Calendar

The calendar below lists the tentative course topics. The dates listed are subject to change at the instructor’s discretion.



Date Reading Topic Notes
  Sept. 06 Welcome to EPsy 8264  
Unit 01: Mathematical and Computational Foundations
  Sept. 08 Introduction to Matrix Algebra
  Sept. 13
  Sept. 15 OLS Regression using Matrices and its Properties
  Sept. 20
Unit 02: Simulation
  Sept. 22 Simulating from the Regression Model
  Sept. 27
  Sept. 29
Unit 03: Regression Diagnostics
  Oct. 04 Regression Diagnostics
  Oct. 06
Unit 04: Tools for Dealing with Heteroskedasticity
  Oct. 11 Variance Stabilizing Transformations
  Oct. 13 Weighted Least Squares (WLS) and Sandwich Estimation
Unit 05: Diagnosing Collinearity and Tools for Dealing with It
  Oct. 18 Diagnosing Collinearity
  Oct. 20
  Oct. 25 Principal Components Analysis via Spectral Decomposition
  Oct. 27
  Nov. 01 Principal Components Analysis via Singular Value Decomposition
  Nov. 03 Biased Estimation: Ridge Regression
  Nov. 08 NO CLASS—Mental Health Break/Andy at a Conference
  Nov. 10 Biased Estimation: Ridge Regression
[Notes Updated 11-10-2022]
Unit 06: Model Selection
  Nov. 15 Model Selection Activity
  Nov. 17 Model Selection: The ‘Vintage’ Methods
  Nov. 22 Model Selection: Cross-Validation Methods
  Nov. 29
Unit 07: Path Analysis
  Dec. 01 Regression from Summary Measures
  Dec. 06 Path Analysis
  Dec. 08 More Path Models
  Dec. 13 NO CLASS