Course Schedule

The course schedule below will be filled in throughout the semester. For each day, there will be a link to course slides (if there are any that day) and notes/links on what is due ahead of class time. The “Announcements” column is (hopefully) self-explanatory. Any urgent announcements will be made over email.

Monday Wednesday Friday Announcements
Winter Break Winter Break

1/24: First day of class! Collecting and Summarizing Data

Before class:

  • Read the course syllabus. I will assume that you understand all course policies beginning on Monday!

  • Familiarize yourself with Moodle and the course website

  • Complete Introductions Survey

  • Walk through R Resources tab. Try downloading R and Rstudio before coming to class!

Welcome (back) to campus!
Monday Wednesday Friday Announcements

1/27: Univariate Visualization & Numerical Summaries

Before Class:

  • Download and R and Rstudio, and watch corresponding videos in the R Resources tab

  • Complete the Introductions Survey (if you haven’t already!)

  • Do either the readings or videos for today’s activity (Links in the Moodle checkpoint quiz)

  • Complete today’s checkpoint on Moodle

During class:

1/29: Simple Linear Regression: Discovery

Before Class:

  • Finish Univariate Foundations Activity outside of class

  • Look through the Study Tips & Slides page on the Course Website - Set a plan for yourself to be successful this semester!

  • No checkpoint on Moodle for today!

During class:

1/31: Simple Linear Regression: Formalization

Before class:

  • Finish SLR: Discovery Activity outside of class

  • Do either the readings or videos for today’s activity (Links in the Moodle checkpoint quiz)

  • Complete today’s checkpoint on Moodle

During class:

  • PP1 Due Wednesday, 2/5 at 5pm
Monday Wednesday Friday Announcements

2/3: Simple Linear Regression: Model Evaluation

Before class:

  • Finish SLR: Formalization Activity outside of class

  • Do either the readings or videos for today’s activity (Links in the Moodle checkpoint quiz)

  • Complete today’s checkpoint on Moodle

During class:

2/5: Library Activity

Before class:

During class:

  • The librarians are coming to chat with us about finding data for your group projects!
  • Slides from Library Day

2/7: Review Day

Taylor is out of town! The classroom is available at the usual time, so you can work with other people on reviewing/studying/homework.

I would suggest using this time to begin studying for Quiz 1, making your note card, etc. Check out the Study Tips tab on the Course Website if you haven’t already, and need some inspiration!

  • PP1 Due Wednesday 2/5 at 5pm

  • Complete the Project Group Preferences Survey by Friday at midnight!

  • Quiz 1 Review Session: Sunday 2-3pm, OLRI 250

  • Quiz 1 next Friday, 2/14, in class

Monday Wednesday Friday Announcements

2/10: Simple Linear Regression: Transformations

Before class:

  • Do either the readings or videos for today’s activity (Links in the Moodle checkpoint quiz)

  • Complete today’s checkpoint on Moodle

During class:

2/12: Simple Linear Regression: Categorical Predictors

Before class:

  • Finish SLR: Transformations Activity outside of class

  • Do either the readings or videos for today’s activity (Links in the Moodle checkpoint quiz)

  • Complete today’s checkpoint on Moodle

During class:

2/14: Quiz 1

Before class: Make sure you’ve studied and prepared your note card! All you will need for the quiz is your note card and a writing utensil.

During class: Quiz 1. All topics up through SLR: Transformations are fair game!

  • PP2 Due Wednesday 2/12 at 5pm

  • Quiz 1 Friday, 2/14, in class

Monday Wednesday Friday Announcements

2/17: Multiple Linear Regression: Discovery

Before class:

  • No checkpoint on Moodle for today!

During class:

2/19: Multiple Linear Regression: Principles

Before class:

  • Finish MLR: Discovery Activity outside of class

  • Do either the readings or videos for today’s activity (Links in the Moodle checkpoint quiz)

  • Complete today’s checkpoint on Moodle

During class:

2/21: Project Work Day

Before class:

During class:

  • Project work day! The librarians will be present to help!
  • PP3 Due Wednesday 2/26 at 5pm

  • Project Checkpoint 1 Due Friday 2/28 at Midnight

Monday Wednesday Friday Announcements

2/24: Multiple Linear Regression: Confounding

Before class:

  • Do either the readings or videos for today’s activity (Links in the Moodle checkpoint quiz)

  • Complete today’s checkpoint on Moodle

During class:

2/26: Multiple Linear Regression: Interaction

Before class:

  • Finish MLR: Confounding Activity outside of class

  • Do either the readings or videos for today’s activity (Links in the Moodle checkpoint quiz)

  • Complete today’s checkpoint on Moodle

During class:

2/28: MSCS Capstone Days

No class today! Instead, you are expected at least two MSCS Capstone presentations on either 2/27 or 2/28, and write up a brief summary of what you found interesting / what you learned.

