Class Resources
STA101 - Spring 2020
Data Analysis and Statistical Inference
Schedule
IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to COVID-19 related course scheduling changes, some of these due dates and exam dates have changed. Due to the nature of this changing situation, some of these dates in this new schedule may be subject to further revision. *The links for a given day's lecture will become active just before class starts.
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Data Analysis and Statistical Inference
Schedule
IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to COVID-19 related course scheduling changes, some of these due dates and exam dates have changed. Due to the nature of this changing situation, some of these dates in this new schedule may be subject to further revision. *The links for a given day's lecture will become active just before class starts.
*To access the links, be sure to refresh the page if you had it open before the links became active. For lecture and lab zoom links, please visit our STA101 Sakai mainpage.
| Date | Topic | Materials | Due |
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| UNIT 1 | Introduction to Probability and Data | Videos:Week 1 and Week 2 Book: Chapter 1 | |
| Wednesday, Jan 8 | Lab 0: Introduction | Lab 0 | |
| Thursday, Jan 9 | Data Collection + Observational studies & experiments | Lesson 0 Lesson 1.1 (Lesson 1.1 Previews) |
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| Monday, Jan 13 | Lab 1: Introduction to R & Rstudio | Lab 1 Group Contribution Template |
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| Tuesday, Jan 14 | RA 1 (Not Graded) + Exploratory data analysis | Lesson 1.2 (pptx) App Ex 1.1 |
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| Thursday, Jan 16 | More exploratory data analysis | Lesson 1.3 (pptx) App Ex 1.2 | |
| Monday, Jan 20 | Martin Luther King Day | NO CLASSES! | |
| Tuesday, Jan 21 | Introduction to statistical inference | Lesson 1.4 (pptx) App Ex 1.4 |
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| Problem Sets | PS1 | Sunday, Jan 26 11:55pm | |
| UNIT 2: | Introduction to Probability and Data | Videos: Week 3 and Week 4 Book: 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.4 | |
| Thursday, Jan 23 | RA 2 + Probability & Conditional Probability | Lesson 2.1 (pptx) App Ex 2.1 | |
| Monday, Jan 27 | Lab 2: Introduction to data | Lab 2 | Lab 1 |
| Tuesday, Jan 28 | Bayes' Theorem and Bayesian Inference | Lesson 2.2(pptx) App Ex 2.2(candy game rmd) | |
| Thursday, Jan 30 | Normal & Binomial Distributions | Lesson 2.3 (pptx) App Ex 2.3 | |
| Problem Sets | PS2 | NEW DEADLINE: Tuesday, Feb 4 11:55pm | |
| UNIT 3: | Foundations for Inference | Videos: Week 1 and Week 2 Book: Chapter 4 | |
| Monday, Feb 3 | Lab 3: Probability | Lab 3 | Lab 2 |
| Tuesday, Feb 4 | RA 3 + Variabilty in Estimate & CLT | Lesson 3.1 (pptx) (no App Ex. Today) | |
| Thursday, Feb 6 | Confidence Intervals | Lesson 3.2 (pptx) App Ex 3.1 | |
| Monday, Feb 10 | Lab 4: Sampling Distributions | Lab 4 | Lab 3 |
| Tuesday, Feb 11 | Midterm 1 Review Session | Midterm 1 Review (pptx) SOLUTIONS | |
| Thursday, Feb 13 | Midterm 1 (in class) | ||
