WEEK   DATES INFO  TOPICS   CHAP/SEC SLIDES/
HANDOUTS
     1 TU 04/04
TH 04/06
Introduction. Multiparameter Models.
Large sample inference.
 Chapters: 3,4
 c1.pdf
     2 TU 04/11
TH 04/13
Hierarchical Models.
Model Checking.
 Chapters:5,6 c2.4.pdf, c2.pdf
c3.pdf

     3 TU 04/18
TH 04/20
Model Comparison.
Posterior Simulation
 Chapter: 5
Chapters: 10,
11
 c4.pdf,
     4 TU 04/25
TH 04/27
Posterior Simulation.
Approximations to the posterior distribution. The EM algorithm.
 		Chapters: 11,
12
 c5.pdf,
     5 TU 05/02
TH 05/04
QUIZ#1
 The EM algorithm.
QUIZ #1 (20%)
 Chapters: 12,13



     6 TU 05/09
TH 05/11
Regression Models.
Hierarchical Linear Models.
 Chapters: 14,
15 		c6.pdf
     7 TU 05/16
TH 05/18
Hierarchical Linear Models.
Generalized Linear Models.
 		Chapters: 15,
16 		c7.pdf

   8		 TU 05/23
TH 05/25
Models for Robust Inference. Mixture Models.
Nonlinear Models. Models for missing data.
 Chapters: 17,
7, 21  		c8.pdf
     9 TU 05/30
TH 06/01
 EXAM
EXAM (30%)
Reading Week.

   10 TU 06/06
TH 06/08

Reading Week.
Reading Week.