This page contains an outline of the topics, content, and assignments for the semester. Note that this schedule will be updated as the semester progresses and the timeline of topics and assignments might be updated throughout the semester.
week
dow
date
what
topic
prepare
slides
ae
hw
hw_sa
lab
lab_sa
exam
project
notes
1
M
29 August
Lec 1
Welcome to STA 199
W
31 August
Lec 2
Meet the toolkit
Release Lab 0
Th
1 September
Lab 1
Hello R!
2
M
5 September
Lec 3
Grammar of graphics
W
7 September
Lec 4
Visualizing various types of data
Th
8 September
Lab 2
Data visualization
Release: Lab 1 / Release: HW 1
F
3
M
12 September
Lec 5
Grammar of data wrangling
Due: Lab 1
W
14 September
Lec 6
Working with multiple data frames
Th
15 September
Lab 3
Data wrangling
Release: Lab 2 / Due: HW 1 / Release: HW 2
F
4
M
19 September
Lec 7
Tidying data
Due: Lab 2
W
21 September
Lec 8
Data types and classes
Th
22 September
Lab 4
Data tidying
Release: Lab 3 / Due HW 2
F
5
M
26 September
Lec 9
Importing and recoding data
Due: Lab 3
W
28 September
Lec 10
Exam 1 Review
Th
29 September
Lab
No lab - Work on Exam 1
Release Exam 1 at 12 p.m.
F
6
M
3 October
Lec 11
Data science ethics 1
Due Exam 1 at 2 p.m.
W
5 October
Lec 12
Data science ethics 2
Th
6 October
Lab
Merge Conflicts + Ethics
Release: Lab 4 / Release: HW 3
7
M
10 October
Lec
Fall break
W
12 October
Lec 13
Web scraping
Due: Lab 4
Th
13 October
Lab
Work on project proposal
F
14 October
Due: HW 3
8
M
17 October
Lec 14
Functions + iteration
W
19 October
Lec 15
The language of models
Th
20 October
Lab 5
Probability + Simpson's Paradox
Release: Lab 5 / Due: Project proposal
F
9
M
24 October
Lec 16
Models with a single predictor
Due: Lab 5
W
26 October
Lec 17
Models with multiple predictors
Release: HW 4
Th
27 October
Lab 6
Predicting a numerical outcome
Release: Lab 6
F
10
M
31 October
Lec 18
Models with multiple predictors + Overfitting
Due: Lab 6
W
2 November
Lec 19
Logistic regression
Th
3 November
Lab
Work on project draft
Release: Lab / HW 5;
Due: HW 4
F
11
M
7 November
Lec 20
Quantifying uncertainty
Due: Lab - project draft 1
W
9 November
Lec 21
Hypothesis testing via simulation
Th
10 November
Lab 7
Prediction and Bootstrapping
Due: HW 5; Release: Lab 7
F
12
M
14 November
Lec 22
Inference overview
Due: Lab 7
W
16 November
Lec 23
Exam 2 Review
Th
17 November
Lab
No lab - Work on Exam 2
Release Exam 2 at 12pm
F
13
M
21 November
Lec 24
No Class
Due: Exam 2 at 2pm
W
23 November
Lecture
No Lec - Thanksgiving
Th
24 November
Lab
No lab - Thanksgiving
14
M
28 November
Lec 25
Communicating data science results effectively
T
29 November
Due: Project draft due (optional)
W
30 November
Lec 26
Customizing Quarto reports and presentations
Th
1 December
Lab
Project peer review
15
M
5 December
Lec 25
Spatial Data Analysis / Jobs in Stats & Data Science