Statistics
Description
This course will cover the following topics:
- Introduction to R
- Review of linear models
- Likelihood methods (and optimisation)
- Review of generalised linear models
- Simulation and bootstrapping
- Random effects models
- Modern regression (generalised additive models, etc)
- An introduction to MCMC methods
- Case studies
Teaching staff for 2011-2012
| Name | Department | University |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Ruth King | Mathematics and Statistics | University of St Andrews |
| Professor Adrian W Bowman | Mathematics and Statistics | University of Glasgow |
| Dr Ian Goudie | Mathematics and Statistics | University of St Andrews |
| Professor Dirk Husmeier | Mathematics and Statistics | University of Glasgow |