Week 0

Jan 2 - 5

Getting Ready for STATS 6

Notes Links Due
Getting to Know the Course Website     Take time to go over the contents of this website, especially read the policies section. Do not forget to bookmark introdata.science.
Get a GitHub username Jan 3, 5:00 pm
Introduce Yourself to the Teaching Team The responses to this “quiz” will not be available to your classmates. The quiz is not timed. Jan 7, 1:55 pm
Get Your Tech Ready The responses to this “quiz” will help us make sure that you are ready for the first class in terms of your tech needs. The quiz is not timed but it will take about half an hour to an hour to complete all the tasks. Jan 7, 1:55 pm
Syllabus Quiz     Jan 7, 1:55 pm

Week 1

Jan 6 - 12

Notes Links Due
Introduction to STATS 6 and the Toolkit     Welcome!!!
Reading Chapter 1
Reading Section 1.2
Describing Data with Numbers     Data Frames, Variables, and Descriptive Statistics (VIDEO RECORDED CLASS)
Reading Section 2.1
Quiz 1b     Normally conducted in class but online due to online lecture Jan 14, 1:55 pm
Homework 1: First Steps with Data     In Week 1 repo Jan 14, 1:55 pm

Week 2

Jan 13 - 19

Notes Links Due
Data Representations: Part I     Data Visualization
Reading Chapter 3
Data Representations: Part II     Accessible Visualizations, Data Verbalization, Sonification, and Tactualization
Homework 2: Data Representations     In Week 2 repo Jan 21, 1:55 pm

Week 3

Jan 20 - 26

Notes Links Due
Data Wrangling: Part I     Pipe Operator, Subsetting Data Frames, Changing Variables
Reading Chapter 5
Data Wrangling: Part II     Aggregating Data and Data Joins
Reading Chapter 13
Homework 3: Data Wrangling     In Week 3 repo Jan 28, 1:55 pm

Week 4

Jan 27 - Feb 2

Notes Links Due
Good Workflow Practices for Reproducible Data Science    
Reading on Reproducibility by Roger Peng
Working with Strings, Factors, and Dates    
Reading Chapter 14, 15, and 16
No Homework but Project Proposal     In Week 4 repo Feb 18th at 1:55 pm

Week 5

Feb 3 - 9

Notes Links Due
Web Scraping    
Midterm Policies   
Midterm    In class Feb 6, 2:00 pm
Project proposal    Instructions in Week 4 repos Feb 18th at 1:55 pm

Week 6

Feb 10 - 16

Notes Links Due
Foundations for Statistical Inference    
Introduction to Bayesian Inference: The Beta-Binomial Model    
Reading Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Optional Reading Chapters 3 and 4
Homework 6: Bayesian Ideas     In Week 6 repo Feb 18th at 1:55 pm
Project proposal    Instructions in Week 4 repos Feb 18th at 1:55 pm

Week 7

Feb 17 - 23

Notes Links Due
Introduction to Bayesian Inference: Credible Intervals and Hyptohesis Testing    
Reading Section 8.2
Introduction to Frequentist Inference    
Reading Section 5.1
Homework 7: Bayesian Inference     In Week 7 repo Feb 25th at 1:55 pm

Week 8

Feb 24 - Mar 2

Notes Links Due
Introduction to Frequentist Inference: Inference for a Proportion    
Reading Section 6.1
Getting Ready for Final Presentations    
Reading Section 5.1
Homework 8: Frequentist Inference     In Week 8 repo March 4th at 1:55 pm

Week 9

Mar 2 - 9

Notes Links Due
Simple Linear Regression, Sampling, and Study Design    
Reading Chapter 7
Multiple Linear Regression, Transformations, and Model Evaluation    
Reading Chapter 8
Homework 9: Linear Regression    In Week 9 repo March 11th at 1:55 pm

Week 10

Mar 10 - 16

Notes Links Due
Logistic Regression
Reading Chapter 7
Making Quarto Presentations     Hands-on work for projects

Final Week

Mar 17 - 23

Notes Links Due
Project submission Instructions in Week 9 repo Mar 20, at 1:00 pm
Peer evaluation of projects on Canvas Mar 20, at 1:30 - 3:30 pm