STAT 4250/6250 Fall 2025
Applied Multivariate Analysis and Statistical Learning
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eLearning Commons #
UGA’s eLearning Commons (eLC) is the university’s learning management system. All class communications, announcements, syllabus, homework assignments, lecture slides, and other materials will be posted exclusively on eLC. Students are responsible to check eLC regularly for updates on course requirements and deadlines. This website is intended only as a supplementary resource.
Lecture time and location #
- Tuesday and Thursday 2:20 PM - 3:35 PM
- Caldwell Hall, Room 204
Teaching team and office hours #
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Instructor: Xiaotian Zheng
Office Hour: Firday, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Teaching Assistant: Diqing Guo
Office Hours: Monday, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Final project #
The final project is a group project. Project guidelines will be posted in October.
Key dates #
- Sep. 23: Exam 1.
- Oct. 21: Exam 2.
- Oct. 28: Project proposal due.
- Nov. 20: Project presentation (Session 1).
- Nov. 25: Project presentation (Session 2).
- Dec. 10: Project report due.
Lecture schedule #
The schedule will be updated as the course progresses.
AMSA = Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis (6th ed.)
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ISL = An Introduction to Statistical Learning with Applications in R (2nd ed.)
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| Week | Date | Topic | Readings (optional) | |
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| Lecture 1 | Week 0 | Aug. 14 | Introduction | AMSA Ch. 2.2-2.3 |
| Lecture 2 | Week 1 | Aug. 19 | Data Visualization | AMSA Ch. 1.3-1.4 |
| Lecture 3 | Week 1 | Aug. 21 | Descriptive Statistics | AMSA Ch. 1.3, 2.5-2.6, 3.3-3.4 |
| Lecture 4 | Week 2 | Aug. 26 | Linear Regression I | AMSA Ch. 7.1-7.3; ISL Ch. 3.1-3.2 |
| Lecture 5 | Week 2 | Aug. 28 | Linear Regression II | - |
Acknowledgements #
Course materials are adapted from the same course previously offered by Yuan Ke and Ruizhi Zhang at UGA.