| Date | Topic | Materials | Due |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNIT 1: | Introduction to Probability and Data | Book: Chapter 1; Weeks: 1 and 2 | |
| Monday, Aug 27 | Lab 0: Introduction | Lab 0 | |
| Tuesday, Aug 28 | Data Collection + Observational studies & experiments | Deck 0 + Deck 1.1 | |
| Thursday, Aug 30 | RA 1 (not graded) + Exploratory data analysis | Deck 1.2 + App 1.1 | |
| Monday, Sep 3 | Lab 1: Introduction to R & RStudio | Lab 1 | |
| Tuesday, Sep 5 | More exploratory data analysis | Deck 1.3 + App 1.2 + App 1.3 | |
| Thursday, Sep 6 | Introduction to statistical inference | Deck 1.4 + App 1.4 | |
| Monday, Sep 10 | Lab 2: Introduction to data | Lab 2 | Lab 1 |
| Problem Sets | PS1 | Friday, Sep 7 11:55pm | |
| Performance Assessment 1 | Sunday, Sep 9 11:55pm | ||
| UNIT 2: | Introduction to Probability and Data | Book: 2.1 - 2.2, 3.1 - 3.4, Weeks 3 and 4, PS: 2 | |
| Tuesday, Sep 11 | RA 2 + Probability & conditional probability | Deck 2.1 + App 2.1 | |
| Thursday, Sep 13 | No Class (Hurricane) | ||
| Monday, Sep 17 | Lab 3: Probability | Lab 3 | Lab 2 |
| Tuesday, Sep 18 | Bayes' theorem and Bayesian inference | Deck 2.2 + App 2.2 | |
| Thursday, Sep 20 | Normal + Binomial distribution | Deck 2.3 + App 2.3 | |
| Problem Sets | PS2 | Friday, Sep 21 11:55pm | |
| Performance Assessment 2 | Sunday, Sep 23 11:55pm | ||
| UNIT 3: | Foundations for Inference | Book: Chapter 4, Weeks 1 and 2 | |
| Monday, Sep 24 | Lab 4: Sampling distributions | Lab 4 | Lab 3 |
| Tuesday, Sep 25 | RA 3 + Variability in estimates & CLT + Confidence intervals | Deck 3.1 + Deck 3.2 + App 3.1 | |
| Thursday, Sep 27 | Midterm 1 review session | Midterm 1 Review | |
| Monday, Oct 1 | Lab 5: Confidence Intervals | Lab 5 | Lab 4 |
| Tuesday, Oct 2 | Midterm 1 (in class) | ||
| Thursday, Oct 4 | Hypothesis tests | Deck 3.3 + App 3.2 | |
| Monday, Oct 8 | Fall break! - No lab | ||
| Tuesday, Oct 9 | Fall break! - No lecture | ||
| Problem Sets | PS 3 | Friday, Oct 5 11:55pm | |
| Performance Assessment 3 | Sunday, Oct 7 11:55pm | ||
| UNIT 4: | Inference for Numerical Variables | Book: Chapter 5, Week 3 | |
| Thursday, Oct 11 | RA 4 + Inference using the t-distribution | Deck 4.1 + App 4.1 | |
| Monday, Oct 15 | Lab 6: Inference for numerical data | Lab 6 | Lab 5 |
| Tuesday, Oct 16 | Bootstrapping | Deck 4.2 + App 4.2 | |
| Thursday, Oct 18 | ANOVA | Deck 4.4 + App 4.4 | |
| Monday, Oct 20 | Project proposal discussion | Project | Lab 6 |
| Tuesday, Oct 23 | Power | Deck 4.3 + App 4.3 | |
| Problem Sets | PS 4 | Friday, Oct 26 11:55pm | |
| Performance Assessment 4 | Sunday, Oct 28 11:55pm | ||
| UNIT 5: | Inference for Categorical Variables | Book: Chapter 6, Week 4 | |
| Thursday, Oct 25 | RA 5 +Inference for a single proportion | Deck 5.1 + App 5.1 | |
| Monday, Oct 29 | Lab 7: Inference for categorical data | Lab 7 | Project Proposal |
| Tuesday, Oct 30 | Inference for comparing two proportions | Deck 5.2 + App 5.2 | |
| Thursday, Nov 1 | Chi-square testing | Deck 5.3 + App 5.3 | |
| Monday, Nov 5 | Review session | Lab 7 | |
| Tuesday, Nov 6 | Midterm 2 review session | Midterm Review 2 | |
| Thursday, Nov 8 | Midterm 2 (in class) | ||
| Monday, Nov 12 | Lab 8 Introduction to linear regression | Lab 8 | |
| Problem Sets | PS 5 | Friday, Nov 2 11:55pm | |
| Performance Assessment 5 | Sunday, Nov 4 11:55pm | ||
| UNIT 6: | Introduction to Linear Regression | Book: Chapter 7; Weeks: 1 and 2 | |
| Tuesday, Nov 13 | RA 6 + Introduction to regression | Deck 6.1 + App 6.1 | |
| Thursday, Nov 15 | Outliers & Inference for SLR | Deck 6.2 + App 6.2 + Outlier Example | |
| Monday, Nov 19 | Lab 9: Multiple linear regression | Lab 9 | Lab 8 |
| Problem Sets | PS 6 | Friday, Nov 16 11:55pm | |
| Performance Assessment 6 | Sunday, Nov 18 11:55pm | ||
| UNIT 7: | Multiple Linear Regression | Book: Chapter 8; Week: 3 | |
| Tuesday, Nov 20 | RA 7 + Introduction to multiple linear regression | Deck 7.1 | |
| Thursday, Nov 22 | Thanksgiving Recess! - No lab | ||
| Monday, Nov 26 | Project discussion | Lab 9 | |
| Tuesday, Nov 27 | Model selection & diagnostics for MLR | Deck 7.2 + App 7.1 | |
| Thursday, Nov 29 | Transformation and case studies | Deck 7.3 + App 7.2 | |
| Monday, Dec 3 | Project Presentations | Project | |
| Tuesday, Dec 4 | Review session | Final Review Slides | |
| Thursday, Dec 6 | Review session | ||
| Problem Sets | PS 7 | Wednesday,Dec 5 11:55pm | |
| Performance Assessment 6 | Sunday, Dec 9 11:55pm | ||
| Friday, Dec 7-11 | Reading days | ||
| Friday, Dec 14 | Final Exam (2PM -5PM) |