Week 0

Sept 28 - Oct 1

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 IMMEDIATELY
Introduce Yourself to Your Classmates Oct 1, 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. Oct 1, 11:59 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. Oct 1, 11:59 pm

Week 1

Oct 2 - Oct 8

Notes Links Due
Introduction to STATS 6 and the Toolkit     Welcome!!!
Reading Section 1.2
Syllabus Quiz     Oct 3, 11:59 pm
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 9, 12:15 pm

Week 2

Oct 9 - Oct 15

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 16, 12:15 pm

Week 3

Oct 16 - Oct 22

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 23, 12:15 pm

Week 4

Oct 23 - Oct 29

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
Homework 4: Reproducible Workflow, Strings, Factors, and Dates    In Week 4 repo Oct 30, 12:15 pm

Week 5

Oct 30 - Nov 5

Notes Links Due
Web Scraping    
Midterm Policies   
Midterm    In class Nov 1, 12:30 pm
Project proposal    Instructions in Week 4 repos Nov 8, 11:59 pm

Week 6

Nov 6 - Nov 12

Notes Links Due
Introduction to Bayesian Inference: The Beta-Binomial Model    
Reading Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Optional Reading All of Chapters 3 and 4
Introduction to Bayesian Inference: Credible Intervals and Hyptohesis Testing    
Reading Section 8.2
Project proposal    Instructions in Week 4 repo Nov 8, 11:59 pm
Homework 6: Bayesian Inference    In Week 6 repo Nov 13, 12:15 pm

Week 7

Nov 13 - Nov 19

Notes Links Due
Introduction to Frequentist Inference    
Reading Section 5.1
Introduction to Frequentist Inference: Inference for a Proportion    
Reading Section 6.1
Homework 7: Frequentist Inference    In Week 7 repo Nov 20, 12:15 pm

Week 8

Nov 20 - Nov 26

Notes Links Due
Simple Linear Regression, Sampling, and Study Design    
Reading Chapter 7
Multiple Linear Regression, Transformations, and Model Evaluation    
Reading Chapter 8
Homework 8: Linear Regression    In Week 8 repo Nov 29, 12:15 pm

Week 9

Nov 27 - Dec 3

Notes Links Due
Hands-on work on Final Projects and Feedback
Logistic Regression    
Reading Chapter 9
Homework 9: Logistic Regression    In Week 9 repo Dec 4, 12:15 pm

Week 10

TBA

Final Week

TBA