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Welcome to the course website for Sta-209-02 (Applied Statistics). You can find the course syllabus linked below:

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Please note that some material will not be posted until we’ve reached that point in the course.

Course Materials

Course meetings typically involve a short lecture followed by a lab activity. The labs from a given week are generally due on Friday, and the corresponding homework assignment is due on the following Monday. Unless otherwise mentioned, all assignments are due by 11:59pm (midnight) on their due date.

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Exam #1 Content

Week 0/1 - Statistical Thinking and Simple Hypothesis Tests

Date Lecture Lab Resources
Fri 8/29 Introduction to Statistical Thinking Lab 1 - A first hypothesis test
Mon 9/1 No class (Labor Day)
Wed 9/3 Hypothesis Testing Finish/discuss Lab 1 R Basics from Modern Statistics with R
Fri 9/5 Lab 2 - Intro to R and one-sample categorical data

Assignments and Deadlines:

  • Labs 1 and 2 are due Friday 9/5 by 11:59pm (submit via Canvas)
  • Homework 1 is due Monday 9/8 (submit via Canvas)

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Week 2 - More Hypothesis Testing

Date Lecture Lab Resources
Mon 9/8 Lab 3 - More R and one-sample quantitative data Data visualization from R for Data Science and ggplot Cheatsheet
Wed 9/10 One-sample Z and T tests Finish/discuss Lab 3 IMS Z-test for a single proportion
Fri 9/12 Lab 4 - One-sample hypothesis tests in R

Assignments and Deadlines:

  • Lab 3 is due Friday 9/12 by 11:59pm
  • Lab 4 is due Monday 9/15 by 11:59pm
  • Homework 2 is due Monday 9/15 by 11:59pm

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Week 3 - Two-sample Tests

Date Lecture Lab Resources
Mon 9/15 Finish/discuss Lab 4
Wed 9/17 Two-sample Z and T tests Lab 5 - Analyzing two-sample data in R
Fri 9/19 Finish/discuss Lab 5
  • Lab 5 is due Monday 9/22 at 11:59pm
  • Homework 3 is due Monday 9/22 by 11:59pm

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Week 4 - Correlation and Regression

Date Lecture Lab Resources
Mon 9/22 Correlation
Wed 9/24 Simple Linear Regression Lab 6 - Correlation and Simple Linear Regression
Fri 9/26 Finish/discuss Lab 6

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Week 5 - Wrap-up and Exam 1

Date Lecture Lab Resources
Mon 9/29 Testing Errors and Multiple Comparisons
Wed 10/1 Review Session
Fri 10/3 Exam 1

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Tentative Exam Dates

  • Exam 1 - Friday 10/3
  • Exam 2 - Friday 11/14
  • Exam 3 - Monday 12/8

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Project

Information and deadlines for the course project will be posted here. Right now there are no upcoming deadlines.