Generalized Additive Models (few places remaining)
Date:
21/05/2013
Organised by:
London School of Economics and Political Science
Presenter:
Dr Benjamin Lauderdale
Level:
Advanced (specialised prior knowledge)
Contact:
John Fyson j.a.fyson@lse.ac.uk
Map:
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Venue:
London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London
Description:
Generalized additive models (GAMs) relax the linearity assumption from generalized linear models (e.g. linear, logistic, and poisson regression) while maintaining much of their easy interpretability. This workshop will introduce students to the estimation and interpretation of GAMs, using several examples where GLMs perform relatively poorly. This workshop will be conducted using R.
Preliminary Reading:
- Nathaniel Beck and Simon Jackman, "Beyond Linearity by Default: Generalized Additive Models", American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 42, No. 2 (Apr., 1998), pp. 596-627.
Cost:
Free
Website and registration:
http://www2.lse.ac.uk/methodology/DTCTraining.aspx
Region:
Greater London
Keywords:
Quantitative Data Handling and Data Analysis, Generalized additive models , Generalized linear models
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