Stat 537. Applied Regression Analysis. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits.  Prerequisite: STAT 330U or 310W-331 or 431/531. Suggested corequisite: STAT 405/505. Topics include theory of least squares, simple linear and multiple regression (including its matrix formulation), applications of these techniques to real life data, residual analysis, selection of variables, multicollinearity issues, regression on dummy variables, and analysis of covariance. This course is designated as a simulation course.