John Maindonald

1. A 3-day crash course in R will be organized in May 14-16, 2007. For the details on the schedule and topics which are covered please see the course plan. The main reference for the workshop is the book by John Maindonald and John Braun entitled "Data Analysis And Graphics Using R -An Example-based Approach" which can be purchased from Bokus at a discounted price. The workshop will be held in room MH:309A located in Centre for Mathematical Sciences in Lund. Information on how to find the centre can be found here. Number of places in the workshop is limited to maximum 25 on first-in first-served basis. The course is fully booked.
   • Hints on the installation of R, of R packages and (if desired) an editor environment can be found in this document.
   • R exercises and R code for the exercises
   • The R System - An Introduction and Overview and R code for the overview
   • Overheads for the course

2. A PhD course on Modern Regression will be given in May 21 to June 15, 2007. Further details on the course can be found here. For a rather detailed course plan with lecture notes please see this document. The first meeting for the course will be held on Monday, May 21, at 10:15 in MH:309A located in Centre for Mathematical Sciences in Lund. Information on how to find the centre can be found here. It should be noted that the schedule for the course will be decided in the first meeting so those who plan to take the course but can not attend the first meeting should contact John Maindonald or Nader Tajvidi in advance to inform about their preferences for the schedule. The following is the timetable for the course.
   • Lecture notes for regression course
   • Additional lecture notes for regression course
   • R-code for regression course
   • R-exercises for regression course
   • Home exam for regression course
   • Revised course notes (updated September 2007)

   Schedule

   • Lectures (week 21): Monday 10-12 in MH:309A and Tuesday 10-12 in MH:309A
   • Lectures (weeks 22-24): Monday 10-12 in MH:227 (except June 4 which will be in MH:309A) and Thursday 10-12 in MH:227
   • Computer labs: Tuesday (week 21), 14-16 in MH:231 and Thursday (weeks 22-24), 13:15-15 in MH:231

3. A seminar entitled "Data mining - statistics without statistical theory?" will be organized ; see the homepage of our seminars for the abstract and further info.

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