Schedule

When and where?

Communication: Slack | Github
Location: Mandler 3545 (Crick Conference Room)
Lectures: Mon+Wed 2:00-3:50pm
Lab: Tues 5:00-6:50pm

Note

The schedule below is designed to be flexible so we can spend more/less time on specific topics. We’ll announce any schedule changes in class and on Slack. When in doubt, refer to this page as it will always reflect the most up-to-date class schedule and course links.

Wk	Topic	Date	Class/Lab
1	Intro - building statistical intuitions	Mon Jan 6th	Introduction & Logistics
		Tues Jan 7th	Lab - computing fundamentals, Python intro
		Wed Jan 8th	What is statistics?
2	Describing data, sampling & simulation	Mon Jan 13th	Python Review, Debugging, CLT, central tendency
		Tues Jan 14th	Lab - numpy, matplotlib, simulation
		Wed Jan 15th	Simulation & Sampling
3	Review & Tidy Data Analysis	Mon Jan 20th	NO CLASS - MLK day
		Tues Jan 21st	Lab - Python basics review
		Wed Jan 22nd	Lab - polars, seaborn, EDA
4	Review & Exploratory Data Analysis	Mon Jan 27th	Lab cont’d - polars, seaborn, EDA HW 1 due @ midnight
		Tues Jan 28th	Lab - HW 1 Review
		Wed Jan 29th	Relationships & Similarity HW 2 Available @ midnight
5	General Linear Model	Mon Feb 3rd	Intro to Models & Model Comparison
		Tues Feb 4th	Model Estimation & OLS
		Wed Feb 5th	Model Assumptions & Evaluation
6	GLM II	Mon Feb 10th	Lab - GLM & OLS in statsmodels HW 2 due @ midnight
		Tues Feb 11th	Lab - HW 2 Review & Univariate regression in statsmodels
		Wed Feb 12th	Parameter Inference & Multiple regression in statsmodels
7	Categorical Predictors	Mon Feb 17th	NO CLASS - Presidents’ Day HW 3 available @ midnight
		Tues Feb 18th	Categorical variables (2 levels) & Categorical x Continuous Interactions
		Wed Feb 19th	Categorical variables (3+ levels), coding schemes & One-Way ANOVA
8	Categorical Predictors II	Mon Feb 24th	Multiple Categorical variables & Two-Way ANOVA
		Tues Feb 25th	Lab - HW 3 Review & Categorical Comparisons/Contrasts HW 3 due before class
		Wed Feb 26th	Statistical Power & Group Discussion
9	Power & Inference	Mon Mar 3rd	TA Session (Eshin away)
		Tues Mar 4th	Lab - Power & Inference
		Wed Mar 5th	TBD
10	LMMs	Mon Mar 10th	Linear Mixed Models I HW 4 available
		Tues Mar 11th	LMMs II
		Wed Mar 12th	LMMs III / Wrap-Up Final project proposal due
11	Finals Week	Mon Mar 17/18/19	(Optional) Remote HW Review lecture
		Thurs Mar 20th	Final Projects due @ 5pm