Schedule

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, with all changes documented here.

week	dow	date	topic	prepare	slides	ae	hw	lab	project	notes
1	M	Aug 28	Welcome to STA 210
	W	Aug 30	The big picture
	Tu & Th		Lab 00
2	M	Sep 4	NO LECTURE: Labor Day
	W	Sep 6	Simple linear regression
	Tu & Th		Lab 01: Park access
3	M	Sep 11	SLR: Bootstrap confidence intervals							Statistics Experience assigned
	W	Sep 13	SLR: Randomization test for the slope							HW 01 assigned
	Tu & Th		Lab 02: Ice duration and air temperature
4	M	Sep 18	SLR: Mathematical models for inference
	W	Sep 20	SLR: Model conditions							HW 01 due
	Tu & Th		Lab 03
5	M	Sep 25	SLR: Model evaluation							HW 02 assigned
	W	Sep 27	Multiple linear regression / Guest Lecturer: Sam Rosen
	Tu & Th		Lab 04
6	M	Oct 2	Exam 01 Review							HW 02 due
	W	Oct 4	Exam 01
	Tu & Th		NO LAB: Dedicate time to exam
7	M	Oct 9	MLR: Feature engineering
	W	Oct 11	MLR: Model workflow
	Tu & Th		Lab 05
8	M	Oct 16	NO LECTURE: Fall Break
	W	Oct 18	MLR: Model comparison + cross validation
	Tu & Th		NO LAB due to Fall Break
9	M	Oct 23	MLR: Cross validation application
	W	Oct 25	MLR: Inference, conditions, variable transformations							HW 03 assigned
	Tu & Th		Lab: Project proposal
10	M	Oct 30	Logistic regression Intro
	W	Nov 1	Logistic regression: Odds ratios							HW 03 due
	Tu & Th	Nov 2	Lab 06: Logistic regression + merge conflicts
11	M	Nov 6	Logistic regression: Prediction + classification
	W	Nov 8	Logistic regression: Comparing models							HW 04 assigned
	Tu & Th		Lab: Work on project
12	M	Nov 13	Logistic regression: Inference
	W	Nov 15	Mulitnomial logistic regression							HW 04 due
	Tu &Th		Lab: Project draft peer review
13	M	Nov 20	Project work day							Statistics experience due, HW 05 assigned
	W	Nov 22	NO LECTURE: Thanksgiving Break
	Tu & Th		NO LAB: Thanksgiving Break
14	M	Nov 27	Multinomial logistic regression: Prediction + Inference
	W	Nov 29	Exam 02 Review							HW 05 due
	Tu & Th		Lab: Work on project
	Fr	Dec 1	Round 1 submission due (optional)
15	M	Dec 4	Exam 02
	W	Dec 6	No Lecture: Work on Exam 02 take-home
	Tu & Th		Lab: Project presentations
Exam period	NA	Dec 13	Project: Final written report + Organized GitHub repo due

Notes

• Lab:
  • Lab sections 01 & 02 (Tuesdays): Labs will be due on Fridays at 11:59pm.
  • Lab sections 03 & 04 (Thursdays): Labs will be due on Sundays at 11:59pm.
• Project dates will be added when the project is assigned.