Information

• Syllabus
• People:
  • Instructor: Sunny
  • LA: Fernando
• Places and times:
  • Class: (starting week 2) 9:15am in TSC 108
  • Problem sessions with Fernando: Tue, Thu, and Sun, 6:30–8pm, in TSC 108
  • QRC tutoring
• Resources
  • Textbook
  • Labs
  • Data sources
  • Reference card for R
• Links
  • Slack workspace (for discussing with classmates)
  • Gradescope (for submitting most things)
  • Daily random seat assignments
  • Canvas (for videos and Zoom links)
  • Reading question form
  • Weekly reflection form
  • RStudio: (1) install R and then install RStudio (preferable), or (2) use rstudio.cloud in a browser.

Calendar

How to read this calendar:

• Above the line in each box: these things are due by 7am on the indicated day. Numbers like “1.1–4” refer to reading assignments (see below).
• Below the line in each box: Quizzes 2 and 3, the final exam, and project presentations will all take place in class on the indicated day. Everything else is due by 3pm on the indicated day.

Details

Week 1, Monday

• Introduction session (10:15am, Zoom link on Canvas)
  • The plan will be (a) for everyone to introduce themselves, (b) for me to say a few general words about class content and structure, and (c) for me to address any questions you all have about the course.
  • I’ll be joining via Zoom. You’re all welcome (and encouraged!) to assemble in the classroom if you’d like to. I haven’t seen the classroom, so I’ll leave it to your collective best judgment to decide how to set up Zoom in the classroom in a way that makes sense.
• Events:
  • Sunny’s office hours (12–1pm via Zoom)

Week 1, Tuesday

• Topic: Data, surveys, and experiments
• Reading assignment (due 7am):
  • Read: 1.1–4
    
  • Comprehension check (CC): 1.1, 3, 7, 13, 17, 29 (submit via Gradescope)
  • Reading question (RQ, submit via Google Form)
• Further practice (FP): 1.5, 9, 11, 12, 19, 21, 22, 27, 28, 33, 34, 36, 40, 43, 44
  
• Fun things: xkcd
• Class:
  • Video (parts 1, 2, 3) and notes
  • Worksheet 1
  • Select reading question responses
  • Sunny will be available by Zoom 10–11:30am
• Events:
  • Sunny’s office hours (2–3pm via Zoom)
  • Problem session with Fernando (6:30–8pm in classroom)

Week 1, Wednesday

• Topic: Descriptive statistics
• Reading assignment (due 7am):
  • Read: 2.1–3
  • CC: 2.1, 5, 9, 11, 23, 25
  • RQ
• FP: 2.3, 6, 10, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 24, 26, 30, 33, 34
  
• Class:
  • Video (parts 1, 2) and notes
  • Another video and notes
  • Worksheet 2
  • Select reading question responses
  • Sunny will be available by Zoom 10–11:30am
• Lab 1 (due 3pm, submit via Gradescope)
• Mathematical autobiography (due 3pm, submit via Gradescope)
• Events:
  • Sunny’s office hours (12:30–2pm via Zoom)

Week 1, Thursday

• Topic: Probability
• Reading assignment (due 7am):
  • Read: 3.1–3
  • CC: 3.1, 5, 7, 13, 23
    
  • RQ
• FP: 3.3, 8, 10, 11, 15, 17, 21, 25, 27
• Fun things: xkcd
• Class:
  • Video (parts 1, 2, 3) and notes
  • Worksheet 3
  • Select reading question responses
  • Sunny will be available by Zoom 10–11:30am
• Events:
  • Sunny’s office hours (12:30–2pm via Zoom)
  • Problem session with Fernando (6:30–8pm in classroom)

Week 1, Friday

• Topic: Random variables
• Reading assignment (due 7am):
  • Read: 3.4–5
  • CC: 3.29, 31, 37, 43
  • RQ
• FP: 3.33, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41, 45–47
• Class:
  • Video (parts 1, 2) and notes
  • Worksheet 4
  • Select reading question responses
  • Sunny will be available by Zoom 10–11:30am
• Quiz 1 (due 3pm). Covers through chapter 2.

  • The quiz will be released through Gradescope at 1pm on Thursday 9/2. You’ll have 1 hour to work on the quiz. Once you access it, you’ll have to upload your work on the quiz either by 3pm on Friday 9/3 or within 3 hours of your access time, whichever comes first.

    Note that the “extra” time is there in case you run into technical difficulties, eg with printing and/or scanning, or if you have accommodations with Accessibility Resources for extra time on quizzes. I entrust to the Honor Code that you’ll actually spend 1 hour actually working on the quiz.

    You’ll be able to download the template to see the problems, and you can either print out the template and work on the printout directly or work on your own sheets of paper.

    You’ll be allowed to use one handwritten sheet of notes. This quiz is designed to not require any calculation whatsoever, but you’re welcome to use a calculator if you like. Those are the only things you are allowed to use.

