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Welcome to the Course
Meet your TA
Sign up for Piazza
Introduce yourself to your classmates
Sign up for Gradescope You have been added to the course automatically.
Introduce yourself to the teaching team March 31, 11:59 pm
Getting to Know the Course Website     Take time go over the contents of this website. Read the policies section carefully. Do not forget to bookmark stats68-sp21.netlify.app.
Syllabus quiz Timed 30 minutes. March 31, 11:59 pm
Download VPN     Use the instructions to download VPN so that you can access resources that are only available on the campus network.
Download and install R     Yes, you do need to download and install unless you have the latest version.
Download and install RStudio     Yes, you do need to download and install unless you have the latest version. Download the free Desktop version.
First Steps in R  
First Steps in R Markdown  
Do you git it?    
Introduction to Data  
Data Types  
Data Quiz In the repo for weekly materials. After you are done, do not forget to push it. March 31, 11:59 pm
What is the Question? Optional Reading. Make sure to read the chart carefully.
Homework 1 Will be posted on Friday to the course organization. April 9, 11:59 pm



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Welcome to Week 2
Introduction to Data Visualization  
Introduction to ggplot  
Data Visualization Vocabulary Quiz Apr 7, 11:59 pm
More ggplot  
Data Visualization Quiz In the repo for weekly materials. After you are done, do not forget to push it. Apr 7, 11:59 pm
Top Ten Dos and Don'ts for Charts and Graphs Required reading
Homework 2 Timed, 40 minutes. Apr 16, 11:59 pm


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Welcome to Week 3
The Pipe Operator  
Subsetting data frames  
Changing Variables  
Aggregating Data  
Data Cleaning and Aggregating Quiz In the repo for weekly materials. After you are done, do not forget to push it. Apr 14, 11:59 pm
Homework 3 In course organization you will find your own repo hw3-username on Friday. Apr 23, 11:59 pm


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Welcome to Week 4
R packages  
Importing Data
Data Joins  
Dealing with Data Frames Quiz April 21, 11:59 pm


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Welcome to Week 5
Introduction to HTML and CSS  
Web Scraping  
API wrappers  
Writing Functions  
Iteration  
Considerations about Web Data  
Quiz 5 In the repo for weekly materials. After you are done, do not forget to push it. April 28, 11:59 pm
Using GitHub for collaboration
Final project proposal Instructions are in the repo for weekly materials. May 7, 11:59 pm


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Welcome to Week 6
Working with Factors  
Working with Dates  
Working with Strings  
Quiz 6 In the repo for weekly materials. May 5, 11:59 pm
Final Project Proposal Instructions are in the week 5 repo. May 7, 11:59 pm
Regular Expressions Optional Reading. Chapter 9 - 15
Regular Expressions Optional Exercises. Can serve as brain teasers.
Homework 6 May 14, 11:59 pm

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Welcome to Week 7
Writing Functions
Testing Functions  
Data Masking
Optimizing Code  
Optimized Functions Quiz May 12, 11:59 pm
Homework 7 May 21, 11:59 pm

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Welcome to Week 8
Bootstrap Sampling  
Randomization Tests  
Computational Models Quiz In the repo for weekly materials. May 19, 11:59 pm


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Welcome to Week 9
Simple Linear Regression  
Indicator Variables  
Multiple Linear Regression  
Transformations  
Linear Regression Quiz In the repo for weekly materials. May 26, 11:59 pm
Logistic Regression  
Logistic Regression Quiz In the repo for weekly materials. May 26, 11:59 pm
Final Project Presentation Instructions are in the repo for weekly materials. June 8, 1:30 pm


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Welcome to Week 10
Making Reproducible Presentations  
Making Accessible Presentations  
Final Project Presentation Instructions are in the repo for weekly materials. June 8, 1:30 pm