BTRY 717  THEORY OF LINEAR MODELS

TIME: MW 8:40-9:55am, B104 Comstock

PREREQUISITES: BRTY 409, 421, and 602, or equivalents

INSTRUCTOR: Jim Booth, Professor
            Biological Statistics and Computational Biology
	    1178 Comstock Hall (Phone: 254-6505)
            Email: jb383@cornell.edu

OFFICE HOURS: TBA

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Theory for the analysis of linear models.
Properties of the multivariate normal distribution.  Distribution
theory for quadratic forms. Properties of least squares and maximum
likelihood estimates. Methods for fixed effect models of less than
full rank. Analysis of balanced and unbalanced mixed effects models.
Restricted maximum likelihood estimation. Other potential topics if
time permits include: generalized linear models, generalized
estimating equations, robust estimation, semi-parametric regression.

COURSE TEXT: "Linear Models -- A Mean Model Approach"
by Barry Kurt Moser, 1996: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-508465-X

Comment: While I will generally follow the course text, some material
may be taken from other sources. 

GRADING POLICY: Homework will be assigned periodically. Homework
assignments may involve data analysis and computation requiring
students to use a statistical package. In addition, there will be
one in-class exam.