| Monday, Feb 17 | Lab 5: Confidence Intervals | Lab 5 | Lab 4 |
| Tuesday, Feb 18 | Hypothesis Tests | Lesson 3.3 (pptx) App Ex 3.2 (Previews) | |
| Problem Sets | PS 3 | Sunday, Feb 23 11:55pm | |
| UNIT 4: | Inference for Numerical Variables | Videos: Week 3 Book: Chapter 5 |
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| Thursday, Feb 20 | RA 4 + Inference Using the t-distribution | Lesson 4.1 (pptx) App Ex 4.1 | |
| Monday, Feb 24 | Lab 6: Inference for Numerical Data | Lab 6 | Lab 5 |
| Tuesday, Feb 25 | Bootstrapping | Lesson 4.2 (pptx) App Ex 4.2 | |
| Thursday, Feb 27 | Power | Lesson 4.3 (pptx) No App. Ex Today | |
| Monday, Mar 2 | Lab: Project Stage 1 Discussion | Project Stage 1 Project Stage 2 | Lab 6 |
| Tuesday, Mar 3 | ANOVA | Lesson 4.4 (pptx) App Ex 4.4 | |
| Problem Sets | PS 4 | RESCHEDULED TO Sunday, Mar 22 11:55pm | |
| UNIT 5: | Inference for Categorical Variables | Videos: Week 4 Book: Chapter 6 |
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| Thursday, Mar 5 | RA 5 + Inference for a Single Proportion | Lesson 5.1 (pptx) App Ex 5.1 | |
| Mar 7 - 22 | SPRING BREAK | NO CLASSES! | |
| Monday, Mar 23 | Lab 7: Inference for Categorical Data | Using Zoom for STA101 Lab 7 | |
| Tuesday, Mar 24 | Inference for a Single Proportion | Lesson 5.1 (pptx) App Ex 5.1 | |
| Wednesday, Mar 25 | Project Stage 1 Due at 11:55pm | ||
| Thursday, Mar 26 | Inference for Comparing Two Proportions | Lesson 5.2 (pptx) App Ex 5.2 | |
| Thursday, Mar 26 (MAYBE IF WE GET TO IT) | Chi-square testing | Lesson 5.3 (Lesson 5.3 pdf)+ App Ex 5.3 | |
| Problem Sets | PS 5 | Sunday, Mar 29 11:55pm | |
| Monday, Mar 30 | Midterm 2 Review Session | Midterm 2 Lab Review Game SOLUTIONS Warning: The handwritten parts of this document have errors (the purpose of the game is to figure out the errors). If you use this document to study, make sure you are looking at the correct solution to the errors! SOLUTIONS NOW POSTED. | Lab 7 |
| Tuesday, Mar 31 | Midterm 2 Takehome | ||
| UNIT 6: | Introduction to Linear Regression | Videos: Week 1 and Week 2 Book: Chapter 7; |
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| Thursday, Apr 2 | RA 6 + Introduction to regression | Lesson 6.1 (pptx) App Ex 6.1 | |
| Monday, Apr 6 | Lab 8: Linear Regression | Lab 8 | Lab 7 |
| Tuesday, Apr 7 | Outliers & Inference for SLR | Lesson 6.2 (pptx) App Ex 6.2 | |
| Problem Sets | PS 6 | Sunday, Apr 12 11:55pm | |
| UNIT 7: | Multiple Linear Regression | Videos: Week 3 Book: Chapter 8 |
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| Thursday, Apr 9 | RA 7 + Introduction to Multiple Linear Regression | Lesson 7.1(pptx) App Ex 7.1 | |
| Monday, Apr 13 | Work on final projects | Project Code Demo and Checklist Project Work | Lab 8 |
| Tuesday, Apr 14 | Model Selection, Diagnostics for MLR | Lesson 7.1(pptx) Lesson 7.1 (additional notes) App Ex 7.1 | |
| WRAPPING UP | Almost there! :) | ||
| Thursday, Apr 16 | Work on final projects | ||
| Monday, Apr 20 | Final Project Presentations | Project Stage 2 Due | |
| Tuesday, Apr 21 | Review Session | Final Exam Review SOLUTIONS | |
| Problem Sets | PS 7 | Tuesday, Apr 21 11:55pm | |
| Apr 23 - 26 | Reading Days | ||
| Wednesday, Apr 29 | Final Exam | French Science 2231 |