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Slack

Slack channel specifically for students: https://stat545classroom2023.slack.com/

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Topics

Part A

Date Topic Worksheet and pre-work
Tue, Sep 05 Installation Follow installation instructions. TAs are available from 9am-10:30am in Mathematics Annex 1100 for extra help if needed.
Thu, Sep 07 Intro to STAT 545 and R Worksheet A1 (.ipynb; viewable; zip). Worksheet A1 solutions (.ipynb; viewable)
Tue, Sep 12 Authoring and Reproducibility Make sure you have completed Step 3 of the installation instructions.
Thu, Sep 14 Version Control Make sure you have completed Step 3 of the installation instructions.
Tue, Sep 19 Data Manipulation with dplyr Worksheet A2 (.ipynb; viewable; zip) (Due Tue Sept 26 at 17:00 PT)
Thu, Sep 21 (Data Manipulation with dplyr, continued) Worksheet A2
Tue, Sep 26 Graphing Worksheet A3 (.ipynb; viewable; zip) (Due Tue Oct 3 at 17:00 PT)
Thu, Sep 28 (Graphing, continued) Worksheet A3
Tue, Oct 03 Tidy Data Worksheet A4 (.ipynb; viewable; zip) (Due Thurs Oct 12 at 17:00 PT)
Thu, Oct 05 (Tidy Data, continued) Worksheet A4
Tue, Oct 10 Model Fitting Worksheet A4
Thu, Oct 12 NO CLASS (Make-up Monday)
Tue, Oct 17 Factors and Dates Worksheet A5 (.ipynb; viewable; zip) (Due Thurs Oct 26 at 17:00 PT)
Thu, Oct 19 Reading and Writing Data and Tibble Joins Worksheet A5

Part B

Date Topic Worksheet
Tue, Oct 24 Functions Worksheet B1 (.ipynb; viewable; zip) (Due Tue Oct 31 at 17:00 PT)
Thu, Oct 26 Functions (cont’d) Worksheet B1
Tue, Oct 31 R Packages NA
Thu, Nov 02 R Packages (cont’d) NA
Tue, Nov 07 Dashboards NA
Thu, Nov 09 Dashboards, Part 2 NA
Tue, Nov 14 University closed (mid-term break / Remembrance Day) NA
Thu, Nov 16 Automation (OPTIONAL, Zoom format) Go to Canvas to get Zoom link.
Tue, Nov 21 Character data Worksheet B2 (.ipynb; viewable; zip) (Due Thurs Nov 30 at 17:00 PT)
Thu, Nov 23 Character data, Part 2 Worksheet B2
Tue, Nov 28 List columns Worksheet B3 (.ipynb; viewable; zip) (Due Thurs Dec 7 at 17:00 PT)
Thu, Nov 30 List columns, Part 2 Worksheet B3
Tue, Dec 05 Websites/Slides (OPTIONAL, Zoom format) Go to Canvas to get Zoom link.

Worksheets

Options for working on these worksheets:

Submit the worksheets by uploading your .ipynb file to the corresponding canvas assignment slot.

To get full marks for each participation worksheet, you must successfully answer at least 50% of all autograded questions.

Part A

Worksheet Download View Zip file Deadline
Worksheet A1 .ipynb view it on GitHub Download zip NA
Worksheet A2 .ipynb view it on GitHub Download zip Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 17:00 PT
Worksheet A3 .ipynb view it on GitHub Download zip Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 17:00 PT
Worksheet A4 .ipynb view it on GitHub Download zip Thursday, Oct 12, 2023 at 17:00 PT
Worksheet A5 .ipynb view it on GitHub Download zip Thursday, Oct 26, 2023 at 17:00 PT

Part B

Worksheet Download View Zip file Deadline
Worksheet B1 .ipynb view it on GitHub Download zip Tuesday, Oct 31, 2023 at 17:00 PT
Worksheet B2 .ipynb view it on GitHub Download zip Thursday, Nov 30, 2023 at 17:00 PT

Projects

You will be working on various projects on GitHub repositories within a GitHub Organization setup for this course. Some general things you should know:

How to followup with a project submission

You’ll be given feedback as an Issue in your project repository, sometimes before your grade is posted.

  • Make sure you’re Watching your repository, so that you will be notified by email whenever a new Issue or comment is posted – you can find this option in the upper-right hand corner of your repository page.
  • You can use the Issue thread to have a conversation about your assignment results.
  • If you would like to dispute your grade, this Issue thread is the place to do it, but please do so only within 1 week after the grade has been posted.

Collaborative Project (Part A)

There are two milestones, each equally weighted:

Milestone 1: Due Friday, September 22, 2023 at 17:00 PT.

Milestone 2: Due Friday, September 29, 2023 at 17:00 PT.

Mini-Data Analysis (Part A)

There are two milestones, each equally weighted:

Milestone 1: Due Friday. October 6, 2023 at 17:00 PT.

Milestone 2: Due Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 17:00 PT.

Assignments (Part B)

There are four assignments, each equally weighted:

Assignment B1: Due Friday, November 3, 2023 at 17:00 PT.

Assignment B2: Due Friday, November 10, 2023 at 17:00 PT.

Assignment B3: Due Thursday, November 23, 2023 at 17:00 PT.

Assignment B4: Due Thursday December 7, 2023 at 17:00 PT.