Linear Mixed Models for Longitudinal Data Ziad Taib

Linear Mixed Models for Longitudinal Data Ziad Taib Spring 2011 Name, department 1 Date

Instructors § Lectures: Ziad Taib § 070765547 § ziad. taib@astrazeneca. com § ziad@math. chalmers. se § Computer assignments: Malin Östensson § 031 772 53 16 § malino@math. chalmers. se Name, department 2 Date

§ Textbook: Linear mixed models for longitudinal data, Geert Verbeke and Geert Molenberghs Springer Verlag, New York. plus some handouts. § Exams: Computer Assignments: 20%, Final Exam : 80%. More information on the Final Exam will be given later § Policy on Homework: Computer Assignments are to be presented in a report, with programs, output, and statistical notation integrated. The quality of writing and organization, as well as content, will influence the grade. Homework may be turned in directly to Malin Östensson. Name, department 3 Date

Schedule And Outline of Lectures: April 5 Introduction to Linear Mixed Models (Chap 1 -4) April 7 Estimation and Inference for the marginal model (Chap 5 -6) April 19 Inference for the random effects, Software issues (Chap 7 -8) April 26 Non-linear and Generalized Linear Mixed Models (Handouts) May 3 May 10 May 17 May 24 Name, department 4 Date Incomplete data (Chap 15 -16) Design and sample size issues (Chap 23) Model checking (Handouts) Examples - Repetition - Sample exam (Handouts)

Reading instructions § § § Chapters 1 -5 The whole chapter is required Chapter 6 6. 1 to 6. 3. 3 Chapter 7 7. 1 -7. 7 Chapter 8 The whole chapter is required Chapter 14 Self reading Chapter 15 The whole chapter is required Chapter 16 The whole chapter is required Chapter 20 20. 3 Chapter 23 The whole chapter is required Handouts Generalized mixed models Handouts Non-linear mixed models Handouts Model checking Name, department 5 Date

Computer assignments: 1. Preassignment: Introduction to SAS – Data – SAS program - zipfile 2. Assignment 1: Lab 1 – Lab 1 - Data 1 Zip – Data 1 – Data 2 – Data 3 3. Assignment 2: Lab 2 Data Name, department 6 Date

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