Stat 220: Intro to Data Science

This page contains an outline of the topics, content, and assignments for the term. Note that this schedule will be updated as the term progresses and the timeline of topics and assignments might be updated. Any major changes to due dates will be announced in class and indicated in bold here.

WEEK	DOW	DATE	PREPARE	REFERENCE	TOPIC	MATERIALS	DUE
1	M	Mon, Sep 14	📝complete welcome survey		Welcome + data, R review	slides01 01-example-tuition
1	W	Wed, Sep 16	📚 R basics 📺 git and GitHub for poets 📝 Read syllabus and pass syllabus quiz to activate tokens	📚 R4DS 28.1-28.5	Github + reproducible reports	slides02 02-example-lego Lego report to replicate
1	F	Fri, Sep 18	📝 10 minute activity on markdown 📺 intro to ggplot	📚 R4DS Ch1	ggplot	slides03 03-ggplot-intro	HW 1
2	M	Mon, Sep 21	📚 Skim the entire reference reading for today, pick one “rule” and summarize it	📚 DataViz 17-21	Theming + Design	slides04 04-customizing-plots
2	W	Wed, Sep 23		📚 DataViz 15	Maps/spatial data	slides05 05-maps	HW 2
2	F	Fri, Sep 25	📺 first 15 minutes of Accessible Data Science Beyond Visual Models 📚 Skim Writing Alt Text to Communicate the Meaning in Data Visualizations		Accesibility for data viz	slides06
3	M	Mon, Sep 28	🌎 Skim ?nycflights23::flights` in the console and jot down 2 questions you could answer with this data	📚 R4DS 3.1-3.4	Verbs	slides07 07-verbs
3	W	Wed, Sep 30	🌎 Watch the pivot_longer/pivot_wider animations to get a feel for reshaping before we do it live 📚 Read portfolio 1 prompt and jot down any questions	📚 R4DS 3.5 📚 R4DS 5.1-5.4	Groups and summarizing Tidy data	slides08 08-dplyr2	HW 3
3	F	Fri, Oct 2		📚 R4DS 4	Code style	tbd	Lab Quiz 1
4	M	Mon, Oct 5		📚 R4DS 19.1-19.3	Combining datasets	tbd
4	W	Wed, Oct 7	📝 Open [ADD CSV] in a plain text editor (not Excel) and note anything that looks “off”	📚 R4DS 7.1-7.4 📚 R4DS 17.1-17.3	Import data and dates/times	tbd	HW 4 Portfolio 1
4	F	Fri, Oct 9		📚 R4DS 16	Working with factors	tbd
5	M	Mon, Oct 12		📚 R4DS 14 📚 R4DS 15.1-15.5	Working with strings and Regex	tbd
5	W	Wed, Oct 14	🌎 Google ngram viewer	📚 MDSR 19.2	Intro to Text Analysis	tbd	HW 5
5	F	Fri, Oct 16	📚 The Trouble with Sentiment Analysis		Text Analysis	tbd	Lab Quiz 2
6	M	Mon, Oct 19			🏝️ Midterm Break; no class	tbd
6	W	Wed, Oct 21		📚 R4DS 25	Functions	tbd
6	F	Fri, Oct 23		📚 MDSR 7.1-7.3	Iteration	tbd	HW6
7	M	Mon, Oct 26			Iteration II	tbd
7	W	Wed, Oct 28	📚What is an API? 📝 sign up for a census API key	📚R4DS 23 (skip case studies)	APIs	tbd	HW7
7	F	Fri, Oct 30			Scraping I	tbd	Lab Quiz 3 , [Final Project Idea Form]
8	M	Mon, Nov 2	📝 install and test selectorGadget	📚 R4DS 24.2;24.5	Scraping II	tbd	[Final Project Ranking Form] [Portfolio 2]
8	W	Wed, Nov 4	🌎 Explore htmlWidgets gallery + source code 🌎 Explore NZ Earthquakes and source code		Intro to Interactivity	tbd	HW8
8	F	Fri, Nov 6	Pick one: 📺 Shiny basics playlist 📚Ch 1-2 of Mastering Shiny		Shiny 1	tbd
9	M	Mon, Nov 9	Pick one: 📺 Reactivity in shiny playlist 📚Ch 3 of Mastering Shiny		Shiny 2	tbd
9	W	Wed, Nov 11			Shiny 3	tbd	Final Project sketch
9	F	Fri, Nov 13		📚MDSR 15.1-15.4	SQL	tbd	[Portfolio 3]
10	M	Mon, Nov 16			Project Demos	tbd
10	W	Wed, Nov 18			Project Demos	tbd	HW9
		Fri, Nov 20			🏝️ Reading days	tbd
		Mon, Nov 23			Final Project Due @ noon	tbd	[Final Project]