Lecture 6: Linear regression - Bio723-class/Bio723-lecture GitHub Wiki

Learning goals checklist for this class session

  • Learn about linear regression
  • Learn how to fit regression models using vector operations
  • Learn how to fit linear regression models in R
  • Learn how to create 3D plots in R

Slides

Assignment

Assignment Submission: Be sure to submit your assignment via Sakai, as an R Markdown file.

Readings

  • Bio 723 Workbook, Chapters 11 and 12

  • Wickens, T. D. The Geometry of multivariate statistics. -- Chapters 5, 6, 8.

  • Clayton, A. 2020. How eugenics shaped statistics. Nautilius, 92