Nordic
Informatics Network in the Agricultural Sciences

Likelihood-based inference for hierarchical/mixed statistical models
Sunday 7 August:
- Arrival
- Accommodation
- Get together
Monday 8 August
- 8:00
- Breakfast
- 9:00
- Welcome and presentation
- 9:15
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Lecture 1:
Classical linear and logistic modelling
Henrik Stryhn, University of Prince Edwards Island
- 10:45
- Break
- 11:15
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Computer exercises: 1+2
- 12:00
- Lunch
- 13:30
-
Lecture 2:
Bayesian statistics and inference
William John Browne, University of Nottingham
- 14:30
- Computer exercises: 3
- 15:30
- Coffee
- 16:00
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Lecture 3: Introduction to MCMC
William
John Browne
- 17:00
- Computer exercises: 4
- 18:00
- Dinner
- 19:00
- Individual review of course material or work on own data.
Tuesday 9 August
- 8:00
- Breakfast
- 9:00
-
Lecture 4:
Linear mixed models
Henrik Stryhn
- 10:30
- Break
- 11:00
- Computer exercises: 5+6
- 12:00
- Lunch
- 13:30
-
Lecture 5:
Advanced linear mixed modelling
Henrik Stryhn
- 14:30
- Computer
exercises: 7
- 15:30
- Coffee
- 16:00
-
Lecture 6:
Model validation for linear mixed models
Henrik Stryhn
- 17:00
- Computer exercises: 8
- 18:00
- Dinner
- 19:00
- Individual review of course material or work on own data
Wednesday 10 August
- 8:00
- Breakfast
- 9:00
-
Lecture 7:
MCMC for normal response multilevel models
William John Browne
- 10:30
- Break
- 11:00
- Computer exercises: 9
- 12:00
- Lunch
- 13:30
-
Lecture 8: Additional MCMC features
William John Browne
- 14:30
- Computer
exercises: 10
- 15:30
- Coffee break
- 16:00
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Lecture 9: Model comparison and diagnostics
William John Browne
- 17:15
- Social event
Thursday 11 August
- 8:00
- Breakfast
- 9:00
-
Lecture 10:
Generalised linear models
Henrik Stryhn
- 10:00
- Break
- 10:30
-
Lecture 11: Generalised linear mixed models
Henrik Stryhn
- 11:15
- Computer exercises: 12+13
- 12:00
- Lunch
- 13:30
-
Lecture 12:
Statistical inference for GLMMs
Henrik Stryhn
- 14:30
- Coffee
- 15:00
- Computer
exercises: 14+15
- 16:30
-
Lecture 13:
Model validation and further topics
Henrik Stryhn
- 17:00
- Computer exercises: 16
- 18:00
- Dinner
- 19:00
- Individual review of course material or work on own data
Friday 12 August
- 8:00
- Breakfast
- 9:00
-
Lecture 14:
Multilevel Logistic regression models and MCMC
John William Browne
- 10:30
- Break
- 11:00
- Computer exercises: 17
- 12:00
- Lunch
- 13:30
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Lecture 15:
GLMM in WinBUGS
John William Browne
- 14:30
- Computer
exercises: 18
- 15:30
- Coffee
- 16:00
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Lecture 16:
Poisson models
John William Browne
- 16:15
- Computer exercises: 19
- 18:00
- Dinner
- 19:00
- Individual review of course material or work on own data
Saturday 13 August
No course activities
Sunday 14 August
- 8:00
- Breakfast
- 9:00
-
Lecture 17:
Multivariate normal response models and introduction to repeated measures
Henrik Stryhn
- 10:00
- Break
- 10:30
-
Lecture 18: Mixed models for repeated measures
Henrik Stryhn
- 11:15
- Computer exercises: 20+21
- 12:00
- Lunch
- 13:30
-
Lecture 19:
Discrete repeated measures and multivariate
response models
Henrik Stryhn
- 14:30
-
Lecture 20: Introduction to
missing data
William John Browne
- 15:30
- Coffee
- 16:00
- Computer exercises: 22
- 18:00
- Dinner
- 19:00
- Individual review of course material or work on own data
Monday 15 August
- 8:00
- Breakfast
- 9:00
-
Lecture 21:
Cross-classified and multiple membership models
Henrik Stryhn
- 10:30
- Break
- 11:00
- Computer exercises: 23+24
- 12:00
- Lunch
- 13:30
-
Lecture 22:
Incorporating spatial information in the standard framework
William John Browne
- 14:30
- Computer
exercises: 25
- 15:30
- Coffee
- 16:00
-
Lecture 23:
MM and CAR models for spatial data
William John Browne
- 17:00
- Computer exercises: 26
- 18:00
- Dinner
- 19:00
- Individual review of course material or work on own data
Tuesday 16 August
Wednesday 17 August
Thursday 18 August
- Presentation of the projects
- Course evaluation
- Departure

Author:
phd@dina.kvl.dk. Updated:
04 august 2005