STA101 - Fall 2018

Schedule

Date Topic Materials Due
UNIT 1 Introduction to Probability and Data Book: Chapter 1; Weeks: 1 and 2
Monday, Aug 27 Data Collection + Observational studies & experiments Lesson 0 + Lesson 1.1 (Lesson 1.1 pdf)
Wednesday, Aug 29 RA 1 (Not Graded) + Exploratory data analysis Lesson 1.2 (Lesson 1.2 pdf) App Ex 1.1
Thursday, Aug 30 Lab 0: Introduction Lab 0
Monday, Sep 3 More exploratory data analysis Lesson 1.3 (Lesson 1.3 pdf) + App Ex 1.2 + App Ex 1.3
Wednesday, Sep 5 Introduction to statistical inference Lesson 1.4 (Lesson 1.4 pdf) + App Ex 1.4
Thursday, Sep 6 Lab 1: Introduction to R & Rstudio 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
Monday, Sep 10 RA 2 + Probability & Conditional Probability Lesson 2.1 (Lesson 2.1 pdf) + App Ex 2.1
Wednesday, Sep 12 Bayes' Theorem and Bayesian Inference Lesson 2.2(Lesson 2.2 pdf) + App Ex 2.2
Thursday, Sep 13 Lab 2: Introduction to data Lab 2 Lab 1
Monday, Sep 17 Normal & Binomial Distributions Lesson 2.3 (Lesson 2.3 pdf)+ App Ex 2.3
Problem Sets PS2 Wednesday, Sep 19 11:55pm
Performance Assessment 2 Sunday, Sep 23 11:55pm
UNIT 3: Foundations for Inference Book: Chapter 4, Weeks 1 and 2
Wednesday, Sep 19 RA 3 + Variabilty in Estimate & CLT Lesson 3.1 (Lesson 3.1 pdf)
Thursday, Sep 20 Lab 3: Probability Lab 3 Lab 2
Monday, Sep 25 Confidence Intervals Lesson 3.2 (Lesson 3.2 pdf) + App Ex 3.1
Wednesday, Sep 26 Midterm 1 Review Session Midterm I Review
Thursday, Sep 27 Lab 4: Sampling Distributions Lab 4 Lab 3
Monday, Oct 1 Midterm 1 (in class)
Wednesday, Oct 3 Hypothesis Tests Lesson 3.3 (Lesson 3.3 pdf) + App Ex 3.2
Thursday, Oct 4 Lab 5: Confidence Intervals Lab 5 Lab 4
Monday, Oct 8 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
Wednesday, Oct 10 RA 4 + Inference Using the t-distribution Lesson 4.1 (Lesson 4.1 pdf) + App Ex 4.1
Thursday, Oct 11 Lab 6: Inference for Numerical Data Lab 6 Lab 5
Monday, Oct 15 Bootstrapping Lesson 4.2 (Lesson 4.2 pdf) + App Ex 4.2
Wednesday, Oct 17 Power Lesson 4.3 (Lesson 4.3 pdf) + App Ex 4.3
Thursday, Oct 18 Lab: Project Proposal Discussion Project Lab 6
Monday, Oct 22 ANOVA Lesson 4.4 (Lesson 4.4 pdf) + App Ex 4.4
Problem Sets PS 4 Wednesday, Oct 24 11:55pm
Performance Assessment 4 Sunday, Oct 28 11:55pm
UNIT 5: Inference for Categorical Variables Book: Chapter 6, Week 4
Wednesday, Oct 24 RA 5 + Inference for a Single Proportion Lesson 5.1 (Lesson 5.1 pdf) + App Ex 5.1
Thursday, Oct 25 Lab 7: Inference for Categorical Data Lab 7 Project Proposals Due
Monday, Oct 29 Inference for Comparing Two Proportions Lesson 5.2 (Lesson 5.2 pdf) + App Ex 5.2
Wednesday, Oct 31 Chi-square testing Lesson 5.3 (Lesson 5.3 pdf)+ App Ex 5.3
Thursday, Nov 1 Lab: Review Session Lesson 5.3 Review-No Answers
Answers Posted by End of Thursday		 Lab 7
Monday, Nov 5 Midterm 2 review session Midterm 2 Review
Wednesday, Nov 7 Midterm 2 (in class)
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
Thursday, Nov 8 Lab 8: Introduction to Linear Regression Lab 8
Monday, Nov 12 RA 6 + Introduction to regression Lesson 6.1 (Lesson 6.1 pdf) + App Ex 6.1
Wednesday, Nov 14 Outliers & Inference for SLR Lesson 6.2 (Lesson 6.2 pdf) + App Ex 6.2
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
Thursday, Nov 15 Lab 9: Multiple Regression Lab 9 Lab 8
Monday, Nov 19 RA 7 + Introduction to Multiple Linear Regression Lesson 7.1(Lesson 7.1 pdf) App Ex 7.1
Wednesday, Nov 21 Thanksgiving Break
Thursday, Nov 22 Thanksgiving Break
Monday, Nov 26 Model Selection, Diagnostics for MLR Lesson 7.2 (Lesson 7.2 pdf)
Wednesday, Nov 28 MLR: Transformations and Case Study App Ex 7.2
Thursday, Nov 29 Lab: Project Discussion Lab 9
Monday, Dec 3 Review Session Final Exam Review Slides (Final Exam Review pdf)
Wednesday, Dec 5 Review Session Final Exam Review Slides (Final Exam Review pdf) Projects Due
Thursday, Dec 6 Project Presentations
Friday, Dec 8 - 11 Reading Days
Sun, Dec 16 Final Exam 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Problem Sets PS 7 Friday, Nov 30 11:55pm
Performance Assessment 7 Sunday, Dec 2 11:55pm