Biostatistics 140.753 Generalized Linear Models

Information

Instructor: Brian Caffo
Course Times: Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:30-11:50am
Location: W2009
TA: Rob Scharpf
Text (required): Generalized Linear Modesl by McCullagh and Nelder. Chapman and Hall.
Programming Languages (required): R, freely available and SAS
Typesetting (required): LaTeX, Microsoft Windows version, MiKTeX, freely available
Environment (recommended): GNU Emacs (free)alternatively Winedit (shareware)

News

The final exam is Due 3/18/05. Note that there was a typo on the exam that is now corrected.

Homework 5 is Due Monday March 7th.

Homework 4 is Due Friday February 25.

Homework 3 is Due Friday February 18. Notice that there was a typo in an earlier version of this homework. Replace the "2" with a "1".

Check out the resources page for sample code

Homework 2 is Due Wed February 9

Welcome

This is a web page for the 140.753, "Generalized Linear Models". I also include content for the three weeks of 140.752 that I teach. Check back to this page frequently for updates on homework, notes, etcetera.

Homework 1 is Due Wed February 2

Our TA Rob Scharpf,

just had a daughter. Lily is 8 lbs and 20 inches long. Congrats Rob!

The Resources page contains all the handouts, code and homeworks.

Useful links

The course web page for , Statistical Computing, has some useful links about using LaTeX, emacs, and R and setting them up on the Microsoft Windows operating system.