A comprehensive course designed to equip prospective MS-Biostatistics students with the essential linear algebra skills needed for statistical modeling, data analysis, and advanced biostatistical techniques.
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Foundations of Vectors and Matrices
Unit 1: Introduction to Vectors
Unit 2: Introduction to Matrices
Unit 3: Geometric Interpretation of Vectors
Matrix Multiplication and Linear Transformations
Unit 1: Matrix Multiplication
Unit 2: Linear Transformations
Unit 3: Applications of Linear Transformations
Solving Systems of Linear Equations
Unit 1: Representing Systems of Equations in Matrix Form
Unit 2: Gaussian Elimination
Unit 3: Types of Solutions
Vector Spaces and Subspaces
Unit 1: Vector Spaces
Unit 2: Subspaces
Unit 3: Linear Independence, Span, and Basis
Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
Unit 1: Calculating Eigenvalues
Unit 2: Calculating Eigenvectors
Unit 3: Diagonalization of Matrices
Linear Algebra in Statistical Modeling
Unit 1: Formulating Linear Regression Models
Unit 2: Estimating Regression Coefficients
Unit 3: Assessing Model Fit
Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
Unit 1: Introduction to PCA
Unit 2: Performing PCA
Unit 3: Interpreting Principal Components
Singular Value Decomposition (SVD)
Unit 1: Introduction to SVD
Unit 2: Applying SVD
Unit 3: Pseudoinverses
Linear Algebra in Statistical Software
Unit 1: Linear Algebra in R
Unit 2: Linear Algebra in Python
Unit 3: Applications in Statistical Analysis
Ill-Conditioning and Numerical Stability
Unit 1: Understanding Ill-Conditioning
Unit 2: Numerical Stability
Unit 3: Mitigation Techniques
Linear Algebra in Multivariate Statistics
Unit 1: Multivariate Data Representation
Unit 2: Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA)