Course Schedule
This page displays an outline of the topics, content, and assignments for the term. Each module starts on a Monday. There are no assignments due on Sundays.
| Week | Date | Topic | Readings | Videos | Module | Slides | Assignments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 13 | Course Intro | 📺 | 📒 | 🖥️ | ||
| Getting Started with Quarto | 📖 | 📺 | 📒 | 🖥️ | |||
| 2 | Jan 20 | Bar charts, histograms | 📖 📖 | 📺 📺 | 📒 | 🖥️ | |
| Line charts, scatter plots | 📖 📖 | 📺 📺 | 📒 | 🖥️ | 📘 | ||
| 3 | Jan 26 | Downloading and manipulating data | 📖 | 📺 | 📒 | 🖥️ | |
| Summarizing by groups | 📖 | 📺 | 📒 | 🖥️ | 📘 | ||
| 4 | Feb 3 | Homework 1: Visualize modernization theory | 📖 | 🧮 | |||
| 5 | Feb 10 | Categorical data | 📖 | 📺 | 📒 | 🖥️ | |
| Continuous data | 📖 | 📺 | 📒 | 🖥️ | 📘 | ||
| 6 | Feb 17 | Describing distributions | 📖 | 📒 | 🖥️ | ||
| Sampling and uncertainty | 📖 | 📺 📺 | 📒 | 🖥️ | 📘 | ||
| 7 | Feb 24 | Single proportion tests | 📖 | 📒 | 🖥️ | ||
| Differences between two groups | 📖 | 📺 | 📒 | 🖥️ | 📘 | ||
| 8 | Mar 3 | Homework 2: Evaluate a claim | 📖 | 🧮 | |||
| Mar 10 | No Class | Spring Break | ☀️🌴🏄 | ||||
| 9 | Mar 17 | Fitting a line to data | 📖 | 📺 📺 | 📒 | 🖥️ | 📘 |
| Least squares regression | 📖 | 📺 📺 | 📒 | 🖥️ | |||
| 10 | Mar 24 | Multiple linear regression | 📖 | 📺 | 📒 | 📘 | |
| Dealing with outliers | 📖 📖 📖 | 📺 📺 | 📒 📗 | 📘 | |||
| 11 | Mar 31 | Logistic regression | 📖 | 📺 📺 | 📒 | 🖥️ | |
| Interpreting results | 📺 | 📒 | 🖥️ | 📘 | |||
| 12 | Apr 7 | Multiple predictors and interactions | 📖 | 📺 | 📒 | 🖥️ | |
| Visualizing and communicating results | 📺 📺 | 📒 | 🖥️ | 📘 | |||
| 13 | Apr 14 | Homework 3: Analyzing conflict | 🧮 | ||||
| 14 | Apr 21 | Final project workshop | 🖥️ 🖥️ | ✍️ |