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Old 08-03-2010, 11:10 PM
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Good luck to you, I hope you pass, you've been a big help for all of us 1st timers!

Now tell me what to study!
ALL OF IT!!! Just jokes. I would make sure you are really good at the Bayesian stuff (short cuts don't always work), know when to use what type of Buhlmann. They haven't focused on Loss models as much but still know it. I could keep going, but these are the topics I used to struggle with.
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ALL OF IT!!! Just jokes. I would make sure you are really good at the Bayesian stuff (short cuts don't always work), know when to use what type of Buhlmann. They haven't focused on Loss models as much but still know it. I could keep going, but these are the topics I used to struggle with.
Im good on the Bayesian and Buhlmann stuff. What im really worried about is coverage modifications.

Mr Mahler expects 26% of our problems to be on Fitting Loss Models, what does this mean? Empirical,MLE, Coverage mods? Does anyone know?
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Just admit it you were watching the melee.
Well...yeah.
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This made me laugh... Soon it will all be over and then hopefully we all move on to our next exam or modules in my case.
VEEs for me. Both regression and time series. I did the first two modules of each the other day and am in no way motivated to study for another month for that.
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Arrghhh i dont care what happens i just want it to be over!
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Im good on the Bayesian and Buhlmann stuff. What im really worried about is coverage modifications.

Mr Mahler expects 26% of our problems to be on Fitting Loss Models, what does this mean? Empirical,MLE, Coverage mods? Does anyone know?
I don't remember that much on the exam. It seems these days they ask very few questions on loss model stuff.

Don't take my word for it. I am just thinking back.
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VEEs for me. Both regression and time series. I did the first two modules of each the other day and am in no way motivated to study for another month for that.
Thank goodness I got the VEE's over with University classes.
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