  • PP3 Due Wednesday 2/26 at 5pm

  • MSCS Capstone Reflection due Friday 2/28 at Midnight

  • Project Checkpoint 1 Due Friday 2/28 at Midnight

  • PP4 Due Wednesday 3/5 at 5pm

Monday Wednesday Friday Announcements

3/3: Review Day

Before class:

During class:

  • Review Questions & Study Time
3/5: Office Hours Day

3/7: Model Building Part I

Before class:

  • Do either the readings or videos for today’s activity (Links in the Moodle checkpoint quiz)

  • Complete today’s checkpoint on Moodle

During class:

  • PP4 Due Wednesday 3/5 at 5pm
Monday Wednesday Friday Announcements

3/10: Model Building II

Before class:

  • No checkpoint on Moodle for today!

During class:

3/12: Logistic Regression Essentials

Before class:

  • Finish the Model Building Part II Activity outside of class

  • Do either the readings or videos for today’s activity (Links in the Moodle checkpoint quiz)

  • Complete today’s checkpoint on Moodle

During class:

3/14: Simple Logistic Regression

Before class:

  • Finish the Logistic Regression Essentials Activity outside of class

  • Do either the readings or videos for today’s activity (Links in the Moodle checkpoint quiz)

  • Complete today’s checkpoint on Moodle

During class:

Spring Break!

Monday Wednesday Friday Announcements

3/24: Multiple Logistic Regression, Prediction, & Evaluation

Before class:

  • Finish the Simple Logistic Regression Activity outside of class

  • Do either the readings or videos for today’s activity (Links in the Moodle checkpoint quiz)

  • Complete today’s checkpoint on Moodle

During class:

3/26: Review Day

Before class:

During class: Unstructured Review Time!

3/28: Quiz 2

Before class: Make sure you’ve studied and prepared your note card! All you will need for the quiz is your note card and a writing utensil.

During class: Quiz 2. All topics up through Simple Logistic Regression are fair game!

  • PP5 Due Wednesday 3/26 at 5pm

  • Quiz 2 Review Session Tuesday March 25th at 4:45pm in THEATR 202

  • Quiz 2 on Friday 3/28

Week 11
Monday Wednesday Friday Announcements

3/31: Project Work Day

Before Class:

  • Nothing specific!

During Class:

  • Project work time!

4/2: Sampling Variation, Inference, & the Normal Distribution

Before Class:

  • Do either the readings or videos for today’s activity (Links in the Moodle checkpoint quiz)

  • Complete today’s checkpoint on Moodle

During Class:

4/4: Sampling Distributions, CLT, & Bootstrapping

Before Class:

  • Finish the Sampling Variation & the Normal Model Activity outside of class

  • Do either the readings or videos for today’s activity (Links in the Moodle checkpoint quiz)

  • Complete today’s checkpoint on Moodle

During Class:

  • Last day to withdraw from a course: 4/4

  • PP6 due Wednesday 4/9 at 5pm

  • Project Checkpoint 2 due Friday, 4/11 at Midnight!

Week 12
Monday Wednesday Friday Announcements

4/7: Confidence Intervals

Before Class:

During Class:

  • Begin the Confidence Intervals Activity

4/9: Hypothesis Testing Discovery

Before Class:

  • Finish the Confidence Intervals Activity outside of class

During Class:

  • Begin the Hypothesis Testing Discovery Activity

4/11: Work Day

Before Class:

  • Finish the Hypothesis Testing Discovery Activity outside of class

During Class:

  • Taylor is out of town for a conference! Take this time to work on your projects, or review material
  • PP6 due Wednesday 4/9 at 5pm

  • Project Checkpoint 2 due Friday, 4/11 at Midnight!