Effective Statistical Modelling with R

• 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.

1. Registration:
   • UFPR: email to paulojus AT leg.ufpr.br (click for details)
2. Inscritos no curso do LEG/UFPR (internal access only)
3. Promotion: LEG, UFPR with support from : Rede SAUDAVEL e C3SL
4. Special Acknowledgments: Clarice Demétrio

Course materials: slides, code scripts and others. See also the instructions for usage of the materials during the course.

1. The R project for statistical computing
2. Book web page: Modern Applied Statistics with S
3. Book web page: S Programming