WWS509 - Lecture Notes

List of Chapters

As noted below, the notes are offered in two formats: HTML and PDF. Use the table below to jump directly to each of the Chapters in the notes. If you are browsing, check out the more detailed table of contents available for the HTML version.

Chapter	Browse	Print
2. Linear Models for Continuous Data	html	pdf (332 KB)
3. Logit Models for Binary Data	html	pdf (261 KB)
4. Poisson Models for Count Data*	html	pdf (123 KB)
5. Log-Linear Models for Contingency Tables	html	pdf (146KB)
6. Multinomial Response Models	html	pdf (166 KB
7. Survival Models	html	pdf (214 KB)
A. Review of Likelihood Theory	html	pdf (114 KB)
B. Generalized Linear Model Theory	html	pdf (126 KB)

No, there is no Chapter 1 ... yet. One day I will write an introduction to the course and that will be Chapter 1.

* See also the addendum on Modelling Over-Dispersed Count Data, which describes models with extra-Poisson variation and negative binomial regression.

The Choice of Formats

It turns out that making the lecture notes available on the web was a bit of a challenge, because the web browsers in current use were designed to render text and graphs but not equations. After looking at a number of options, I decided to offer the notes in two formats: HTML and PDF.

HTML is ideal for browsing the notes. The equations are rendered as well as possible using standard text rather than graphics. The resulting documents are more compact and can be viewed faster than alternatives that rely heavily on graphs, but the equations are not always as pretty as one might wish.
PDF is best for printing the notes. The layout is very close to the original but the files are bulkier and lack hyperlinks. To view this version you need a helper application or plug-in called Acrobat, which can be downloaded from Adobe. There is a separate file for each chapter. Our PDF files are now smaller and look better on the screen!

Each format has its advantages but none is perfect. Hopefully a better solution will be available once MathML becomes standard. For more information see the references below.

Errata

If you find an error in the notes please let me know. Make sure you note the section (e.g. 2.1.7) or page, and as much detail as you can. I will keep an up-to-date list of corrections.

References

The notes were prepared using LaTeX, which produces PostScript and hence PDF. I generated the HTML pages from the original LaTeX source using a program called TtH written by Ian Hutchinson. I found the output from this program better than alternatives such as LaTeX2Html.

If you are interested in the problem of publishing mathematics on the Web you may want to visit the W3C Mathematics page, which describes MathML and provides a number of useful links. You may also want to read Ian Hutchinson's views, including comments and links to reviews of various approaches.