Bios 6312: Modern Regression

October 30, 2025

This page contains an outline of the topics, content, and assignments for the semester. Note that this schedule will be updated as the semester progresses, with all changes documented here.

Schedule updated Mon Apr 07 12:17:47 PM 2025

Week Day Date Topic Notes.or.Lab Supplemental Homework Reading
1 M 2025/01/06 Introduction Welcome and Introduction Install R and Rstudio
1 Tu 2025/01/07 Review of Key Concepts Lec 2
1 Th 2025/01/09 Simple Linear Regression Lec 3; Quarto Intro RMB 3.3
2 M 2025/01/13 Simple Linear Regression Lab 1, Lec 3
2 Tu 2025/01/14 Lab: Linear Regression Lab 1, Lec 3 Matrix Algebra Review HW 1 assigned
2 Th 2025/01/16 Simple Linear Regression Lec 3, Lab 1 Log Transformations RMB 3.2
3 M 2025/01/20 No class (MLK day)
3 Tu 2025/01/21 Lab: Linear Regression model assumptions Lab 2
3 Th 2025/01/23 Logistic Regression Lec 4 HW 1 due; HW 2 assigned
4 M 2025/01/27 Logistic Regression Lec 4
4 Tu 2025/01/28 Logistic Regression Lab Lab 3 RMB 3.4; 6.1
4 Th 2025/01/30 Precision HW 3 assigned
5 M 2025/02/03 Lab: Precision Lab 3
5 Tu 2025/02/04 Precison/Confouding Lec 5/Lec 6 HW 2 due RMB 5.1
5 Th 2025/02/06 Confounding and Effect Modification Lec 6
6 M 2025/02/10 Lab: Multivariable models Lab 4
6 Tu 2025/02/11 Multivariable Models Lec 7 HW 3 due; HW4 assigned
6 Th 2025/02/13 Multivariable Models Lec 7
7 M 2025/02/17 Model estimation
7 Tu 2025/02/18 Model estimation HW 4 due
7 Th 2025/02/20 Weighted regression Mini Lab, weighted Regression
8 M 2025/02/24 Review
8 Tu 2025/02/25 Midterm Exam In class exam
8 Th 2025/02/27 Time to event models RMB: 3.5; 7.1; 7.2.1-7.2.7
9 M 2025/03/03 Lab: Go over midterm exam
9 Tu 2025/03/04 Time to event models
9 Th 2025/03/06 Lab: Time to event Lab 6
10 M 2025/03/10 Spring Break
10 Tu 2025/03/11 Spring Break
10 Th 2025/03/13 Spring Break
11 M 2025/03/17 Poisson Regression
11 Tu 2025/03/18 Modeling effect Modification
11 Th 2025/03/20 Modeling effect Modification HW 5 due
12 M 2025/03/24 No Lab (Take home exam) Take Home Exam
12 Tu 2025/03/25 Lab: Poisson Models and Effect Modfiction HW 6
12 Th 2025/03/27 Multinomial and Ordinal Regression
13 M 2025/03/31 Lab: Discrete Outcome Regression
13 Tu 2025/04/01 Flexible Modeling of Dose Reponse
13 Th 2025/04/03 Flexible Modeling of Dose Reponse HW 6 due
14 M 2025/04/07 ANOVA Model Choice HW 7
14 Tu 2025/04/08 Bayesian Model Diagnostics
14 Th 2025/04/10 Regression based prediction
15 M 2025/04/14 Bootstrap
15 Tu 2025/04/15 Missing data
15 Th 2025/04/17 Review HW 7 due
16 W 2025/04/23 Final Exam: Starts 9 AM In class exam