The calendar below lists the tentative course topics. The dates listed are subject to change at the instructor’s discretion.
As part of the course, there are several articles, papers and technical reports that you will need to read during the semester. Most of the articles themselves are accessible through the University of Minnesota library website (http://www.lib.umn.edu). In order to access the full text of some of the articles, you will need to log in using your University x500 username and password. More detailed information, including references or links to specific readings, are linked under the day’s “Reading”.
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Reading
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Notes
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Sept. 05
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Welcome to EPsy 8264
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Unit 01: Mathematical and Computational Foundations
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Sept. 07
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Introduction to Matrix Algebra
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Sept. 12
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Sept. 14
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OLS Regression using Matrices and its Properties
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Sept. 19
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Unit 02: Simulation
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Sept. 21
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Simulating from the Regression Model
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Sept. 26
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Sept. 28
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Unit 03: Path Analysis
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Oct. 03
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Regression from Summary Measures
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Oct. 05
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Path Analysis
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Oct. 10
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More Path Models
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Unit 04: Regression Diagnostics
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Oct. 12
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Regression Diagnostics
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Oct. 17
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Oct. 19
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NO CLASS—Mental Health Day 🛌 🍷
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Unit 05: Tools for Dealing with Heteroskedasticity
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Oct. 24
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Variance Stabilizing Transformations
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Oct. 26
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Weighted Least Squares (WLS) and Sandwich Estimation
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Unit 06: Diagnosing Collinearity and Tools for Dealing with It
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Oct. 31
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Diagnosing Collinearity
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Nov. 02
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Nov. 07
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Principal Components Analysis via Spectral Decomposition
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Nov. 09
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Nov. 14
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Principal Components Analysis via Singular Value Decomposition
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Nov. 16
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Biased Estimation: Ridge Regression
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Nov. 21
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Nov. 23
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NO CLASS—Thanksgiving Break 🦃 🌽 🥧
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Unit 07: Model Selection
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Nov. 28
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Model Selection Activity
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Nov. 30
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Model Selection: The ‘Vintage’ Methods
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Dec. 05
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Model Selection: Cross-Validation Methods
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Dec. 07
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Dec. 12
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TBD
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