STAT 8260 Spring 2027
Theory of Linear Models #

eLearning Commons #

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Lecture time and location #

• Wednesday and Friday 1:15 PM - 2:35 PM
• Brooks Hall, Room 520

Teaching team and office hours #

• Instructor: Xiaotian Zheng

  Office Hour: TBD

Lecture schedule #

TBD

Acknowledgements #

Course materials are based on Christensen (2011), Ding (2025), Gelman et al. (2013), Monahan (2008), Rencher and Schaalje (2008), Seber and Lee (2003), and Zimmerman (2020).

References #

Christensen, R. (2011). Plane Answers to Complex Questions: The Theory of Linear Models (4th ed.). New York, NY: Springer.

Ding, P. (2025). Linear Model and Extensions. Chapman & Hall.

Gelman, A., Stern, H. S., Carlin, J. B., Dunson, D. B., Vehtari, A., and Rubin, D. B. (2013). Bayesian Data Analysis (3rd ed). New York, NY: Chapman and Hall/CRC.

Monahan, J. F. (2008). A Primer on Linear Models. Boca Raton, FL: Chapman & Hall/CRC

Rencher, A. C. and Schaalje, G. B. (2008). Linear Models in Statistics. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

Seber, G. A., and Lee, A. J. (2003). Linear Regression Analysis. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

Zimmerman, D. L. (2020). Linear Model Theory with Examples and Exercises. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. –>