Course of
Statistical Models
Rules for the exams 2013/14
The exam will consist of two parts:
- A written test consisting in a few theoretical questions of the type shown in some exercises.
- A home assignment of some problems consisting of data to be analysed using R. The solutions (in the form of an R-script, those that wish to add
figures or comments can send a separate file) have to be sent by e-mail to pugliese at science.unitn.it.
Students will be asked to present the results obtained in a short (max 15 minutes) colloquium; this has the main aim of ensuring that the problem has been solved by the student her/him-self.
- The problems will be the same for all students. However, each student will have a different dataset that will be sent to him/her following the procedures described below.
Dates and signing for the exams:
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For each session of exams (from June 2014 onwards), the date for the short colloquium will be shown on Esse-3. Students willing to participate must sign in through Esse-3; they must have passed the written test before the date of the colloquium and have sent the solved exercises at least 3 days before that date. If they have not yet received the data for their homework (see below), after signing they will receive by e-mail the data to be analysed. If this does not happen, please send an e-mail to pugliese at science.unitn.it to remind me.
- The dates of the written tests will also be shown in Esse-3 under "Prova parziale". Students willing to participate must sign in.
- The first written test is on March 24. Students willing to participate must sign in.
- In order to obtain the datasets necessary for the home assignments, the students must sign in Esse-3 under "Prova parziale" at the "prova al computer". A date is
given, but does not mean much. Instead, all students are invited to sign in as soon as possible, and certainly within March 22, independently on when they plan to take the exam.
Then the completed home assignments can be sent by e-mail to pugliese at science.unitn.it. Those sent within April 4 will be corrected quickly, and the colloquium could be organized few days afterwards.
Otherwise, the completed home assignments can be sent to me any time during or after the course lectures, up to 3 days before the date of the colloquium.
For any other information (though I hope to have been exhaustive) please contact me.
Andrea Pugliese
February 19, 2014