Note: This schedule may be updated as the semester progresses, with all changes documented here. Due dates for the exams and project will not be changed.

Aug. 14 important change: The live lecture sessions on Sep. 10, Sep. 24, Oct. 8, Oct. 22, and Nov. 12 will be rescheduled for 5:30PM instead of 3:30PM. The live session recordings will still be released immediately after class.


Date Activity Slides Lab HW Project
Week 01 Mon, Aug 17 No lab
Tue, Aug 18 Lec 01: Introduction
Thu, Aug 20 Lec 02: The nature of data
Week 02 Mon, Aug 24 Lab 01: Introducing the toolkit
Tue, Aug 25 Lec 03: Basics of probability
Thu, Aug 27 Lec 04: Bayes' rule
Week 03 Mon, Aug 31 Lab 02: Visualizing data with ggplot2
Tue, Sep 01 Lec 05: Diagnostic testing
Thu, Sep 03 Lec 06: Discrete random variables
Week 04 Mon, Sep 07 Lab 03: Probability distributions
Tue, Sep 08 Lec 07: Continuous random variables
Thu, Sep 10 Bonus lecture: Data science ethics
Week 05 Mon, Sep 14 No lab
Tue, Sep 15 Midterm Review 01: Lectures 01 - 07
Thu, Sep 17 Exam 01: Lectures 01 - 07
Week 06 Mon, Sep 21 Lab 04: Wrangling data with dplyr
Tue, Sep 22 Lec 08: The Central Limit Theorem
Thu, Sep 24 Lec 09: Confidence intervals
Week 07 Mon, Sep 28 Lab 05: Code style
Tue, Sep 29 Lec 10: The hypothesis testing framework
Thu, Oct 01 Lec 11: Comparing two means
Week 08 Mon, Oct 05 Lab 06: Visualizing spatial data
Tue, Oct 06 Lec 12: ANOVA and multiple testing
Thu, Oct 08 Lec 13: Categorical data analysis
Week 09 Mon, Oct 12 Lab period: Project introduction
Tue, Oct 13 Lec 14: Power and sample size calculations
Thu, Oct 15 Lec 15: Non-parametric tests
Week 10 Mon, Oct 19 Lab 07: Functions and automation
Tue, Oct 20 Bonus lecture: Clinical trials
Thu, Oct 22 Midterm Review 02: Lectures 08 - 15
Week 11 Mon, Oct 26 No Lab
Tue, Oct 27 Exam 02: Lectures 08 - 15
Thu, Oct 29 Lec 16: Comparing two continuous variables
Week 12 Mon, Nov 02 Lab 08: Visualizing text data
Tue, Nov 03 Lec 17: Intro to linear regression
Thu, Nov 05 Lec 18: Linear regression (continued)
Week 13 Mon, Nov 09 Lab 09: Cross-validation
Tue, Nov 10 Lec 19: Logistic regression
Thu, Nov 12 Lec 20: Intro to survival data
Week 14 Mon, Nov 16 Lab period: Project work day
Week 15 Tue, Nov 24 Exam 03: Lectures 16 - 20