• Lab 2 (due 3pm)

Week 1, Sunday

• Problem session with Fernando (6:30–8pm in classroom)

Week 2, Monday

• Topic: Distributions
• Weekly reflection form for week 1 (due 7am)
• Reading assignment:
  • Read: 4.1–3
  • CC: 4.3, 11, 13, 15, 17
  • RQ
• FP: 4.5, 7, 9, 14, 16, 19, 21, 22, 26, 35, 37, 39
• Class:
  • Projector problems
  • Worksheet 5
  • Select reading question responses
• Lab 3 (due 3pm)
• Events:
  • Sunny’s office hours (12:30–2pm in TSC 234)

Week 2, Tuesday

• Topic: Point estimates and confidence intervals
• Reading assignment (due 7am):
  • Read: 5.1–2
  • CC: 5.1, 3, 7, 9
  • RQ
• FP: 5.2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13
• Class:
  • Select reading question responses
  • Projector problems
  • Worksheet 6
• Project proposal (due 3pm)
• Events:
  • Sunny’s office hours (2–3pm in TSC 234)
  • Problem session with Fernando (6:30–8pm in classroom)

Week 2, Wednesday

• Topic: Hypothesis testing for a proportion
• Reading assignment (due 7am):
  • Read: 5.3, 6.1
  • CC: 5.15, 17, 19, 6.1, 3, 11
  • RQ
• FP: 5.16, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32, 37, 6.2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16
• Class:
  • Select reading question responses
  • Projector problems
  • Worksheet 7
• Lab 4 (due 3pm)
• Mathematical biography (due 3pm)
• Events:
  • Sunny’s office hours (2–3pm in TSC 234)

Week 2, Thursday

• Topic: Hypothesis testing for a difference of proportions
• Reading assignment:
  • Read: 6.2
  • CC: 6.19, 21
  • RQ
• FP: 6.23, 25, 29
• Class:
  • Select reading question responses
  • Projector problems
  • Worksheet 8
• Events:
  • Sunny’s office hours (12:30–2pm in TSC 234)
  • Problem session with Fernando (6:30–8pm in classroom)

Week 2, Friday

• No reading assignment! Catch up on anything you’re behind on.
• Class:
  • Worksheet 9.
  • Quiz 2. Covers through chapter 5.
  • Two problems about variance
• Lab 5 (due 3pm)

Week 2, Sunday

• Problem session with Fernando (6:30–8pm in classroom)

Week 3, Monday

• Topic: \(\chi^2\) tests
• Weekly reflection form for week 2 (due 7am)
• Reading assignment (due 7am):
  • Read: 6.3–4
  • CC: 6.33, 35, 37
  • RQ
• FP: 6.31, 32, 34, 38, 41, 45, 49, 50
• Class:
  • Select reading question responses
  • Projector problems
  • Worksheet 10
• Lab 6 (due 3pm)
• Events:
  • Sunny’s office hours (12:30–2pm in TSC 234)

Week 3, Tuesday

• Topic: \(t\) distribution
• Reading assignment (due 7am):
  • Read: 7.1–2
  • CC: 7.1, 3, 5, 7, 17, 19
  • RQ
    
• FP: 7.2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 15, 21
• Class:
  • Select reading question responses
  • Worksheet 11
• Project outline (due 3pm, submit via Gradescope)
• Events:
  • Sunny’s office hours (2–3pm in TSC 234)
  • Problem session with Fernando (6:30–8pm in classroom)

Week 3, Wednesday

• Topic: Comparing means
• Reading assignment (due 7am):
  • Read: 7.3, 7.5
  • CC: 7.23, 35, 39
  • RQ
• FP: 7.25, 27, 29, 31, 37, 41, 45, 47, 49, 51
  
• Fun things: xkcd (re: data snooping)
• Class:
  • Select reading question responses
  • Worksheet 12
• Lab 7 (due 3pm)
• Events:
  • Sunny’s office hours (12:30–2pm in TSC 234)

Week 3, Thursday

• Topic: Linear regression
• Reading assignment (due 7am):
  • Read: 8.1–3
  • CC: 8.1, 9, 17, 27
  • RQ
• FP: 8.3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 19, 21, 23, 28, 29
• Class:
  • Select reading question responses
  • Projector problems
• Events:
  • Sunny’s office hours (12:30–2pm in TSC 234)
  • Problem session with Fernando (6:30–8pm in classroom)

Week 3, Friday

• Topic: Inference for linear regression
• Reading assignment (due 7am):
  • Read: 8.4
  • CC: 8.31, 33, 34
  • RQ
• FP: 8.37, 38, 39, 42
• Class:
  • Select reading question responses
  • Worksheet 13
  • Quiz 3. Covers through section 7.2.
• Lab 8 (due 3pm)

Week 3, Sunday

• Problem session with Fernando (6:30–8pm in classroom)

Week 4, Monday

• Weekly reflection form for week 3 (due 7am)
• Reading assignment (due 7am):
  • Read: this Nature article and this ASA article
  • CC: None
  • RQ
  • Write down 2–3 important points from the articles and bring this to class
• Lab 9 (due 3pm)
• Events:
  • Sunny’s office hours (12:30–3pm in TSC 234)

Week 4, Tuesday

• Final exam (in class). Covers everything!

Week 4, Wednesday

• Project paper (due 7am, submit via Gradescope)
• Final reflection (due 7am, submit via Gradescope)
• Project presentations (in class)