New Zealand Statistical Association 2024 Conference

Andrew Balemi

University of Auckland

Teaching GLMs to undergraduates

In this talk we will discuss the approach we take at the UoA to teaching regression techniques to our statistics students. We start with the simple linear regression model - with the approach that we commonly encounter straight lines with continuous and/or factor variables. We address what happens when we don't see straight lines. Once these techniques are mastered we move from the linear model (identity link) to others (log-linear and logistic). We emphasise that the default settings in R are for commonly encountered analyses and that we can change them as needed, i.e. we on serve the data/research questions - not the model. I will discuss triumphs and failures/frustrations/concerns in this approach.