====== Effective Statistical Modelling with R ======

===== Short Courses presented by Bill Venables at LEG/UFPR and DEST/UFMG ===== 
{{eventos:venables2007:dscf2797.jpg?300x240|Bill Venables, Jul/2007 (art by Paulo Neto)}} 

===== Course details =====
  * Dates: 
     * 11-13/09/2007 (Tuesday to Thursday) - LEG/UFPR
     * 24-25/09/2007 (DEST/UFMG)
  * Local
     * UFPR: LEG e LM (Laboratório Multiterminal), Centro Politécnico, UFPR, Curitiba PR
     * UFMG: To Be Confirmed
  * Timetable: 9:00--12:30, 14:00--17:30
  * Language: the course will be presented in english
  * Course description: //The 'effective' part is meant to suggest effective modelling strategies along with effective use of R//
    * Approximated timetable:
      * First day: Linear models, robustness, model selection, diagnostics (+graphics on the fly)
      * Second day and a half: GLMs GAMs, nonlinear, random effects versions: LMEs, GLMEs, NLMEs,
      * Final half-day: Weird science: Trees, bagging, randomForests, intro to Neural Networks.

===== Other information  =====
  - Registration: 
      * UFPR: email to ''paulojus AT leg.ufpr.br'' ([[eventos:venables2007:inscricao|click for details]])
  - [[eventos:venables2007:inscritos|Inscritos no curso do LEG/UFPR]] (internal access only)
  - Promotion: [[http://www.leg.ufpr.br|LEG]], UFPR with support from : [[http://saudavel.dpi.inpe.br|Rede SAUDAVEL]] e [[http://www.c3sl.ufpr.br|C3SL]]
  - Special Acknowledgments: Clarice Demétrio

===== Course Materials & Instructions =====
[[eventos:venables2007:materiais|Course materials]]: slides, code scripts and others. See also the instructions for usage of the materials during the course.

===== Links =====
  - [[http://www.r-project.org|The R project for statistical computing]]
  - Book web page: [[http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/MASS4/|Modern Applied Statistics with S]]
  - Book web page: [[http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/MASS4/Sprog/|S Programming]]