Lecture-12: OLS Regression (Part 1)



Topics

  • Inferential Statistics: Regression Theory and Bivarite Regression
  • Data Analysis: Bivariate Regression in R
  • Quantitative Research: Regression Equations in LaTeX

Readings

Required

  • OpenIntro: Chapter 7, pp. 340-355
  • Wheelan: Chapter 11

Assignments

Due Before Class

  • From Prior Lecture:
    • Lab 10 - Pearson’s \(r\) in R
    • Problem Set 05 - Correlations and Scatterplots
  • From Final Project: Peer reviews due to group members as a GitHub issue in each student’s final project repository
  • For This Lecture: Lecture Prep 11 - The Regression Equation in LaTeX

Due Before Class, SOC 5050 only

  • From Final Project: Draft paper due

Due Before Next Class

  • For This Lecture:
    • Lab 11 - Bivariate Regression in R
    • Problem Set 06 - Bivariate Regression in R
  • For Next Lecture: Lecture Prep 12 - Citations with knitr and LaTeX