Wenlu Tang

Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Science - Mathematics & Statistical Sciences

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Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Science - Mathematics & Statistical Sciences
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wenlu4@ualberta.ca

Courses

STAT 441 - Statistical Methods for Learning and Data Mining

Review of linear and nonlinear regression and brief introduction to generalized linear models, the course covers selected methods of dimension reduction (principal components, factor analysis, canonical correlations), of unsupervised (clustering, multidimensional scaling ordination) and supervised classification (discriminant analysis, logistic regression, nearest neighbours - including, among others, the machine learning methods like classification trees, neural networks, and support vector machines). Prerequisite: STAT 378.


STAT 590 - Statistical Consulting

Data analysis, problem solving, oral communication with clients, issues in planning experiments and collecting data; practical aspects of consulting and report writing. Corequisite: STAT 568 and 578 or their equivalents.


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