Jan 7: Course Introduction

Readings: GHJ Chapter 26

Jan 9: Simple Regression

Readings: GHJ Chapters 6, 7 or CW  Chapters 6, 7

Jan 14: Software & Datasets (Intro to SPSS and S Plus)

Readings:  http://www.csubak.edu/ssric/Modules/SPSS/SPSFirst.htm

Jan 16:  Multiple Regression & Graphical Methods

Readings: CW Chapter 8 or GHJ Chapters 9, 10

Jan 21: Holiday

Jan 23: Diagnostics I: Cases

Readings: CW Chapter 15

Jan 28: Diagnostics II: Variances 

Readings: CW Chapter 14

Jan 30: Diagnostics III: Normality

Readings: CW Chapter 14

Feb 4: Variable Transformation

Readings: CW Chapters 13, 16

Feb 6: Discrete Variables

Readings: GHJ Chapter 12, 23

Feb 11: Collinearity

Readings: GHJ Chapter 13

Feb 13: Variable Selection

Feb 18: Holiday

Feb 20: Generalized Linear Regression: logistic regression  

Readings: CW Chapter 21, Jeff Gill 2001

Feb 25: Generalized Linear Regression: GLIM 

Readings: CW Chapter 23

Feb 27: Diagnostics for Logistic Regression

Readings: CW Chapter 22

March 4: Missing Values

March 6: Midterm Examination

March 11 - 16: Spring Recess

March 18: Model Assessment & Validation I

March 20: Model Assessment & Validation II

March 25: Robust Regression 

March 27: Unbiased Estimation   

April 1:  Regression Tree Methods

April 3: Bootstrap & Other Simulation Methods

April 8: Modeling Strategies Discussion

April 10: Prediction & Interpretation

April 15: Methods Comparison

April 17: Model Validation III

April 22: Modeling Strategies & the 7-steps Approach

April 24: Research Presentation

* CW stands for "Cook, R. Dennis and Sanford Weisberg 1999 Applied Regression Including Computing and Graphics  John Wiley & Sons, Inc."

GHJ stands for "Griffiths, William E., R. Carter Hill and George G. Judge 1993 Learning and Practicing Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Inc."