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Regression Analysis-- Fall 2007
Section 001 Tuesday 7:20-10:00 PM Innovation Hall--Room 137

Announcements:

Professor:
John J. Miller

Office:
Sci-Tech II--Room 147

Phone:
(703) 993 - 1690 (You can leave a message on my voice mail if I am not in the office. I will get back to you as soon as possible.) You may also use email. My email address is jmiller@gmu.edu.

Office Hours:
By mutually convenient appointment. Regular hours may be scheduled.

Syllabi:

Text: Applied Regression Analysis, 3rd Edition, Draper and Smith.

Potential Supplements:
The Little SAS Book, Delwiche and Slaughter. This will help those of you who are not familiar with the SAS data step or SAS programming in general.
Matrix Algebra as a Tool, Hadi. This book is contains a basic introduction to matrices with some helpful advanced parts. It may prove helpful for those who need to improve their knowledge of matrix theory.

Course Objectives: When you complete this course, you should be able to confidently attack real problems requiring regression methodology. You should understand why regression works and how to use SAS to obtain regression results. You should be able to take a problem, run the proper analysis and write up a compelling summary of the results. These abilities will greatly help you in many fields of research and employment.

Tests and Grading:
There will be homework assignments every week. Some homeworks will be graded. There will be in-class quizzes some weeks. Some quizzes will be announced and others may not be announced in advance. There will be a test on matrix algebra, a midterm and a final exam, all take home. There will be an in-class portion for all tests! The matrix test is tentatively scheduled to be given out September 30 and due back October 7. Part 1 of the midterm is tentatively scheduled to be given out October 7 and due back October 21. Part 2 of the midterm is tentatively scheduled to be given out October 21 and due back October 28. Part 1 of the Final Exam will be given out on November 18 and due back on December 2. Part 2 of the Final Exam will be given out on November 25 and due back Tuesday December 9 when you come to take the in-class final exam.

Computing:
We will use the SAS® System to perform the analyses required for this course. There are two options available to you to access SAS. The first option is to use SAS on any of several PCs at GMU. Several GMU labs have SAS installed (several don't). Of course, to use this option, you must be physically present on campus.

The second option is to obtain a copy of SAS to use on your home computer. You work through Patriot Computers (the GMU Computer Store in the Johnson Center). There is a modest fee for this privilege, but may be well worth the investment in terms of time savings for you.

Make sure you allow enough time to get your assignments done. If you wait until the last moment to begin your assignments, you may very likely not have enough time to finish. The learning experience in this course depends strongly on the fact that you do the homework from week to week.

Typing Homework Solutions:

This semester, I would like you to use the “cut and paste” features of a word processor to turn in typed solutions to the homeworks. This is really easier than hand writing the solutions and using physical cutting and pasting. This requirement for typed solutions does not apply to the matrix homeworks or test.

Having an email Address:
It is important that you have an active GMU email address which you actually look at frequently. That way I can easily communicate with the class on any important matters which may come up. In fact, this is how you will obtain all the handouts for this class!

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