Instructor: Hongquan Xu
Office: 6159 Math Sciences Bldg
Phone: (310)206-0035   

Course Homepage: http://www.stat.ucla.edu/~hqxu/stat210

Time/Place: MWF 1-2pm MS 5203
Office Hour: MWF 2-3pm MS 6159 or by appointment
Prerequisite: Statistics 210A. 

Topics:

1. Introduction to Generalized Linear Models
2. Analysis of binary and polytomous data
3. Log-linear models
4. Random and mixed effects models
5. Smoothing and non-parametric regression
6. Regression and classification trees
7. Generalized Additive models

Textbook: lecture notes "Extending the Linear Model with R" by Julian Faraway will be availabe at Ackerman Union. 

Reference: Modern Applied Statistics with S by Venables and Ripley (2002). 4th ed. Springer.

Grading Policy:  Homework assignments (30%), one midterm (20%), final exam (50%)

Midterm: Wednesday Feb 12, 1-2pm (Subject to change).
Final: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 11:30:00 AM - 2:30:00 PM