Schedule

Please consult Smith’s academic calendar.

Part I

1. Mon, Sep 8

• Introductions
• Activity: Political polarization
• Mini-lecture: Statistical modeling

NoteHomework

• Complete Pre-Course Questionnaire
• Read Stat 2:
  • Ch. 0
  • Ch. 1.1
• Complete Reading Quiz #1

2. Wed, Sep 10

• Mini-lecture: Simple linear regression

NoteHomework

• HW 1 due by Friday at 5 pm
• Read Stat 2:
  • Ch. 4.6
• Complete Reading Quiz #2

3. Mon, Sep 15

• Mini-lecture: Inference via randomization
• Activity: Randomization test for slope

NoteHomework

• Read Stat 2
  • Ch. 1.2
  • Ch. 2.1
• Complete Reading Quiz #3

4. Wed, Sep 17

• Mini-lecture: Inference via probability distributions
• RStudio cheatsheets

NoteHomework

• HW 2 due by Friday at 5 pm
• Read Stat 2
  • Ch. 2.4
• Complete Reading Quiz #4

5. Mon, Sep 22

• Mini-lecture: Confidence intervals and prediction intervals
• Activity: Confidence intervals and prediction intervals

NoteHomework

• Read Stat 2,
  • Ch. 1.3
• Complete Reading Quiz #5

6. Wed, Sep 24

• Prediction intervals
• Mini-lecture: Assessing regression conditions

NoteHomework

• HW 3 due by Friday at 5 pm
• Read Stat 2:
  • Ch. 1.4
  • Ch. 2.2
  • Ch. 2.3
• Complete Reading Quiz #6

7. Mon, Sep 29

• Mini-lecture: Transformations
• Activity: Transformations

NoteHomework

• Review Stat 2, Ch. 0–2
• Complete Reading Quiz #7

8. Wed, Oct 1

• review and catch-up

NoteHomework

• EXAM 1 (weekend of Oct 3-5)

Part II

9. Mon, Oct 6

• Mini-lecture: Interpretting transformations
• Activity: Interpretting transformations

NoteHomework

• Read Stat 2,
  • Ch. 3.1
  • Ch. 3.2
• Complete Reading Quiz #8

10. Wed, Oct 8

• Mathematical justifications:
  • For interpretations of log-transformed models
  • For use of the median in log-transformed models
• Mini-lecture: Model explanatory power
• Activity: Multiple Linear Regression
• Mini-lecture: Multiple Linear Regression

NoteHomework

• Case Study 1 due Friday at midnight
• HW 4 due by Friday at midnight
• Read Stat 2,
  • Ch. 3.3
  • Ch. 4.5

11. Mon, Oct 13

• FALL BREAK – NO CLASS

12. Wed, Oct 15

• Mini-lecture: MLR with categorical explanatory variables
• Activity: MLR Slope Interpretations

NoteHomework

• Read Stat 2,
  • Ch. 3.4 (interaction only)
• Complete Reading Quiz #9
• Complete Reading Quiz #10

13. Mon, Oct 20

• Activity: MLR Categorical
• Mini-lecture: MLR with interactions

NoteHomework

• Read Stat 2,
  • Ch. 3.4 (polynomial section)
• Complete Reading Quiz #11
• Complete Mid-Semester Self Evaluation
• Start forming project groups (post to #sec1-project)

14. Wed, Oct 22

• Activity: MLR Polynomial
• Mini-lecture: MLR with polynomial terms

NoteHomework

• HW 5 due by Friday at midnight
• Read Stat 2,
  • Ch. 3.6

15. Mon, Oct 27

• Activity: ANOVA and Nested F-tests
• Mini-lecture: ANOVA and Nested F-tests

NoteHomework

• Complete Reading Quiz #13
• Read Stat 2,
  • Ch. 1.5, 4.1, 4.4
• Complete Reading Quiz #14
• Read Excerpts from Statistical Sleuth (see PDF on Moodle)
• Complete Reading Quiz #12

16. Wed, Oct 29

• Mini-lecture: Inference for combinations of coefficients

NoteHomework

• HW 6 due by Friday at midnight
• Read Stat 2,
  • Ch. 3.5

17. Mon, Nov 3

• Activity: Influential points
• Mini-lecture: Influential points and model diagnostics

NoteHomework

• Complete Reading Quiz #15
• Prepare questions for review sessions

18. Wed, Nov 5

• Review

NoteHomework

• EXAM 2 (weekend of Nov 7-9)

Part III

19. Mon, Nov 10

• Mini-lecture: Multicollinearity

NoteHomework

• There is no Reading Quiz #16!!
• Read Stat 2,
  • Ch. 9-9.2
• Complete Reading Quiz #17

20. Wed, Nov 12

• Mini-lecture: Metrics for model comparison
• Mini-lecture: Proportions, odds, and odds ratios
• Activity: Odds and odds ratios

NoteHomework

• HW 7 due by Friday at midnight
• Project Topic due Friday
• Case Study 2 due Sunday by midnight

21. Mon, Nov 17

• Mini-lecture: Simple logistic regression
• Activity: Fitted logistic regression

NoteHomework

• Read Stat 2,
  • Ch. 9.4, 11.1
• Complete Reading Quiz #18

22. Wed, Nov 19

• Mini-lecture: MLE and inference for logistic regression

NoteHomework

• Read Stat 2,
  • Ch. 10.1-10.2, 10.4
• Complete Reading Quiz #19

23. Mon, Nov 24

• Mini-lecture: Multiple logistic regression
• Activity: Multiple logistic regression

NoteHomework

• HW 8 due by Tuesday at midnight
• Read Stat 2,
  • Ch. 9.3, 10.3, 11.2
• Complete Reading Quiz #21

24. Wed, Nov 26

• THANKSGIVING BREAK – NO CLASS

25. Mon, Dec 1

• Mini-lecture: Prediction and model discrimination
• Activity: Classification

NoteHomework

• Read MDSR, Ch. 10
• Read ICDA, Ch. 4.6
• Complete Reading Quiz #22

26. Wed, Dec 3

• Mini-lecture: Model assessment and calibration
• Review

NoteHomework

• EXAM 3 (weekend of Dec 5-7)

Part IV

27. Mon, Dec 8

• Course feedback questionnaire
• Project workshop

28. Wed, Dec 10

• Project workshop

NoteHomework

• HW 9 due

Important

By College rules all work must be submitted by 3 pm on December 19th!!