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Course, academic year 2026/2027
   
Linear Regression - NMSA407
Title: Lineární regrese
Form of teaching: lecture+practicals
Guaranteed by: Department of Probability and Mathematical Statistics (32-KPMS)
Faculty: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual: from 2023
Duration in semesters: 1
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 8
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:4/2, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Maximum number of enrolled students: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English, Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Additional information: https://www2.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~kulich/vyuka/linreg/index.html
Repeated enrollment: 2 / 2 / 2 / 2
Guarantor: doc. Mgr. Michal Kulich, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): doc. Mgr. Michal Kulich, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Marek Omelka, Ph.D.
Class: M Mgr. PMSE
M Mgr. PMSE > Povinné
Classification: Mathematics > Probability and Statistics
Is co-requisite for: NMST444
Is pre-requisite for: NMST432, NMEK511, NMSA562, NMST434, NMST531, NMST431, NMST438, NMEK432, NMST511, NMST564, NMST412, NMST422, NMST424, NMEK450, NMST450, NMST436, NMFM404
Is interchangeable with: NSTP195, NSTP194
In complex pre-requisite: NMFP406
Is complex co-requisite for: NMST545
Annotation -
Linear regression model, also without classical assumptions (normality, constant variance, uncorrelated errors), simultaneous testing, residual analysis and regression diagnostics.
Last update: T_KPMS (02.05.2014)
Aim of the course -

To teach students how to model the dependence of the expected value of continuous random variables on both quantitative and qualitative variables.

Last update: T_KPMS (16.05.2013)
Course completion requirements -

The subject is finalized by a tutorial credit and an exam. Only the students who have obtained the tutorial credit can attempt to take the exam. The exam has two parts: written and oral.

Tutorial credit requirements:

1. Regular small assignments: A student needs to prepare acceptable solutions to at least 10 out of 12 tutorial class assignments. An assignment can be solved either during the corresponding tutorial class or the solution needs to be submitted within a pre-specified deadline.

2. Project: A student needs to submit a project satisfying the requirements given in the assignment. A corrected version of an unsatisfactory project can be resubmitted once.

Last update: Kulich Michal, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (15.09.2026)
Literature - Czech
Základní
KHURI, A. I. Linear Model Methodology. Chapman & Hall/CRC: Boca Raton, 2010, xx+542 s. ISBN: 978-1-58488-481-1.

ZVÁRA, K. Regrese. Matfyzpress: Praha, 2008, 253 s. ISBN: 978-80-7378-041-8.

Doporučená doplňková
DRAPER, N. R., SMITH, H. Applied Regression Analysis, Third Edition. John Wiley & Sons: New York, 1998, xx+706 s. ISBN: 0-471-17082-8.

SEBER, G. A. F., LEE, A. J. Linear Regression Analysis, Second Edition. John Wiley 7 Sons: Hoboken, 2003, xvi+557 s. ISBN: 0-471-41540-5.

WEISBERG, S. Applied Linear Regression, Third Edition. John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, 2005, xvi+310 s. ISBN: 0-471-66379-4.

ANDĚL, J. Základy matematické statistiky, druhé opravené vydání. Matfyzpress: Praha, 2007, 358 s. ISBN: 80-7378-001-1.

CIPRA, T. Finanční ekonometrie. Ekopress: Praha, 2008, 538 s. ISBN: 978-80-86929-43-9.

ZVÁRA, K. Regresní analýza. Academia: Praha, 1989, 245 s. ISBN: 80-200-0125-5.

Last update: T_KPMS (20.04.2016)
Teaching methods -

This course requires personal presence, no distant teaching components will be available.

Last update: Kulich Michal, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (03.09.2022)
Course assessment methods and requirements for successful completion, grading scheme -

Exam is composed of two parts

  • written part composed of theoretical assignments;
  • oral part with questions corresponding to topics covered by lectures.

Problems assigned during exam are based on topics presented during lectures and also correspond to topics covered by exercise classes. Assigned problems correspond to the syllabus into extent covered by lectures.

Exam grade will be based on point evaluation of the written part and evaluation of the oral part.

Last update: Kulich Michal, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (15.09.2026)
Syllabus -

1. Introduction - Simple linear regression

2. Linear regression model, least squares method

3. Properties of LS estimates

4. Statistical inference in LR model

5. Predictions

6. Model Checking and Diagnostic Methods (residuals)

7. Transformation of the response

8. Parametrization of a single covariate

9. Interactions

10. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) models

11. Multiple tests and simultaneous confidence intervals

12. Regression model with multiple covariates

13. Regression Models With Heteroskedastic Data (weighted least squares, sandwich estimation)

14. Sources of Bias in Regression Estimation (Covariate measurement errors, sampling bias)

Last update: Kulich Michal, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (02.08.2023)
Course registration requirements -
  • Vector spaces, matrix calculus;
  • Probability space, conditional probability, conditional distribution, conditional expectation;
  • Elementary asymptotic results (laws of large numbers, central limit theorem for i.i.d. random variables and vectors, Cramér-Wold theorem, Cramér-Slutsky theorem);
  • Foundations of statistical inference (statistical test, confidence interval, standard error, consistency);
  • Basic procedures of statistical inference (asymptotic tests on expected value, one- and two-sample t-test, one-way analysis of variance, chi-square test of independence);
  • Maximum-likelihood theory including asymptotic results and the delta method;
  • Working knowledge of R, a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics (https://www.r-project.org).
Last update: Komárek Arnošt, prof. RNDr., Ph.D. (25.05.2018)
 
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