Schedule

Below is the schedule for the semester with the reading, tutorials, and problem sets/exams due in each week of course. You can find the lecture videos under the “Materials” links for that week. You should generally:

• watch the lecture videos and complete the readings by Monday;
• complete the tutorials by Monday evening at 11:59pm; and
• submit the problem set or exam by Wednesday at 11:59pm.

Here’s a guide to the schedule:

• Materials (): This page contains the readings, slides, and recorded lectures for the topic. Read and watch these first.
• Assignment (): This page contains the instructions for each assignment. Assignments are due by 11:59 PM on the day they’re listed.

Date	Title	Content	Example	Assignment
Week 0
September 1	Introduction to the course
Week 1
September 6	R, Rstudio, and data visualization
September 8	Data visualization
Week 2
September 13	Data wrangling  (submit by noon)
September 14	Problem Set 1  (submit by 11:59 PM)
September 15	Data wrangling
Week 3
September 20	Causal inference and randomized experiments
September 21	Problem Set 2  (submit by 11:59 PM)
September 22	Causal inference and observational studies
Week 4
September 27	Summarizing data
September 28	Problem Set 3  (submit by 11:59 PM)
September 29	Survey sampling
Week 5
October 4	Summarizing relationships in our data
October 5	Problem Set 4  (submit by 11:59 PM)
October 6	Shiny? Functions?
Week 6
October 11	Prediction/Loops
October 13	Regression
October 13–October 16	Exam 1  (submit by 11:59 PM)
Week 7
October 18	Multiple regression
October 20	Interpreting regression
Week 8
October 25	Sampling
October 26	Problem Set 5  (submit by 11:59 PM)
October 27	Sampling distributions
Week 9
November 1	The bootstrap and confidence intervals
November 2	Problem Set 6  (submit by 11:59 PM)
November 3	The bootstrap and confidence intervals
Week 10
November 8	Mathematical models of uncertainty
November 9	Problem Set 7  (submit by 11:59 PM)
November 10	Mathematical models of uncertainty II
Week 11
November 15	Hypothesis testing
November 16	Problem Set 8  (submit by 11:59 PM)
November 17	Hypothesis testing
Week 12
November 22	Hypothesis testing
Week 13
November 29	Uncertainty in regression
December 1	Wrapping up
December 1–December 4	Exam 2  (submit by 11:59 PM)
Week 14
December 10	Final Project due  (submit by noon)