Course Schedule
This schedule may be updated as the semester progresses.
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| Week 1 |
Wed, Jan 20 |
Introduction |
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Fri, Jan 22 |
Meet the toolkit |
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| Week 2 |
Tue, Jan 26 |
Lab 01: First steps in data science |
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Wed, Jan 27 |
Data visualization part I |
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Fri, Jan 29 |
Data visualization part II |
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| Week 3 |
Tue, Feb 02 |
Lab 02: Data visualization |
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Wed, Feb 03 |
Data wrangling part I |
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Fri, Feb 05 |
Data wrangling part II |
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Homework 2 assigned |
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| Week 4 |
Tue, Feb 09 |
Lab 03: Data wrangling |
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Wed, Feb 10 |
Spatial data visualization and wrangling |
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Fri, Feb 12 |
String manipulation |
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| Week 5 |
Tue, Feb 16 |
Lab 04: Spatial data analysis and merge conflicts |
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Wed, Feb 17 |
Web scraping |
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Fri, Feb 19 |
Code style and the help system |
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Exam 01 assigned |
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| Week 6 |
Tue, Feb 23 |
No lab |
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Wed, Feb 24 |
Introduction to probability |
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Fri, Feb 26 |
Conditional probability |
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Homework 3 assigned |
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| Week 7 |
Tue, Mar 02 |
Lab 05: Merge conflicts and probability |
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Wed, Mar 03 |
Foundations of statistical inference |
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Fri, Mar 05 |
Simulation-based inference - confidence intervals |
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| Week 8 |
Tue, Mar 09 |
No lab |
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Wed, Mar 10 |
No lecture |
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Fri, Mar 12 |
Simulation-based inference - hypothesis testing |
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| Week 9 |
Mon, Mar 15 |
Project proposal assigned |
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Tue, Mar 16 |
Lab 06: Simulation-based inference |
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Wed, Mar 17 |
CLT-based inference - confidence intervals |
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Fri, Mar 19 |
CLT-based inference - hypothesis testing |
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Homework 4 assigned |
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| Week 10 |
Tue, Mar 23 |
Lab 07: CLT-based inference |
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Wed, Mar 24 |
Linear models - simple linear regression |
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Fri, Mar 26 |
Linear models - inference |
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| Week 11 |
Tue, Mar 30 |
Lab 08: Linear models |
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Wed, Mar 31 |
Linear models - multiple regression, model diagnostics |
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Fri, Apr 02 |
Linear models - model selection |
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Exam 02 assigned |
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| Week 12 |
Tue, Apr 06 |
No lab |
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Wed, Apr 07 |
Statistical experience |
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Fri, Apr 09 |
Logistic regression |
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| Week 13 |
Tue, Apr 13 |
Lab 09: Logistic regression |
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Wed, Apr 14 |
Functions |
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Homework 5 assigned |
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Fri, Apr 16 |
Iteration |
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| Week 14 |
Tue, Apr 20 |
Project workday |
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Wed, Apr 21 |
Shiny |
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Fri, Apr 23 |
Project workday |
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