Introduction to Statistical Modeling for Social Sciences
A graduate course (PSYC 532 - Introduction to Statistical Modeling for Social Sciences) taught by Dr.Andriy V. Koval at the University of Victoria in the Fall of 2015.
| When | Where | Semester | Dates | Office | Hours | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, Thursday 11:30 - 13:00 | HSD A150 | Winter 2015 | Sep 10 - Dec 10 | andkov at uvic dot ca | Cornett B335g | By appointment | 472-4864 |
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- Skills for practical R knowledge
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| Date | Theory | Read | Due | Practice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Syllabus. Toolbox. | |||
| 14 | 1) NHST on Trail | HM0 (5) | ||
| 17 | Rodgers (2010) | Paper model (10) | Primitive Models. Area F. | |
| 21 | 2) Logic of Research | |||
| 24 | ITSL 2 | HM 1 (10) | Data Exploration. Graphs. | |
| 28 | 3) Anatomy of GLM | |||
| Oct 2 | ITSL 3 | HM 2 (10) | Multiple Regression. Simulation. | |
| 05 | EXAM I. Test | EXAM I (50) | ||
| 08 | EXAM I. Analysis | |||
| 12 | Thanksgiving | |||
| 15 | GLM: graphs and scripts | |||
| 19 | Graphs: Advertising | ITSL 6.1, 6.5 | HM 3 (10) | Validation. Subset. Fit. |
| 22 | Graphs & Models: Boston | |||
| 26 | Handling model objects | ITSL 7.1-2, 7.5 | Polynomial. Nonlinear.GAM. | |
| 29 | Detecting nonlinearity with graphs | HM 4 (10) | Academic Drop Deadline (Oct 31) | |
| Nov 02 | History Of Graphs and Models | Wickham (2014) | Paper model (10) | Tidy Data Workshop |
| 05 | Exam II. Test | EXAM II (100) | ||
| 09 | Reading Week | |||
| 12 | no class | |||
| 16 | EXAM II. Analysis | |||
| 19 | 7) Reproducible Research | Production: Reports | ||
| 23 | workshop | Production: Reports | ||
| 26 | workshop | Production: Slides | ||
| 30 | Report (40) | |||
| Dec 03 | Slides (20) | |||
| 07 | Presentation (30) |
The development of the course materials is partially funded by the ICRR grant from Learning and Teaching Centre at UVic. The mid-way report was given at the begining of the second week of the course (on 18 Sep 2015). Grant completion report presented at the ICRR and LWB Grant Recipients meeting on 21 Jan 2016, six week after the course completion.