Midterm 2014 will cover Chaps 1-4 and the bits of Chapters 12 and 13 noted below

Overview of examinable material in 2014

  • Chapters 1-4
  • Section 5.2 (Newton-Raphson algorithm)
  • Section 6.4 (Mark-recapture models)
  • Chapter 7
  • Sections 10.1-10.4, and 10.6. (do not need to know how to implement in SAS or ADMB, but do need to know how to formulate the joint density f(y,u))
  • Lemmas 12.1 and 12.2 (need to be able to provide key arguments in the proofs)
  • Section 13.5.1 (Jensen's inequality)

Exclusions (non-examinable bits) in 2014

  • You will not be required to programme in SAS or ADMB.
  • Box 3.3.
  • Box 4.2.
  • Box 7.3.
  • Box 7.5.