STAT 237: Tentative Schedule of Topics

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The following is a tentative schedule of what we will cover in class when. Check this space regularly for updates.
Readings listed should be completed either by the start of class on the date indicated or very soon thereafter.

Last update: 05-25-22

Day Topics Readings Assignments Due
  WEEK 0: 02/18    
F 02/18 Intro: Bayesian Reasoning Ch 1  
  WEEK 1: 02/21-02/25    
M 02/21 Probability, Data and Hypotheses Ch 2, 4.1-4.2 Pre-Course Survey, Join Slack
W 02/23 Prior, Likelihood and Posterior Ch 5.1
F 02/25 Lab: Intro to RStudio I
  WEEK 2: 02/28-03/04   No HW
M 02/28 Lab: Intro to RStudio II  
W 03/02 Lab: Find the Posterior With Simulation  
F 03/04 Random Variables Ch 4.3  
  WEEK 3: 03/07-03/11   HW1
M 03/07 Expected Value Ch 4.4  
W 03/09 Posterior Distributions Ch. 5  
F 03/11 Conjugate Priors Ch. 6 HW2
  WEEK 4: 03/14-03/18    
M 03/14 Conjugate Priors Ch. 6  
W 03/16 Lab: Bayesian Updating  
F 03/18 Lab: Bayesian Updating HW3
  WEEK 5: 03/21-03/25    
M 03/21 Lab: Bayesian Updating Ch. 7 EXAM1
W 03/23 Approximate Inference via Sampling Ch. 7  
F 03/25 Rejection Sampling  
  WEEK 6: 03/28-04/01    
M 03/28 Random Walks    
W 03/30 Markov Chain Monte Carlo  
F 04/01 Markov Chain Monte Carlo    
  SPRING BREAK    
  WEEK 7: 04/11-04/15    
M 04/11 Hierarchical Models Ch. 9  
W 04/13 Hierarchical Models Ch. 9  
F 04/15 Lab: Stan    
  WEEK 8: 04/18-04/22    
M 04/18 Hierarchical Models in Stan    
W 04/20 Hierarchical Models in Stan    
F 04/22 Hierarchical Models in Stan    
  WEEK 9: 04/25-04/29    
M 04/25 Prior Predictive Checks    
W 04/27 Prior Predictive Checks    
F 04/29 Posterior Predictive Checks    
  WEEK 10: 05/02-05/06    
M 05/02 Model Comparison and Occam’s Razor Ch. 10  
W 05/04 Lab: Model Comparison    
F 05/06 Lab: Model Comparison   HW4
  WEEK 11: 05/09-05/13    
M 05/09 Linear Models Ch. 15  
W 05/11 Linear Models Ch. 17.1  
F 05/13 Prior and Error Specification in Linear Models Ch. 17.2  
  WEEK 12: 05/16-05/20    
M 05/16 Generalizing the Linear Model Revisit Ch. 15 HW5
W 05/18 Lab: Linear Model with Categorical Predictor Ch. 16,19  
F 05/20 Binary Predicted (Response) Variables Ch. 21  
  WEEK 13: 05/23-05/26    
M 05/23 Lab: Logistic Regression    
W 05/25 Catch Up/Review HW6