Applied Statistics Qualifying Exam Workshop, Summer 2019
Overview
Welcome to the 2019 applied statistics qual workshop! This course is comprised of 12 sessions throughout the summer, and the primary aim is to review the most central material from the Ph.D. applied statistics sequence to prepare students for the qualifying exam. Our materials will include the qualifying exams from previous years, which enrolled students have access to via Stanford's Box, and supplementary course notes.
Solutions to quals already covered in the class can be found here.
Time and location
T/Th 1:30 - 3:00
380-380F
Schedule and materials
| Date | Topic | Additional Resources |
| Tuesday, June 25 | 2007 applied qual, questions 1-6 | applied qual overview |
| Thursday, June 27 | 2008 applied qual, questions 1-6 | numerical linear algebra notes,
Boyd's numerical LA slides |
| Tuesday, July 2 | 2009 applied qual, questions 1 - 5 | Lindsey's method notes |
| Thursday, July 4 | No Class: come to the 4th of July BBQ! | |
| Tuesday, July 9 | 2010 applied qual, questions 1, 2(b-d), 3(a-b), 4-6 | geometry of linear models |
| Thursday, July 11 | 2011 applied qual, questions 1-6 | contingency tables |
| Tuesday, July 16 | 2012 applied qual, questions 1-6 | GLM review |
| Thursday, July 18 | 2013 applied qual, questions 1-6 | EM review |
| Tuesday, July 23 | 2014 applied qual, questions 1-6 | PCA review |
| Thursday, July 25 | 2015 applied qual, questions 1,2,3(a-b),4-6 | CCA and clustering
multivariate methods |
| Tuesday, July 30 | No class | |
| Thursday, August 1 | No class | |
| Tuesday, August 6 | 2016 applied qual, questions 1-6 | linear algebra tools for quals
The Matrix Cookbook |
| Thursday, August 8 | 2017 applied qual, questions 1-6 | Bayesian stats review |
| Tuesday, Agust 13 | 2018 applied qual, questions 1-6
(take this exam prior to the session in exam conditions) |
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