NRES / STAT 803 Week 3

Model Selection – Week 3

In this week we’ll begin talking about model selection and inference using information theoretic methods.

1. Monday is Labour Day! No Class

2. Before Wednesday’s online session

   • Read MBILS chapters 3 and 4.

   • View:

     Introduction to model selection

     Likelihood

     KL information

     AIC differences videos

3. In Wednesday’s online session we will go over Exercise 1 from MBILS Chapter 4

4. Friday Do Lab #3.

5. Post pre-proposal in discussion board by Tuesday 11:59 pm, Week 4.