Linear Models (8 ECTS)

    Course Code: 
    6023
    Semester: 
    4th
    Compulsory Courses
    Διδάσκων: 

    PAPASTAMOULIS PANAGIOTIS

    Introduction to simple linear regression, model coefficients estimates. Properties of estimated coefficients, mean value, variance, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, estimation of conditional variance. Predicted values, simple linear regression ANOVA, R^2, F-test. Introduction to multivariate normal distribution. Multiple regression, design matrix, introduction to pseudo variables, general form of linear model, LS estimates and properties. Unbiased estimate of data variance. Maximum likelihood estimation. Multiple correlation coefficient, model ANOVA, partial F-tests. Simple residuals, standardized and studentized residuals, normality test, Q-Q plots, residual plots, added variable plots. Transformations, influence statistics and diagnostic tests, multicollinearity. Model choice, forward, backward, stepwise methods, all possible regressions, model choice using AIC, BIC, Μallows Cp.

    Recommended Reading

    • Draper N.R. and Smith, H. (1997). Εφαρμοσμένη Ανάλυση Παλινδρόμησης, Παπαζήσης
    • Κούτρας, Μ. Και Ευαγγελάρας, Χ. (2010). Ανάλυση Παλινδρόμησης: Θεωρία και Εφαρμογές, Σταμούλης
    • Montgomery, D.C., Peck, E.A. and Vining, G.G. (2012). Introduction to Linear Regression Analysis, Wiley.
    • Weisberg, S. (2014). Applied Linear Regression, Wiley

    (old title: Introduction to Linear Regression)

    (prerequisite for 6014 - Analysis of Variance and Experimental Design, 6176 - Generalized Linear Models and 6005 - Data Analysis)