ST740: Models and methodology for spatially explicit data

Professor J. Hoeting

Spring, 2006

Announcements

Class will meet on Wed and Fri 2:10-3:25 in Weber 223A
Typographical errors for in the first and second printings of the Banerjee, Carlin, and Gelfand text
(corrected in the third and subsequent printings)

Handouts

Syllabus

Homework:

Assignment	Due date	Data and related material
Homework 1: Problems 1.5, 1.7-1.10	Feb 3	myscallops.txt
Homework 2	Feb 17	coal.ash.txt
Homework	Feb 22	Do GeoR examples in textbook
Homework 3	March 10	.
Homework 4	March 31	Homework 4 files

Computing related links:

Software:

Please don't print out software manuals on CSU printers. You can read them online.
R

R software: The Comprehensive R Archive Network
The link to manuals is particularly useful for the novice R user.
Information on installing packages when you can't write to the "R-2.2.1\library" directory
Introduction to GeoR by Brad Carlin
Jay Ver Hoef's R functions for spatial analysis. Read the file README.txt first.
R package for spatial point pattern analysis which includes R code for Ripley's K function

WinBUGS

WinBUGS Software
The WinBUGS movie
Functions for running WinBugs from R and some relevant files for running this code
Introduction to WinBUGS for spatial models by Brad Carlin

Other:

Weber computer (Math/Stat) lab: FAQ and calendar
Academic Computing and Networking Services has a lot of useful information like this page
The Adobe Acrobat Reader plugin displays and prints PDF files
CSU Statistics Department Computing FAQ