Biostat 216
Course Schedule
BIOSTAT 216 tentative schedule and handouts (expect frequent updates)
BruinLearn: https://bruinlearn.ucla.edu/courses/168194
Slack channel: https://uclabiostat21-b5b7914.slack.com (invitation link)
| Week | Tuesday | Thursday | Homework |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 9/28 course logistics, intro. [slides: Binder, qmd, html] | HW1: [ipynb, qmd, html] | |
| 1 | 10/3 vectors (BV Ch 1,3,5) [slides: Binder, qmd, html] | 10/5 | HW2: [ipynb, qmd, html] |
| 2 | 10/10 matrices (BV Ch 6-10) [slides: Binder, qmd, html] | 10/12 | HW3: [ipynb, qmd, html] |
| 3 | 10/17 vector space (BR Ch 4) [slides: Binder, qmd, html] | 10/19 rank (BR Ch 5) [slides: Binder, qmd, html] | |
| 4 | 10/24 review | 10/26 midterm | |
| 5 | 10/31 orthogonal projection [slides: Binder, qmd, html] | 11/2 matrix inverses and linear equations (BV Ch 11) [slides: Binder, qmd, html] | HW4: [ipynb, qmd, html] |
| 6 | 11/7 least squares (BV Ch 12-13) [slides: Binder, qmd, html], determinant [slides: Binder, qmd, html] | 11/9 eigen-decomposition [slides: Binder, qmd, html] | HW5: [ipynb, qmd, html] |
| 7 | 11/14 positive (semi)definite matrix [slides: Binder, qmd, html] | 11/16 SVD [slides: Binder, qmd, html] | HW6: [ipynb, qmd, html] |
| 8 | 11/21 | 11/23 no class (Thanksgiving) | |
| 9 | 11/28 multivariate calculus and optimization [slides: Binder, qmd, html] | 11/30 | |
| 10 | 12/5 applications [slides: Binder, qmd, html] | 12/7 review (Zoom) | |
| 11 | final exam 12/11 8am-11am \@ CHS 61-235 |