Undergraduate Course: Categorical Data Analysis (MATH10055)
Course Outline
| School | School of Mathematics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Mathematics |
Other subject area | Specialist Mathematics & Statistics (Honours) |
| Course website |
http://student.maths.ed.ac.uk |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Course for final year students in Honours programmes in Mathematics.
The syllabus will include transformations; 2-by-2 tables, k-by-2 tables; conditional and profile likelihoods; several 2-by-2 tables; logistic regression; loglinear models for two-way tables; and three-way tables. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1. Appreciation of difference between linear models and logistic and loglinear models.
2. Knowledge of models for categorical data analysis and ability to fit and analyse them.
3. Awareness of dependence relationships amongst categorial variables.
4. Ability to use R to fit models for categorial data. |
Assessment Information
Degree Examination: 100%.
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Keywords | CAT |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Colin Aitken
Tel: (0131 6)50 5062
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Course secretary | Mrs Alison Fairgrieve
Tel: (0131 6)50 5045
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