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.


Date Activity Slides Lab HW Project
Week 01 Thu, Jan 21 Lecture 01: What is biostatistics?
Week 02 Mon, Jan 25 Lab 01: Introducing the toolkit
Tue, Jan 26 Lecture 02: The nature of data
Thu, Jan 28 Lecture 03: Basics of probability
Week 03 Mon, Feb 1 Lab 02: Visualizing data with ggplot2
Tue, Feb 2 Lecture 04: Conditional probability and Bayes' rule
Drop/Add ends
Thu, Feb 4 Lecture 05: Diagnostic testing
Week 04 Mon, Feb 8 Lab 03: Wrangling data with dplyr
Tue, Feb 9 Lecture 06: Discrete distributions
Thu, Feb 11 Lecture 07: Continuous distributions
Week 05 Mon, Feb 15 Lab 04: Probability distributions
Tue, Feb 16 Lecture 08: The central limit theorem
Thu, Feb 18 Midterm Review 01: Lectures 01-07
Week 06 Mon, Feb 22 No lab: Exam on Tuesday
Tue, Feb 23 Midterm Exam 01: Lectures 01-07
Thu, Feb 25 Lecture 09: Confidence intervals
Week 07 Mon, Mar 1 Lab 05: Code style
Tue, Mar 2 Lecture 10: Hypothesis testing
Thu, Mar 4 Lecture 11: Comparing two means
Last day for reporting midsemester grades
Week 08 Mon, Mar 8 Lab 06: Visualizing spatial data
Tue, Mar 9 No classes held
Thu, Mar 11 Lecture 12: ANOVA
Week 09 Mon, Mar 15 Lab 07: Functions and automation
Tue, Mar 16 Lecture 13: Proportions and categorical variables
Thu, Mar 18 Lecture 14: Non-parametric methods
Week 10 Mon, Mar 22 Lab 08: Visualizing text data
Tue, Mar 23 Lecture 15: Power and sample size
Wed, Mar 24 Last day to withdraw with W
Thu, Mar 25 Midterm Review 02: Lectures 08-15
Week 11 Mon, Mar 29 No lab: Exam on Tuesday
Tue, Mar 30 Midterm Exam 02: Lectures 08-15
Thu, Apr 1 Lecture 16: Comparing two continuous variables
Week 12 Mon, Apr 5 Lab 09: Cross-validation
Tue, Apr 6 Lecture 17: Introduction to linear regression
Thu, Apr 8 Lecture 18: Multiple linear regression
Sat, Apr 10 Snow day. Classes will be held, if needed.
Week 13 Mon, Apr 12 Wellness Day
Tue, Apr 13 Lecture 19: Logistic regression
Thu, Apr 15 Lecture 20: Introduction to survival analysis
Sat, Apr 17 Snow day. Classes will be held, if needed.
Week 14 Mon, Apr 19 No Lab
Tue, Apr 20 Lecture 21: Clinical trials
Thu, Apr 22 Midterm Review 03: Lectures 16-21
Sat, Apr 23 Graduate and undergraduate classes end.
Week 15 Thu, Apr 29 Midterm Exam 03: Lectures 16-21
7:00-10:00PM