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# STA 7934: Advanced Regression   
**Lecture.** 12:50pm - 1:40pm on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on Zoom  
**Instructor.** <NAME> (*<EMAIL>*), 202 Griffin-Floyd  
**Office hours.** Monday, Wednesday from 1:45pm - 2:45pm on Zoom  
**Syllabus.** [[pdf](/docs/STA7934_F20_Syllabus.pdf)]  
**Lecture and office hours.** [[Zoom link](https://ufl.zoom.us/j/92022598550?pwd=<PASSWORD>)]  
Note that you must be logged into your UFL eLearning account to access course materials.  

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||  **Lecture** ||  **Topics**  ||  
|| 0 (8/31)  || Syllabus, course overview ||  
|| 1 (9/2)  || OLS, bias-variance tradeoff, ridge regression [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52239110/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/courses/412309/files?preview=52201813)]||  
|| 2 (9/4)  || Ridge regression computation, lasso introduction [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52241793/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/courses/412309/files?preview=52241780)]||  
|| 3 (9/9)  || Lasso computation [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52355614/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/courses/412309/files?preview=52355098)]||  
|| 4 (9/11)  || Lasso computation continued [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52473276/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52394727/download?download_frd=1)][[errata](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52395251/download?download_frd=1)]||  
|| 5 (9/14)  || Lasso variants [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52501851/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/courses/412309/files?preview=52477408)][[errata](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52501663/download?download_frd=1)]||  
|| 6 (9/16)  || Consistency of the lasso [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52635610/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52616287/download?download_frd=1)]||   
|| 7 (9/18)  || Support recovery of the lasso [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52635617/download?download_frd=1)]||   


**Homework 1** (due Monday, September 21st): [[pdf](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52547041/download?download_frd=1)][[submission](https://ufl.instructure.com/courses/412309/assignments/4428217)]  
**Linear regression notes** [[pdf](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52860797/download?download_frd=1)]  

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|| 8 (9/21)  || Basis expansions and splines [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52860695/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/courses/412309/files?preview=52737617)]||  
|| 9 (9/23)  || Natural cubic splines [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52860701/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/courses/412309/files?preview=52860749)]||  
|| 10 (9/25)  || Smoothing splines [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52899064/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/courses/412309/files?preview=52899082)]||  
|| 11 (9/28)  || Reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces, representer theorem [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52981926/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/courses/412309/files?preview=52986219)]||  
|| 12 (9/30)  || Kernels, kernel ridge regression [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/53056701/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/53124622/download?download_frd=1)]||  
|| 12 (9/30)  || Kernel smoothers and nearest neighbors regression [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/53154566/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/53154504/download?download_frd=1)]||  

**Homework 2** (due Monday, October 12th) [[pdf](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/53056381/download?download_frd=1)][[hint](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/53056468/download?download_frd=1)]  
**Semiparametrics notes** [[pdf](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52986437/download?download_frd=1)]<commit_msg>Update F20_STA7934.md<commit_after>---
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# STA 7934: Advanced Regression   
**Lecture.** 12:50pm - 1:40pm on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on Zoom  
**Instructor.** <NAME> (*<EMAIL>*), 202 Griffin-Floyd  
**Office hours.** Monday, Wednesday from 1:45pm - 2:45pm on Zoom  
**Syllabus.** [[pdf](/docs/STA7934_F20_Syllabus.pdf)]  
**Lecture and office hours.** [[Zoom link](https://ufl.zoom.us/j/92022598550?pwd=SEVaK0dXdTlYUmVuY3ZHbXVhVFJldz09)]  
Note that you must be logged into your UFL eLearning account to access course materials.  

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||  **Lecture** ||  **Topics**  ||  
|| 0 (8/31)  || Syllabus, course overview ||  
|| 1 (9/2)  || OLS, bias-variance tradeoff, ridge regression [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52239110/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/courses/412309/files?preview=52201813)]||  
|| 2 (9/4)  || Ridge regression computation, lasso introduction [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52241793/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/courses/412309/files?preview=52241780)]||  
|| 3 (9/9)  || Lasso computation [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52355614/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/courses/412309/files?preview=52355098)]||  
|| 4 (9/11)  || Lasso computation continued [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52473276/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52394727/download?download_frd=1)][[errata](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52395251/download?download_frd=1)]||  
|| 5 (9/14)  || Lasso variants [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52501851/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/courses/412309/files?preview=52477408)][[errata](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52501663/download?download_frd=1)]||  
|| 6 (9/16)  || Consistency of the lasso [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52635610/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52616287/download?download_frd=1)]||   
|| 7 (9/18)  || Support recovery of the lasso [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52635617/download?download_frd=1)]||   


**Homework 1** (due Monday, September 21st): [[pdf](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52547041/download?download_frd=1)][[submission](https://ufl.instructure.com/courses/412309/assignments/4428217)]  
**Linear regression notes** [[pdf](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52860797/download?download_frd=1)]  

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|| 8 (9/21)  || Basis expansions and splines [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52860695/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/courses/412309/files?preview=52737617)]||  
|| 9 (9/23)  || Natural cubic splines [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52860701/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/courses/412309/files?preview=52860749)]||  
|| 10 (9/25)  || Smoothing splines [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52899064/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/courses/412309/files?preview=52899082)]||  
|| 11 (9/28)  || Reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces, representer theorem [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52981926/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/courses/412309/files?preview=52986219)]||  
|| 12 (9/30)  || Kernels, kernel ridge regression [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/53056701/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/53124622/download?download_frd=1)]||  
|| 13 (10/2)  || Kernel smoothers and nearest neighbors regression [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/53154566/download?download_frd=1)][[lecture](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/53154504/download?download_frd=1)]||  

**Homework 2** (due Monday, October 12th) [[pdf](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/53056381/download?download_frd=1)][[hint](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/53056468/download?download_frd=1)]  
**Semiparametrics notes** [[pdf](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/52986437/download?download_frd=1)]


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|| 14 (10/5)  || Linear methods for classification [[slides](https://ufl.instructure.com/files/53212240/download?download_frd=1)] ||  


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