1. Introduction to Statistical Modeling Wei Zhu Department of Applied Mathematics & Statistics State University of New York at Stony Brook zhu@ams.sunysb.edu

2. Outline 1. Simple linear regression analysis 2. Multiple linear regression analysis (with introduction to GLM) 3. Error in variable models 4. Structural equation modeling (with introduction to bootstrap resampling and time series analysis) 5. Logistic regression & residual logistic regression models 6. Introduction to survival analysis

3. What the job market need?  Two ropes, each will burn for exactly 2 hours.  Now design a way to measure 3 hours by burning these ropes.  Note: the density of each rope is uneven and thus cutting in half will not do.