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About Our Tables

There are two tables below - A Recommended Reading Order Table and a Ranking Table.

• Recommended Reading Order Table: Since the material within the larger readings builds up, we recommend you study them from the beginning to the end rather than reading the articles based on their rank.
• The Ranking Table was originally based on an analysis of points-per-reading from past exams. This is no longer possible because exams have not been published since 2019-Fall. The Ranking Table is now based roughly on information from these previous exams and the weights given in the syllabus, although that information is much less specific than what could be gleaned from past exams. It should still be helpful, however, in guiding your studying and directing your attention to the topics most likely to be tested. (Percentages given in the table below are approximates.)

How to Use the Tables

• Click on the links in the table below to go to specific chapters.
• Use the Tables to set up a study schedule and determine how much time to spend on each article. Not all topics are tested equally, so they don’t deserve equal amounts of your attention.
• Use the Recommended Reading Order table below for your initial first and second runs through the material; the alternating bands of red and blue are used to indicate when an article comes from a different source reading.
• Once you've gone through the larger readings in order once or twice, you should hone your skills by using the ranking table to focus on the more likely topics. When you want a change of pace, pick up one of the smaller readings for a break. These are generally self-contained or rely on knowledge you acquired in earlier exams.

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Recommended Reading Order

Rank Reading Study Time (Hours) Top 5! GLM.Basics 24 Bottom 10% GLM.ModelBuilding 1 Bottom 10% GLM.DataPrep 3 Bottom 10% GLM.ModelSelection 8 Core Content GLM.Interactions 16 Core Content GLM.ModelRefinement 24 Core Content GLM.Validation 8 Bottom 10% GLM.Comments 3 Core Content GLM.Variations 4 Less Likely Holmes.Intro 1 Core Content Holmes.PenalizedRegression 4 Bottom 10% Holmes.Transformations 1 Bottom 10% Holmes.BiasAndVariance 4 Core Content Holmes.LassoCredibility 2 Core Content Holmes.Diagnostics 1 Core Content Holmes.CaseStudy 8 Bottom 10% Holmes.Appendices 1 Top 5! Fisher.ExpRating 16 Core Content Fisher.RiskSharing 16 Less Likely Fisher.OtherLSPlans 8

Rank Reading Study Time (Hours) Bottom 10% Fisher.AggExcess 8 Core Content Fisher.Visualization 40 Core Content Fisher.TableM 8 Less Likely Fisher.LimitedTableM 8 Core Content Fisher.TableL 8 Bottom 10% Fisher.Understanding 3 Top 5! Fisher.CaseStudy 40 Top 5! Bahnemann.Chapter5 24 Top 5! Bahnemann.Chapter6 40 Less Likely Bailey.Simon 8 Core Content ISO.Rating 16 Core Content Couret.Venter 16 Less Likely NCCI.ExperienceRating 16 Less Likely Mahler.Credibility 8 Bottom 10% NCCI.Circular 8 Bottom 10% NCCI.InformationalExhibits 4 Bottom 10% ASOP25.Credibility 1 Bottom 10% ASOP.12 1   Total Hours 410

Guide to the Ranked Readings

Rank	Description
Top 5!	These articles account for about 40% to 50% of the questions on a typical exam. However, they often build upon material from lower ranked articles which generally do not have their own question.
Core Content	These articles make up the next 25% to 35% of the material and usually have their own (lower value) questions. While not guaranteed to turn up on every exam, they're pretty dependable.
Less Likely	These articles are about 10% to 20% of the syllabus. They may be a sub-part of a question, contained within an Integrative Question (IQ), or perhaps not on every exam. You need to know them well but forgetting the odd detail is not the end of the world.
Bottom 10%	This is the lowest weighted syllabus material. It's often full of useful information to help you master the higher ranked articles but it's rare to get a standalone question or even a sub-part on any given exam.

Ranked Readings

By Rank (based roughly on pts-per-exam over recent exams)

This is highly subjective due to recent syllabus changes leading to several readings having no past exam questions available.

 Background colours  in the grid indicate articles from the largest source papers.

Top 5 [45%] Cum.: 45%	Fisher.ExpRating 16 Hours	Fisher.CaseStudy 40 Hours	Bahnemann.Chapter6 40 Hours	GLM.Basics 24 Hours	Bahnemann.Chapter5 24 Hours
6 – 10 [25%] Cum.: 70%	Fisher.Visualization 40 Hours	Fisher.TableM 8 Hours	GLM.Interactions 16 Hours	GLM.ModelRefinement 24 Hours	GLM.Validation 8 Hours
11 – 15 [10%] Cum.: 80%	GLM.Variations 8 Hours	ISO.Rating 16 Hours	Fisher.TableL 8 Hours	Couret.Venter 16 Hours	Fisher.RiskSharing 16 Hours
16 – 20 [5%] Cum.: 85%	NCCI.ExperienceRating 16 Hours	Fisher.OtherLSPlans 8 Hours	Bailey.Simon 8 Hours	Mahler.Credibility 8 Hours	Fisher.LimitedTableM 8 Hours
21 – 25 [5%] Cum.: 90%	Holmes.CaseStudy 8 Hours	Holmes.LassoCredibility 2 Hours	Holmes.Diagnostics 1 Hour	Holmes.PenalizedRegression 4 Hours	Holmes.Intro 1 Hour
26 – 30 [5%]	Fisher.AggExcess 8 Hours	NCCI.Circular 8 Hours	GLM.DataPrep 3 Hours	GLM.ModelSelection 8 Hours	Holmes.Transformations 1 Hour
31 – 35 [2.5%]	Fisher.Understanding 3 Hours	GLM.ModelBuilding 1 Hour	GLM.Comments 3 Hours	Holmes.BiasAndVariance 4 Hours	ASOP25.Credibility 1 Hour
36 – 38 [2.5%]	ASOP25.Credibility 1 Hour	ASOP.12 1 Hour	NCCI.InformationalExhibits 4 Hours