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	TOPIC	MATERIALS	SUBMIT ACTIVITY	DUE
1	M	Mon, Mar 31	📝complete welcome survey	Welcome + data, R review	slides01 01-example-unvotes
1	W	Wed, Apr 2	📚 R basics 📚 R4DS 1e 27.1-27.4 📺 git and GitHub for poets 📝 Read syllabus and pass syllabus quiz to activate tokens	Github + reproducible reports	slides02 02-reproducible-reports 02-lego-report
1	F	Fri, Apr 4	📝 10 minute activity on markdown 📚 R4DS Ch1 📺 intro to ggplot	ggplot	slides03 03-ggplot-intro	✅	HW 1
2	M	Mon, Apr 7	📚 DataViz 17-21	Theming + Design	slides04 04-customizing-plots	✅
2	W	Wed, Apr 9	📚 DataViz 15	Maps/spatial data	slides05 05-maps	✅	HW 2
2	F	Fri, Apr 11	📺 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, Apr 14	📚 R4DS 3.1-3.4	Verbs	slides07 07-verbs	✅
3	W	Wed, Apr 16	📚 R4DS 3.5 📚 R4DS 5.1-5.4	Groups and summarizing Tidy data	slides08 08-dplyr2	✅	HW 3
3	F	Fri, Apr 18	📚 R4DS 4	Code style	slides09 09-tidyr		Lab Quiz 1
4	M	Mon, Apr 21	📚 R4DS 19.1-19.3	Combining datasets	slides10 10-combining	✅
4	W	Wed, Apr 23	📚 R4DS 7.1-7.4 📚 R4DS 17.1-17.3	Import data and dates/times	slides11 11-import	✅	HW 4 Portfolio 1
4	F	Fri, Apr 25	📚 R4DS 16	Working with factors	slides12 12-factors	✅
5	M	Mon, Apr 28	📚 R4DS 14 📚 R4DS 15.1-15.5	Working with strings and Regex	slides13 13-strings-regex	✅
5	W	Wed, Apr 30	📚 MDSR 19.2 🌎 Google ngram viewer	Intro to Text Analysis	slides14 14-text-case-study	✅	HW 5
5	F	Fri, May 2	📚 The Trouble with Sentiment Analysis	Sentiment Analysis	slides15 15-sentiment		Lab Quiz 2
6	M	Mon, May 5		❌ Midterm Break; no class
6	W	Wed, May 7	📚 R4DS 25	Functions	slides16 16-functions	✅	Portfolio 2
6	F	Fri, May 9	📚 MDSR 7.1-7.3	Iteration	slides17 17-iteration	✅	HW6
7	M	Mon, May 12		Iteration II	slides18 18-iteration-2	✅
7	W	Wed, May 14	📚What is an API? 📚R4DS 23 (skip case studies) 📝 sign up for a census API key	APIs	slides19 19-apis	✅	HW7
7	F	Fri, May 16		Scraping I			Lab Quiz 3 , Final Project Idea Form
8	M	Mon, May 19	📚 R4DS 24.2;24.5 📝 install and test selectorGadget	Scraping II	slides21 21-scraping	✅	Final Project Ranking Form
8	W	Wed, May 21	🌎 Explore htmlWidgets gallery + source code 🌎 Explore NZ Earthquakes and source code	Intro to Interactivity	slides22 22-interactivity		HW8 Portfolio 3
8	F	Fri, May 23	Pick one: 📺 Shiny basics playlist 📚Ch 1-2 of Mastering Shiny	Shiny 1	slides23 23-shiny	✅
9	M	Mon, May 26	Pick one: 📺 Reactivity in shiny playlist 📚Ch 3 of Mastering Shiny	Shiny 2	slides24 24-shiny2	✅
9	W	Wed, May 28		Shiny 3	slides25 25-shiny-design	✅	Final Project sketch
9	F	Fri, May 30	📚MDSR 15.1-15.4	SQL	slides26 26-sql	✅	Portfolio 4
10	M	Mon, Jun 2		Project Demos	slides27
10	W	Wed, Jun 4		Project Demos			HW9
	M	Mon, Jun 9		Final Project Due @ noon	tbd		Final Project