Week 0

Sep 26 - 29

Getting Ready for STATS 6

Notes Links Due
Getting to Know the Course Website     Take time go over the contents of this website, especially read the policies section. Do not forget to bookmark introdata.science.
Get a GitHub username Sep 27, 11:59 pm
Introduce Yourself to the Teaching Team The responses to this “quiz” will not be available to your classmates. The quiz is not timed. Sep 30, 9:25 am
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. Sep 30, 9:25 am
Syllabus Quiz     Sep 30, 9:25 am

Week 1

Sep 30 - Oct 6

Notes Links Due
Introduction to STATS 6 and the Toolkit     Welcome!!!
Reading Section 1.2
Describing Data with Numbers     Data Frames, Variables, and Descriptive Statistics
Reading Section 2.1
Homework 1: First Steps with Data     In Week 1 repo Oct 7, 9:25 am

Week 2

Oct 7 - 13

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 Oct 14, 9:25 am

Week 3

Oct 14 - Oct 20

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 Oct 21, 9:25 am

Week 4

Oct 21 - Oct 27

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 Nov 11th at 9:25 am

Week 5

Oct 28 - Nov 3

Notes Links Due
Web Scraping    
Midterm Policies   
Midterm    In class Oct 30, 9:30 am
Project proposal    Instructions in Week 4 repos Nov 11th at 9:25 am

Week 6

Nov 4 - 10

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 Nov 11th at 9:25 am
Project proposal    Instructions in Week 4 repos Nov 11th at 9:25 am

Week 7

Nov 11 - 17

Notes Links Due
NO LECTURE on Monday     due to Veterans Day
Introduction to Bayesian Inference: Credible Intervals and Hyptohesis Testing    
Reading Section 8.2
Homework 7: Bayesian Inference     In Week 7 repo Nov 18, 9:25 am

Week 8

Nov 18 - 24

Notes Links Due
Introduction to Frequentist Inference    
Reading Section 5.1
Introduction to Frequentist Inference: Inference for a Proportion    
Reading Section 6.1
Homework 8: Frequentist Inference    In Week 8 repo Mar 4, 12:15 pm

Week 9

Nov 25 - Dec 1

TBA

Week 10

Dec 2 - Dec 8

TBA

Final Week

Dec 9 - 13

Notes Links Due
Project submission Dec 11, at 7:30 am
Peer evaluation of projects on Canvas Dec 11, at 8:00-10:00am