This is an approximate schedule. I will update it as needed during the semester. Unless identified otherwise, readings are in the textbook by Bolstad. ``GCSR," ``Lee," and ``C and L" refer to the books by Gelman, Carlin, Stern, and Rubin; by Lee; and by Carlin and Louis, all of which are on reserve in the Mathematical Sciences Library.
| 08/21 - 08/25 | Review of probability and Bayes' theorem |
| Lab Fri. 8/25 | |
| Reading: Chapters 1 and 4 | |
| 08/28 - 09/01 | Bayesian inference for proportions |
| Reading: Chapters 5, 6, and 8 | |
| 09/06 - 09/08 | Summarizing posterior distributions |
| 09/04 | Labor Day; no class |
| Reading: Chapter 9 | |
| Lab Fri. 09/08 | |
| 09/11 - 09/15 | Other 1-parameter models |
| Reading: Ch 7 and 10 | |
| 09/18 - 09/22 | Intro to multiparameter models |
| Lab Fri. 09/22 | |
| Reading: (*GCSR Ch 3) | |
| 09/25 - 09/29 | Bayesian computing |
| Midterm 1 | |
| Reading: (*GCSR Ch 10 and GCSR Sections 11.1-11.6, 11.10) | |
| 10/02 - 10/06 | Hierarchical models |
| Lab Fri. 10/06 | |
| Reading: (*GCSR, Ch. 5), | |
| selections from WinBUGS manual | |
| 10/09 - 10/13 | Hierarchical models; More Bayesian computing |
| 10/16 - 10/20 | Bayesian Regression |
| Reading: (Ch 13, and *Lee sections 6.3-6.4) | |
| Lab Fri. 10/20 | |
| 10/23 - 10/27 | Hierarchical regression models |
| Midterm 2 | |
| 10/30 - 11/03 | Hierarchical, continued; model checking and comparison |
| Project proposals due Mon. 10/30 | |
| Lab. Fri. 11/03 | |
| Reading: (*GCSR Ch. 6) | |
| 11/06 - 11/10 | Hypothesis testing, etc. continued |
| 11/13 - 11/17 | Special topics |
| Project interim reports due Fri. 11/17 | |
| Lab. Fri. 11/17 | |
| Reading: (Ch 14, *Lee Ch 7) | |
| 11/20 - 11/24 | No class |
| 11/27 - 12/01 | Special topics; empirical Bayes methods |
| Reading: (*C and L, Ch. 3) | |
| 12/04 - 12/08 | Project presentations and review |
| Projects due 12/04 | |
| Lab Fri. 12/08 | |
| 12/12 | Final exam, noon |