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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.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Foundations of Calculus (MATH08005) AND Several Variable Calculus (MATH08006) AND Linear Algebra (MATH08007) AND Methods of Applied Mathematics (MATH08035) AND ( Probability (Year 2) (MATH08008) OR Probability (Year 3) (MATH09004)) AND Likelihood (MATH10004) AND Linear Statistical Modelling (MATH10005) AND Pure & Applied Analysis (MATH10008) AND ( Statistics (Year 2) (MATH08051) OR Statistics (Year 3) (MATH09021))	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None
Additional Costs	None

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%.

Special Arrangements
None

Additional Information
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Study Abroad	Not entered
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Keywords	CAT

Contacts
Course organiser	Prof Colin Aitken Tel: (0131 6)50 5062 Email:	Course secretary	Mrs Alison Fairgrieve Tel: (0131 6)50 5045 Email:

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