Module information

Lecturer information

This is a ten credit module, taught during semester one by Dr. Pete Philipson. My contact details are:

Dr. Pete Philipson
Herschel Building, Room 3.14

I have reserved Tuesdays 1pm - 2pm and Thursdays 11am - 12pm (both from week 3 onwards) as “student support hours” for this module. Beyond this, I operate an open-door policy so you are welcome to drop by at your own convenience - there will be a timetable outside my door to help find a suitable time.

Module schedule

  • Two lectures per week: Tuesdays 11am - 12pm (LT2) & Wednesdays 10am - 11am (LT3)

  • Computer practical sessions in weeks 3, 5, 7, 9 & 11 (Thursday 3pm - 4pm) of the semester in the Herschel Cluster

Note that the term has a reading/self-study week following week 6 so there are no timetabled sessions for a week at this juncture.

Course materials

All course materials will be available from Canvas. Announcements will also be made on Canvas and to your University email address.

Assessment

The module will be assessed by two assignments - one summative assessment worth 20% of the credit for the module, and one formative assessment (worth 0% of the credit) - and a written exam in January 2026, which will be worth the remaining \(80\%\) of the module credit.

The provisional in-course-assessment schedule can be found below. Submission will be electronic, via Canvas, at 4pm on the specified day.

Table 0.1: Provisional in-course-assessment schedule.
Type Weight (%) Release date Submission date
Formative 0 Wednesday 15th October Wednesday 22nd October
Summative 20 Wednesday 22nd October Wednesday 12th November

Relevant texts

Fox (1997); Weisberg (2005); Harrell Jr (2015); Sheather (2009); Faraway (2014).

Faraway, Julian J. 2014. Linear Models with R. CRC press.
Fox, John. 1997. Applied Regression Analysis, Linear Models, and Related Methods. Sage Publications, Inc.
Harrell Jr, Frank E. 2015. Regression Modeling Strategies: With Applications to Linear Models, Logistic and Ordinal Regression, and Survival Analysis. Springer.
Sheather, Simon. 2009. A Modern Approach to Regression with R. Springer Science & Business Media.
Weisberg, Sanford. 2005. Applied Linear Regression. Vol. 528. John Wiley & Sons.

References

Faraway, Julian J. 2014. Linear Models with R. CRC press.
Fox, John. 1997. Applied Regression Analysis, Linear Models, and Related Methods. Sage Publications, Inc.
Harrell Jr, Frank E. 2015. Regression Modeling Strategies: With Applications to Linear Models, Logistic and Ordinal Regression, and Survival Analysis. Springer.
Sheather, Simon. 2009. A Modern Approach to Regression with R. Springer Science & Business Media.
Weisberg, Sanford. 2005. Applied Linear Regression. Vol. 528. John Wiley & Sons.