Next Steps in Statistical Learning (Data Mining II) - (2 day course)
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A 2 day course: 4th & 5th February 2019
This course develops the concepts of statistical learning introduced in the first course on Statistical Learning.
It covers both clustering (unsupervised learning) and advanced prediction (supervised learning) methods.
The focus will be on methods which have a statistical interpretation, so model-based clustering through latent class analysis will be covered along with more heuristic methods. Real life examples are used, and there is time for practical use of the methods described using the R and Latent Gold packages.
Important please note:
We will make every attempt to accommodate Lancaster University staff and postgraduate research students on our courses. However, if a course becomes fully booked we reserve the right to give priority to students on the MSc in Statistics, MSc in Data Science, and external participants.
Details of course fees.
Payment: Once you have registered, please pay at the online shop
Accommodation Details: Can be found here.
Cancellation Policy
Registrations are transferable to another course or individual at any time. Full refunds will be given for cancellation 10 or more working days before the course start date. Otherwise the full course fee will be charged.
Topics covered:
Introduction to clustering
Hierarchical and non-hierarchical clustering
Distance metrics and types of linkage
The dendogram
Kmeans
Assessment of clustering performance.
Mixture models
Latent class models.
Longitudinal latent class models.
Neural networks
Other predictive methods
Non-attendance
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