Preliminary Course Outline


Linear regression
(chapters from KNNL)

Week

Mon Date

Topic

Readings

1

Jan 5

Course Overview and Simple Linear Regression

1.1-1.7

2

Jan 12

Normal Linear Regression;
Method of Maximum Likelihood;
1.8;
2.1 - 2.6;

3

Jan 19

Parameter Estimation; Prediction;
2.4-2.6;

4

Jan 26

Diagnostics and Remedies; Simultaneous Inferences;

3.1-3.10;
4.1 - 4.3;

5

Feb 2

Matrix Regression; Multiple Regression;

5.8 - 5.13;
6.1 - 6.7

6

Feb 9

Polynomial Regression;
Qualitative Predictors

8.1 – 8.5

7

Feb 16

Review and Exam I



Time Series
(chapters from BD)
 

Week

Mon Date

Topic

Readings

1

Feb 23

Introduction

1.1-1.6

2

Mar 2

Stationary processes

2.1-2.5

3

Mar 16

ARMA

3.1-3.3

4

Mar 23

Estimation

5.1-5.2

5

Mar 30

Forecasting, Model selection

5.3-5.5

6

Apr 6

Spectral methods

4.1-4.4

7

Apr 13

Exam II and Review


8

Apr 20

Final week