Wenlu Tang
Contact
Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Science - Mathematics & Statistical Sciences
- 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.