STA 4504/5503: Categorical Data Analysis

Syllabus

Class Notes (bw 3-up) (bw 6-up) (bw full-size) (color full-size)

Readings (list of errata for the text)

Assignments

Statistical Computing in R

Grade distributions

Sample questions for Exam 2 (with solutions)

Teaching Assistants

Antonio Linero Email: theoddsfoo@stat.ufl.edu Office: FLO 209 Hours: Tue, Per 6 (12:50–1:40) Wed, Per 5–6 (11:45–1:40)

Trang Nguyen Email: trangnt2foo@stat.ufl.edu Office: MACC 415 Hours: Mon, Per 4–5 (10:40–12:35) Thu, Per 5 (11:45–12:35)

Additional Readings

• Misunderstandings about the Effects of Race and Sex on Physicians' Referrals for Cardiac Catheterization You can check the references in the article to find the original article that they are discussing. The letters to the editor are also interesting to read. The list of citing articles may be useful as well, but I haven't looked through them yet. I also have a brief summary of the media's reporting of the original article taken from Brill's Content.
• Do cellphones cause cancer? Prospective, retrospective, controlling for this and that, etc, etc.
• You might enjoy wrapping your mind around the prosecutor's fallacy.
• One reason that we prefer the logit to the identity link for proportions.

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