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Undergraduate Course: Categorical Data Analysis (MATH10055)

Course Outline
School	School of Mathematics	College	College of Science and Engineering
Course type	Standard	Availability	Available to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Credits	10
Home subject area	Mathematics	Other subject area	Specialist Mathematics & Statistics (Honours)
Course website	http://student.maths.ed.ac.uk
Course description	Course for final year students in Honours programmes in Mathematics. The syllabus will include transformations; 2-by-2 tables, k-by-2 tables; conditional and profile likelihoods; several 2-by-2 tables; logistic regression; loglinear models for two-way tables; and three-way tables.

Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Foundations of Calculus (MATH08005) AND Several Variable Calculus (MATH08006) AND Linear Algebra (MATH08007) AND Methods of Applied Mathematics (MATH08035) AND Probability (Year 2) (MATH08008) AND Likelihood (MATH10004) AND Linear Statistical Modelling (MATH10005) AND Pure & Applied Analysis (MATH10008) AND Statistics (Year 2) (MATH08051)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations	Students MUST NOT also be taking Statistics (Year 3) (MATH08052) AND Probability (Year 3) (MATH09004)	Other requirements	None
Additional Costs	None

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None
Prospectus website	http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/visiting-exchange/courses

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1. Appreciation of difference between linear models and logistic and loglinear models. 2. Knowledge of models for categorical data analysis and ability to fit and analyse them. 3. Awareness of dependence relationships amongst categorial variables. 4. Ability to use Splus to fit models for categorial data.

Assessment Information
Degree Examination: 100%.
Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information

Special Arrangements
Not entered

Contacts
Course organiser	Dr Liam O'Carroll Tel: (0131 6)50 5070 Email: L.O'Carroll@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Mrs Gillian Law Tel: (0131 6)50 5085 Email: G.Law@ed.ac.uk

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