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Week Date Lesson Reading Video Slides Slides (pdf) Lab Problem Sets Case Study
MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW
WEEK 1 Wed, Jan 20 Module 1.1: Course overview and introduction
Fri, Jan 22 Module 1.2: Review
Module 1.3: Introduction to hierarchical models
Module 1.4: Short activity
MODULE 2: RANDOM EFFECTS ANOVA / HIERARCHICAL NORMAL MODEL
WEEK 2 Mon, Jan 25 Lab 1: Help, these kids are killing me! (Part I)
Wed, Jan 27 Module 2.1: One way ANOVA (formulation and estimation)
Module 2.2: One way ANOVA (step-down tests and matrix formulation)
Fri, Jan 29 Module 2.3: One way ANOVA (distribution of estimates and linear combinations)
Module 2.4: Multi-way ANOVA and interactions
Module 2.5: Short activity
NEW ASSIGNMENT: Homework 1
WEEK 3 Mon, Feb 1 Lab 2: Help, these kids are killing me! (Part II)
Tue, Feb 2 Drop/Add ends
Wed, Feb 3 Module 2.6: Random effects ANOVA (introduction)
Module 2.7: Random effects ANOVA (estimation)
Fri, Feb 5 Module 2.8: Random effects ANOVA illustration (in class)
WEEK 4 Mon, Feb 8 Lab 3: Hospital Rankings (Part I)
Wed, Feb 10 Module 2.9: Random effects ANOVA (Bayesian estimation I)
Module 2.10: Random effects ANOVA (Bayesian estimation II)
DELIVERABLES: Homework 1 due!
Fri, Feb 12 Module 2.11: Random effects ANOVA (priors for group-level variance)
Module 2.12: Random effects ANCOVA (introduction)
NEW ASSIGNMENT: Homework 2
WEEK 5 Mon, Feb 15 Lab 4: Hospital Rankings (Part II)
Wed, Feb 17 Module 2.13: Random effects ANCOVA (cont'd)
R illustration for lme4 and brms
Fri, Feb 19 Module 2.14: Random effects ANCOVA (holistic analysis)
WEEK 6 Mon, Feb 22 Lab 5: Do more beautiful professors get higher evaluations? (Part I)
Tue, Feb 23 | NEW ASSIGNMENT: Case Study I
Wed, Feb 24 Exam review
DELIVERABLES: Homework 2 due!
Fri, Feb 26 Exam I
WEEK 7 Mon, Mar 1 No lab
MODULE 3: LINEAR MIXED EFFECTS MODELS
Wed, Mar 3 Module 3.1: Linear mixed effects models
Module 3.2: Linear mixed effects models (influence measures)
Fri, Mar 5 Module 3.3: Bayesian linear mixed effects models
WEEK 8 Mon, Mar 8 No lab
Wed, Mar 10 No class
MODULE 4: OTHER HIERARCHICAL MODELS
Fri, Mar 12 Module 4.1: Generalized linear mixed effects models
WEEK 9 Mon, Mar 15 Lab: Help, I’m Behind! Hands-on Analysis and Q&A
Wed, Mar 17 Case Study I Presentations (Part I)
NEW ASSIGNMENT: Homework 3
Fri, Mar 19 Case Study I Presentations (Part II) | Module 4.2: Logistic mixed effects model (cont'd)
WEEK 10 Mon, Mar 22 No lab; Open office hours
Wed, Mar 24 Module 4.3: Logistic mixed effects model (wrap up)
Module 4.4: Nested vs non-nested random effects
Fri, Mar 26 Module 4.5: Measurement error
Sun, Mar 28 | DELIVERABLES: Homework 3 due!
NEW ASSIGNMENT: Case Study II
WEEK 11 Mon, Mar 29 Lab 6: Badgered by Badgers
Wed, Mar 31 Module 4.6: Poststratification and weighting
Fri, Apr 2 Module 4.7: Missing data
Sun, Apr 4 | NEW ASSIGNMENT: Homework 4
WEEK 12 Mon, Apr 5 Lab: Help, my team needs help with Case Study II!
Wed, Apr 7 Module 4.8: Meta-analysis
Fri, Apr 9 Module 4.9: Multilevel categorical outcomes
WEEK 13 Mon, Apr 12 Wellness day; no lab
Wed, Apr 14 Exam review
Fri, Apr 16 Exam II
WEEK 14 Mon, Apr 19 Lab: Help, I need help with HW4/Case Study II!
Wed, Apr 21 Case Study II Presentations
Fri, Apr 23 Module 4.10: Introduction to finite mixture models (categorical data)
Module 4.11: Introduction to finite mixture models (continuous data)
DELIVERABLES: Homework 4 due!
WEEK 15 Wed, Apr 28 Reading week; no class
Fri, Apr 30 Reading week; no class