STA 199: Introduction to Data Science

Section 1 - Dr. Elijah Meyer

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_sa hw hw_sa lab lab_sa exam project notes
1 Tu 29 August Lec-1 Welcome to STA 199
W 30 August Lab 0 Hello R! Release Lab-0
Th 31 August Lec-2 Meet the toolkit
Fri 1 September
M 4 September Release HW-1
2 Tu 5 September Lec-3 Data visualization
W 6 September No Lab
Th 7 September Lec-4 Visualizing various types of data
Fri 8 September
3 Tu 12 September Lec-5 Grammar of data wrangling Due HW-1 / Release HW-2
W 13 September Lab 1 Data visualization Lab Release Lab-1
Th 14 September Lec-6 Grammar of data wrangling II
Fri 15 September Due Lab-1
4 Tu 19 September Lec-7 Working with multiple data frames Due HW-2 / Release HW-3
W 20 September Lab 2 Data wrangling
Th 21 September Lec-8 Tidying data
Fri 22 September Due Lab-2
5 Tu 26 September Lec-9 Data types and classes Due HW-3
W 27 September Lab 3 Data tidying Release Lab-3
Th 28 September Lec-10 Importing and recoding data + Exam 1 Review Due Lab-3 (5:00 PM) / Release Exam 1
Fri 29 September
6 M 2 October Due: Exam 1 11:59 PM
Tu 3 October Lec-11 Data science ethics 1
W 4 October No Lab
Th 5 October Lec-12 Data science ethics 2 Release HW-4
Fri 6 October
7 Tu 10 October Lec-13 The language of model
W 11 October Lab 4 Merge Conflicts + Ethics Release Lab-4
Th 12 October Lec-14 Models with a single predictor + phrasing research questions
Fri 13 October Due Lab-4; Due HW-4
8 Tu 17 October No Class (Fall Break)
W 18 October No Lab
Th 19 October Lec-15 Finish models with a single predictor + additive MLR
Fri 20 October
9 Tu 24 October Lec-16 Finish additive MLR + interaction models Release HW-5
W 25 October Lab Work on Project Proposal
Th 26 October Lec-17 Model Selection
Fri 27 October
10 Tu 31 October Lec-18 Logistic Regression I
W 1 November Lab 5 Predicting a numerical outcome Release Lab-5; Due: Project Proposal
Th 2 November Lec-19 Probability
Fri 3 November Due Lab-5
11 M 6 November Due: HW-5
Tu 7 November Lec-20 Finish Logistic + Intro to Hypothesis Testing
W 8 November Lab 6 Logistic Regression Lab Release Lab-6
Th 9 November Lec-21 Hypothesis testing via simulation
Fri 10 November Due: Lab 6
12 Tu 14 November Lec-22 Quantifying uncertanity
W 15 November Lab 7 Project work day Due: Draft Report
Th 16 November Lec-23 Talk more about Confidence Intervals Release Exam 2
Fri 17 November
13 M 20 November Due: Exam 2 11:59 PM
Tu 21 November Lec-24 Customizing Quarto reports and presentations
W 22 November No Lab No Lab (Thanksgiving Recess)
Th 23 November No Lecture (Thanksgiving Recess)
Fri 24 November
14 Tu 28 November Lec-24 Communicating data science results effectively
W 29 November Lab Peer Review Peer Review Due
Th 30 November Lec-25 Work on project feedback day in class
Fri 1 December
15 Tu 5 December Lec-26 Work on project feedback day in class
W 6 December Lab Project Presentations
Th 7 December Lec-27 Interactive web apps with R and Shiny with Dr. Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel
M 5 February JMU Teaching Demo Due: Final Report + HW-6