Module II - Class 1

2 Março 2021, 14:30 • Jorge Filipe Campinos Landerset Cadima

[Slides 1 to 47] Introduction (Programme, Bibliography, webpage). Motivating examples. A few basic ideas about Statistical Modelling. Reviewing simple linear regression: least squares criterion, formulas, properties, drawbacks. Commands for linear regression in R. Examples. Nonlinear relations and linearizing transformations: the exponential relation: its equation, its linearizing transformation, its differential equation, its use in population models and drawbacks.