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Published Dec. 8, 2014 8:55 PM

The answers to the problems on Problem Set 12 can be found here:

/studier/emner/matnat/math/STK4021/h14/exercises/set2014_12_solutions.pdf

Published Dec. 1, 2014 6:24 PM

The last problem set (nr. 12) is now available on the course website. These problems will be discussed in the last class on December 5. 

Published Nov. 21, 2014 12:02 PM

The syllabus page for the course has been updated to list all the topics covered in the lectures as well as the corresponding chapters in the lecture notes and in the book. 

Everything listed as syllabus is on the reading list for the exam. If you haven't got a copy of the lecture notes, please send me an email. 

I have also handed out answers to the written exercises on the problem sets. If you want a copy, you need to come by my office. Please send me an email beforehand to make sure I am in the office. 

Published Nov. 21, 2014 11:57 AM

There will not be a lecture on November 28, as the take-home project is due that week. 

The last lecture of the semester will thus be on December 5. In this lecture, we will go through Problem Set 12 which will be a set of review exercises. The problem set will be posted on the course website next week. 

Published Nov. 21, 2014 11:55 AM

In today's lecture, we finished covering empirical Bayes inference thereby finishing the syllabus for the course. 

Published Nov. 21, 2014 11:53 AM

In the 13th lecture on November 14, we finished our discussion of decision theory and started coverging empirical Bayes inference which is the topic of Chapter 5.1-5.2 in the book. 

Published Nov. 12, 2014 9:13 AM

In the 12th lecture on November 7, we discussed some basic concepts from decision theory. This topic is covered in Appendix B in the book. 

Published Nov. 12, 2014 9:11 AM

In the 11th lecture on October 31, we covered group comparisons and hierarchical modeling. If you don't have them already, you can get some additional notes on this topic from me. 

Published Oct. 24, 2014 3:48 PM

The data set for Problem 1 on Problem Set 9 is available at 

/studier/emner/matnat/math/STK4021/h14/exercises/tplant.dat

Published Oct. 24, 2014 3:45 PM

Today we discussed linear regression which is the topic of Chapter 4.1.1 in the book. 

Published Oct. 17, 2014 1:44 PM

Today, we finished our discussion of the multivariate normal distribution and the Wishart distribution. The Wishart distribution is briefly discussed in Example 7.2 in the book. We also discussed multiple imputation under a multivariate normal model. 

If you were not in class, you can contact me for some notes on this material. 

Published Oct. 17, 2014 8:46 AM
Published Oct. 10, 2014 2:50 PM
Published Oct. 10, 2014 2:25 PM

The data sets for problem 2 on problem set 7 are available at 

/studier/emner/matnat/math/STK4021/h14/exercises/bluecrab.dat

and

/studier/emner/matnat/math/STK4021/h14/exercises/orangecrab.dat

R-code to sample Wishart random variables can be found at

/studier/emner/matnat/math/STK4021/h14/exercises/set2014_7_start.r 

Update: The R-code for the analysis is available at 

/studier/emner/matnat/math/STK4021/h14/exercises/set2014_7.r

Published Oct. 10, 2014 2:11 PM

We finished covering asymptotic methods which is the topic of Chapter 3.2 in the book. We further started with the topic of Chapter 4.1, Bayesian modeling. We will cover this topic in a somewhat more detail than the book, including today's discussion of the multivariate normal distribution. 

Today, I also handed out the lecture notes from the first half of the class (lectures 1-6). If you weren't there today, you can get a copy next Friday or send me an email.

Published Oct. 6, 2014 4:17 PM

The R-code for problem 2 on Problem Set 5 is available at 

/studier/emner/matnat/math/STK4021/h14/exercises/set2014_5.r

Published Oct. 6, 2014 4:14 PM

In this lecture, we finished discussing convergence diagnostics (Chapters 3.4.5-3.4.6 in the book) and started our discussion of asymptotic methods (Chapter 3.2 in the book). 

Published Sep. 26, 2014 1:11 PM

In today's lecture, we finished the discussion of MCMC algorithms (Chapters 3.4.1-3.4.2 in the book) and started discussing convergence diagnostics (Chapters 3.4.5-3.4.6 in the book). 

Published Sep. 25, 2014 1:08 PM

In the fifth lecture on September 19, we finished our discussion of probit regression models and defined the Metropolis algorithm which is the topic of Chapter 3.4.2 in the book. 

Published Sep. 25, 2014 1:02 PM

The data set for Problem 2 on Problem Set 4 is available at 

/studier/emner/matnat/math/STK4021/h14/exercises/msparrownest.dat

Update: The R code is now available at 

/studier/emner/matnat/math/STK4021/h14/exercises/set2014_4.r

Published Sep. 12, 2014 2:24 PM

In today's lecture, we finished covering the Gibbs sampler (Chapter 3.4.1 in the book) and started the discussion of a probit regression example. 

Published Sep. 12, 2014 8:36 AM

The two data sets needed to solve the exercises on Problem Set 3 are

/studier/emner/matnat/math/STK4021/h14/exercises/glucose.dat

and

/studier/emner/matnat/math/STK4021/h14/exercises/divorce.dat

Update: R-code for the problems on Problem Set 3 is available at 

/studier/emner/matnat/math/STK4021/h14/exercises/set2014_3.r

Published Sep. 5, 2014 3:35 PM

In today's lecture, we discussed Bayes factors, AIC and BIC which concludes Chapter 2.3 in the book. Furthermore, we started discussing Markov chain Monte Carlo methods which are the subject of Chapter 3.4 in the book.