My friends were wondered why these days no post at all in my
blog. I will tell all of u why….
These week are the last weeks of
second trimester of my study. Yeah…lots of work have to be done..
For Multivariate by Prof. Molenbergs two projects about
Structural Equation Modeling and Marginal Model for Correlated Data have to
submit next week. Beside those project this course have we have two reports, 1st
multivariate normality, boxcox transformation and 2nd Principal Component
Analysis and Canonical Correlation.
These days we are struggling to
finish all the two projects. Next week we have to defense all the reports and
project inform of the professor.
Longitudinal Analysis another faft
course, by Prof. Verbeke, have two projects but the same objective: to study
the evolution of the cognitive and functional status of elderly hipfracture patients
after surgery. 1st project we have to answer the question by using
several methods for longitudinal continuous data: The naïve one, multivariate
model, two stage analysis finally using General Linear Mixed Model. Not only
wrote a report, we also had to present it and they asked lot question.
The 2nd project is still in progress. We have answer
the same study objective but by using binary data. Here we have to perform
General Estimation Equations (GEE), Alternating Logistics Regression (ALR) for
Marginal Model and for Subject Specific Model we use Generalized Linear Mixed
Model (GLMM).
All of the project above are using SAS and Splus.
Those previous courses we already knew it in Master of
Applied Statistics Program but the course named Project Advanced Modelling Techniques taought also by Prof. Verbeke,is totally new.
It talks about mixture distribution. We have two projects to accomplish:
Topic 1: Inference for mixed populations
Topic 2: Non-linear models OR Topic 3: Spatial methods
For this course we now have to finish the 1st topic.
We use software called CAMAN.
The last course is epidemiology. No project yet for it but
we have to understand lots new terms.
Hard work right…???
That are my work in campus..I haven’t mentioned about work
to be done in my little house. Lots …my Friends…!!!
Wish me luck to complete these entire workload ok?