_4.pdf
10/4 Simple logistic regression
8 10/9 Logistic regression for contingency table Hw 3 Due (Ch3)
10/11 Modeling strategies for logistic model
9 10/16 Modeling strategies for logistic model (cont.) part_5.pdf
10/18 Modeling strategies for logistic model (SAS/R)
10 10/23 Multicategory Logit Model: Baseline logits model ; Hw 4 Due (Ch4, and Sec 5.1 & 5.2)
10/25 Cumulative Logits model
11 10/30 Overdispersion; Adjacent Categories Logits model part_6.pdf
11/1 Tentative: Midterm 2 (Ch3, Ch4, and Sec 5.1 & 5.2)
12 11/6 Loglinear models for two-way tables
11/8 Loglinear models for three-way tables; Hw 5 Due (Ch6) part_7.pdf
13 11/13 Finish Ch7
11/15 Compare dependent proportions 11-15.pdf
14 11/20 No CLASS - Thanksgiving Recess
11/22 No CLASS - Thanksgiving Recess
15 11/27 Conditional Logistic Regression for Matched Pairs Hw 6 Due (Ch7) 11-27.pdf
11/29 GEE for Correlated response 11-29.pdf
16 12/4 Random effects: Generalized Linear Mixed Models 12-4.pdf
12/6 Paper discussion; Reproducible research Hw 7 Due
Final Eaxm 12/11 If written exam, Ch 6 and 7.