Regression Analysis: Theory and Applications
Fall 2025
Schedule
| Week | Date | Topic | Prepare | Notes | Assignment | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue Aug 26 | welcome | 💻 | |||
| Wed Aug 27 | lab: hello git and R | 💻 | lab 0 | |||
| Thu Aug 28 | correlation | 📖 | 🗒 | |||
| 2 | Tue Sep 02 | simple linear regression | 🗒 | |||
| Wed Sep 03 | lab: computing and linear algebra review | lab 1 | ||||
| Thu Sep 04 | model assessment | 📖 | 🗒 | |||
| 3 | Tue Sep 09 | matrix representation | 📖 | 🗒 📝 | hw 1 | |
| Wed Sep 10 | lab: linear regression | lab 2 | ||||
| Thu Sep 11 | multiple linear regression | 🗒 📝 | ||||
| 4 | Tue Sep 16 | intro to inference | 📖 | 🗒 | ||
| Wed Sep 17 | lab: multiple linear regression | lab 3 | ||||
| Thu Sep 18 | inference continued | 🗒 | hw 2 | |||
| 5 | Tue Sep 23 | the normal assumption | 🗒 | |||
| Wed Sep 24 | lab: project workday | project 1 | ||||
| Thu Sep 25 | hypothesis tests | 🗒 | ||||
| 6 | Tue Sep 30 | confidence intervals | 🗒📝 | research topics due | ||
| Wed Oct 01 | lab: interaction effects and exam practice | 💻 | lab 4 | |||
| Thu Oct 02 | exam review | |||||
| 7 | Tue Oct 07 | exam 1 | ||||
| Wed Oct 08 | NO LAB (exam) | |||||
| Thu Oct 09 | checking assumptions | 📝 | ||||
| 8 | Tue Oct 14 | NO CLASS | ||||
| Wed Oct 15 | lab: project workday | project proposal due | ||||
| Thu Oct 16 | multicollinearity | 🗒 | ||||
| 9 | Tue Oct 21 | likelihoods | 📝 R | |||
| Wed Oct 22 | lab: variable transformations and interpretation | lab 5 | ||||
| Thu Oct 23 | model selection (AIC) | 🗒 | ||||
| 10 | Tue Oct 28 | ridge regression | 🗒 | hw 3 | ||
| Wed Oct 29 | lab: project workday | |||||
| Thu Oct 30 | generalized least squares (GLS) | 📝 | ||||
| 11 | Tue Nov 04 | GLS example | 🗒📝 | EDA due | ||
| Wed Nov 05 | lab: MLE | lab 6 | ||||
| Thu Nov 06 | intro to logistic reg. | 🗒 | ||||
| 12 | Tue Nov 11 | logistic reg. prediction | 🗒 | hw 4 | ||
| Wed Nov 12 | lab: project presentations | presentation | ||||
| Thu Nov 13 | logistic reg. model selection | 🗒📝 | ||||
| 13 | Tue Nov 18 | logistic ridge example | 🗒 | draft report due | ||
| Wed Nov 19 | lab: peer review | peer review | ||||
| Thu Nov 20 | ethics | 🗒 | ||||
| 14 | Tue Nov 25 | logistic reg reliability | 🗒📝 | |||
| Wed Nov 26 | NO CLASS | |||||
| Thu Nov 27 | NO CLASS | |||||
| 15 | Tue Dec 02 | exam review | ||||
| Wed Dec 03 | lab: review | lab 7 | ||||
| Thu Dec 04 | exam 2 | |||||
| Final day | Fri Dec 12 | project due | final report & repo due |