Week Topics Reading Assignment
Aug 26-30

Introduction to linear models;
Matrix operations: addition, multiplication, direct sum,
kronecker product, hadamard product

Ch. 2; Ch. 7;
Sec. 8.1-8.4

 
Sep 2-6

Matrix operations (cont); linear models in R

Mon: Labor Day - No Class

Wed: Download R and RStudio prior to class
and bring laptops to class.

 (cont) Fri Sep 6: HW1 Due
Sep 9-13 Matrix operations (cont): rank, trace, inverses Sec. 8.5.1-2,
8.6-8.7 		 
Sep 16-20 Matrix operations (cont): generalized inverses Sec. 8.5.3 Mon Sep 16: HW2 Due
Sep 23-27

Matrix operations (cont): norm, determinant, vec;
eigenvalues, eigenvectors and diagonal form

No class Friday

 Sec. 8.9-8.10,
8.11.1;
Sec. 9.1-9.2

Mon Sep 23: Quiz 1
Sep 30 - Oct 4 Optimizing quadratic forms, positive definite;
matrix factorizations 		Sec. 9.3-9.5;
Sec. 10.1-10.4 		Mon Sep 30: HW3 Due
Fri Oct 2: HW4 Due
Oct 7-11

(cont)

No class Friday - attend the
MT ASA Chapter Meeting!

 (cont)

Wed Oct 7: Quiz 2
Oct 14-18 Vector spaces and projection operators Sec. 11.1-11.10

Oct 21-25 Matrix derivatives;
optimization and Lagrange multipliers 		Sec. 12.1-12.2, 12.7;
Sec. 13.1-13.2

Mon Oct 21: HW5 Due

Fri Oct 25: Quiz 3
Oct 28 - Nov 1 Distributions of random vectors and quadratic forms Sec. 14.1-14.6 Fri Nov 1: HW6 Due
Nov 4-8 (cont) (cont) Wed Nov 6: Quiz 4 
Nov 11-15

Estimation in linear models

Mon: Veteran's Day - No Class

 Sec. 15.1-15.3, 15.6 Fri Nov 15: HW7 Due
Nov 18-22 Inference in linear models Sec. 16.1.1, 16.2-16.4

Wed Nov 20: Quiz 5

 
Nov 25-29

(cont)

Wed-Fri: Thanksgiving - No Classes

 (cont)  
Dec 2-6 (cont) (cont) Wed Dec 4: HW8 Due
Finals Week Final Exam: 6:00-7:50pm Thur Dec 12 in 
Wilson 1-133