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Undergraduate Course: Categorical Data Analysis (MATH10055)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Mathematics CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryCourse 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.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: ( Several Variable Calculus and Differential Equations (MATH08063) AND Fundamentals of Pure Mathematics (MATH08064) AND Probability (MATH08066) AND Likelihood (MATH10004) AND Linear Statistical Modelling (MATH10005)) AND ( Statistics (Year 2) (MATH08051) OR Statistics (Yr 3) (MATH09022))
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 31, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 2, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 63 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 95 %, Coursework 5 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Coursework 5%, Examination 95%
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)MATH10055 Categorical Data Analysis2:00
Academic year 2015/16, Part-year visiting students only (VV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 31, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 2, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 63 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 95 %, Coursework 5 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Coursework 5%, Examination 95%
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
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.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://student.maths.ed.ac.uk
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsCAT
Contacts
Course organiserProf Colin Aitken
Tel: (0131 6)50 4877
Email:
Course secretaryMrs Alison Fairgrieve
Tel: (0131 6)50 5045
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