Teaching

MAT500: Math Methods for Data Science, Fall 2016

MAT500SylbsFall2016

No. Class Material Reading Homework Due
1 08/29 Introduction Chapter 1,

Chapter 2.1, 2.2

Chapter 2: #1, 2(b,c); 09/07
2 08/31 Introduction to R Chapter 2.3 Chapter 2: #8 09/07
3 09/07 Regression (linear + polynomial, basis functions, generalized additive models (GAM)) Chapter 3.1.1, 3.2.1, Chapter 7.1, 7.3, 7.7 Chapter 3: #4(a,c), 5, 6; Chapter 7: # 1, 3 09/14
4 09/12 Lab for Regression Chapter 3.6;

Chapter 7.8.1, 7.8.3

Chapter 3: #9(a,b,c); Chapter 7: #9(a,b); 09/21
5 09/14 Classification (logistic regression + linear discriminant analysis (LDA)) Chapter 4.1 – 4.4 Chapter 4: #1, 2, 6, 8, 9 09/21
6 09/19 Cross validation Chapter 5.1 Chapter 5: #3 09/28
7 09/21 Lab for Classification and Cross Validation Chapter 4.6.1 – 4.6.3

Chapter 5.3

Chapter 4: #10(exclude f), 12;

Chapter 5: #5, 7, 8(a,b,c,d)

09/28