Sumanta Basu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics and Data Science at Cornell University. Broadly, his research interests are structure learning and the prediction of large systems from data, with a particular emphasis on developing learning algorithms for time series data. Professor Basu also collaborates with biological and social scientists on a wide range of problems, including genomics, large-scale metabolomics, and systemic risk monitoring in financial markets. His research is supported by multiple awards from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. At Cornell, Professor Basu teaches “Introductory Statistics” for graduate students outside the Statistics Department and “Computational Statistics” for Statistics Ph.D. students. He also serves as a faculty consultant at Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit, which assists the broader Cornell community with various aspects of analyzing empirical research. Professor Basu received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Before he received his Ph.D, Professor Basu was a business analyst, working with large retail companies on the design and data analysis of their promotional campaigns.
Course Overview
Nonlinear regression models are essential for capturing complex relationships between predictor and response variables that linear regression cannot adequately describe. In this course, you will engage with the theoretical foundations of these models, gain practical experience in their application, and develop the skills necessary to interpret and evaluate their results. This course is designed to equip you with a comprehensive understanding of nonlinear regression models, with a focus on polynomial regression, splines, and generalized additive models (GAMs).
Key Course Takeaways
- Understand when a nonlinear model is necessary for your dataset
- Implement and interpret polynomial regression models
- Fit basis splines and describe the advantage of splines as compared to polynomial regression
- Implement generalized additive models for binary and nonbinary variables then interpret the results in R
How It Works
Course Length
2 weeks
Effort
6-8 hours per week
Format
100% online, instructor-led
Course Author
Assistant Professor, Cornell Bowers CIS; Shayegani Bruno Family Faculty Fellow, Cornell Department of Computational Biology
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- Current and aspiring data scientists and analysts
- Business decision makers
- Marketing analysts
- Consultants
- Executives
- Anyone seeking to gain deeper exposure to data science
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