STA 101: Data Analysis and Statistical Inference

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 DATE TOPIC PREPARE MATERIALS DUE
1 Wed, May 15

Welcome to STA 101!


πŸ““ Welcome slides
πŸ““ activity
⬇️ Canvas
πŸ“ survey



Thu, May 16

Hello data

πŸ“– ims: Chp 1
πŸ’» tutorial: 01-data-01

πŸ““ notes
πŸ““ filled-in notes
⬇️ Canvas



Thu, May 16

Lab 1: Hello R!


πŸ’» lab-1
⬇️ Canvas



Fri, May 17

Study design

πŸ““ notes
πŸ““ filled-in notes
⬇️ Canvas



Sun, May 19


βœ… Lab 1 at 11:59 pm

2 Mon, May 20

Lab 2: Hello data!

πŸ“– ims: Chp 3
πŸ’» tutorial: 01-data-04

πŸ’» lab-2
⬇️ Canvas



Mon, May 20

Exploring categorical data

πŸ““ notes
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Tue, May 21

Exploring numerical data

πŸ““ notes
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Wed, May 22

Regression with a single predictor I

πŸ““ notes
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βœ… Lab 2 at 11:59 pm


Thu, May 23

Lab 3: Exploratory data analysis

πŸ’» lab-3
⬇️ Canvas



Thu, May 23

Regression with a single predictor II

πŸ““ notes
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Fri, May 24

Regression with multiple predictors

πŸ““notes
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3 Mon, May 27

Memorial Day- No classes





Tue, May 28

Model selection

πŸ““ notes
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πŸ“„ Project Proposal at 11:59 pm


Wed, May 29

Model selection (cont.)

πŸ““ notes
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βœ… Lab 3 at 11:59 pm


Thu, May 30

Lab 4: Regression


πŸ’» lab-4
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Thu, May 30

Logistic regression

πŸ““notes
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Fri, May 31

Hypothesis testing with randomization

πŸ““notes
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Sun, Jun 2


βœ… Lab 4 at 11:59 pm

4 Mon, Jun 3

Hypothesis testing with randomization


πŸ““notes (hyp. test)
⬇️ Canvas



Mon, Jun 3

Lab 5: Hypothesis testing


πŸ’» lab-5
⬇️ Canvas



Tue, Jun 4

Catch-up day




Wed, Jun 5

Confidence intervals with bootstrapping + Ethics

πŸ““ notes CI
πŸ““ notes Ethics
⬇️ Canvas

βœ… Lab 5 at 11:59 pm


Thu, Jun 6

Exam 1 Review


πŸ“ exam review
πŸ—οΈ exam review key



Fri, Jun 7

Exam - In class


⬇️ Canvas (takehome)



Sun, Jun 9


Exam - Take home at 11:59 pm

5 Mon, Jun 10

Inference with mathematical models

πŸ“– ims: Chp 13

πŸ““ notes
πŸ““ filled-in notes
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Mon, Jun 10

Lab 6: Ethics + Project update (Intro + EDA)


πŸ’» lab-6
πŸ“„ Intro + EDA
⬇️ Canvas



Tue, Jun 11

More on CLT + Decision errors

πŸ““notes
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Wed, Jun 12

Inference for a single proportion

πŸ““ notes
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βœ… Lab 6 at 11:59 pm
πŸ“„ Intro + EDA due at 11:59 pm
βœ‰οΈ Email your peer reviewer


Thu, Jun 13

Lab 7: Foundations of inference + Peer review


πŸ’» lab-7
πŸ“„ Peer review



Thu, Jun 13

Inference for comparing two proportions

πŸ““ notes
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Fri, Jun 14

Inference for two-way tables

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Sun, Jun 16


βœ… Lab 7 at 11:59 pm
πŸ“„ Peer review due at 11:59 pm

6 Mon, Jun 17

Lab 8: Inference for proportions


πŸ’» lab-8
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Mon, Jun 17

Mathematical models for proportions

πŸ““ notes
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Tue, Jun 18

Inference for a single mean

πŸ““ notes
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Wed, Jun 19

Juneteenth - No classes





Thu, Jun 20

Inference for comparing two means

πŸ“– ims: Chp 20
πŸ“– ims: Chp 21
πŸ’» tutorial: 05-infer-07

πŸ““ notes
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βœ… Lab 8 at 11:59 pm


Thu, Jun 20

Lab 9: Inference for means (Optional)


πŸ’» lab-9
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Fri, Jun 21

Catch-up day / Project work day


πŸ““ notes
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Sun, Jun 23


βœ… Lab 9 (Optional) at 11:59 pm

7 Mon, Jun 24

Project presentations





Tue, Jun 25

Reading period





Wed, Jun 26


πŸ“„ Project at 11:59 pm

Acknowledgement

Thank you Dr. Mine Γ‡etinkaya-Rundel for class material and help preparing the course and setting up this website.