About the Course

See the syllabus for details. The course is divided into three rough parts,

  1. Core data science coding skills
  2. Modeling
  3. Advanced topics

Course Material

Date Lecture Slides Tutorial
Jan. 19 Welcome/Data Visualization Slides Tutorial 01
Jan. 21 RMarkdown Slides Tutorial 02 (Final Plot) {Solution}
Jan 26 Data Transformation I Slides Tutorial 03 {Solution}
Jan 28 Data Transformation II Slides
Feb 2 Data Transformation III Slides Tutorial 04 {Solution}
Feb 4 Final Project Instructions Slides
Feb 9 Data Import Slides
Feb 11 Exploratory Data Analysis Slides
Feb 16 Wellness Day
Feb 18 CLASS CANCELLED - ice storm
Feb 23 Project Proposal Discussion
Feb 25 Tidy Data Slides Tutorial 05
Mar 2 Web Scraping Slides Tutorial 06
Mar 4 Joins Slides Tutorial 07
Mar 9 Factors Slides
Mar 11 Wellness Day
Mar 16 Programming I Slides Tutorial 08
Mar 18 Programming II Slides Tutorial 09
Mar 23 Programming III Slides
Mar 25 Modeling I Slides
Mar 30 Group Work Day
Apr 1 Modeling II Slides Tutorial 10
Apr 6 Modeling III Slides Tutorial 11
Apr 8 Modeling IV Slides
Apr 13 Modeling V Slides
Apr 15 Modeling VI Slides Tutorial 12
Apr 20 Modeling VII Slides Tutorial 13
Apr 22 R Shiny Slides Tutorial 14
Apr 27 Data Ethics Slides
Apr 29 Presentation
May 4 Presentation

Homework Tracker

All homework assignments are to be submitted via Gradescope.

Date assigned Instructions Solutions Due Date (Time)
Jan 21 HW1 Jan 28
Jan 28 HW2 Feb 4
Feb 4 A1 Feb 21
Feb 18 HW3 Feb 25
Feb 25 HW4 Mar 4
Mar 4 A2 Mar 18
Mar 18 HW5 Mar 25
Mar 23 A3 Apr 8
Apr 8 HW6 Apr 15
Apr 15 HW7 Apr 22
Apr 22 A4 May 4

Final Project Details

For the final project, each section of STOR 320 will be divided (ideally) into research groups of size 5. To ensure fairness, students will be assigned randomly based on the sample function in R.

Research Group Assignments

To find your research group and your group’s in class presentation times, see file group.xlsx in the Resources tab on Sakai.

Four Roles

Although everyone is responsible for the entire project, each member of the group will be assigned a specific role for accountability and consistency. These four specific roles are described as follows:

  • The Creator: Meet with Instructor to Propose Your Group’s Research Idea, Lead Designer in Slides

  • The Interpreter: Schedule and Meet with Instructor or Instructional Assistant to Share Findings from Exploratory Analysis, Evaluate Practice Presentation

  • The Orator(s): Give a Captivating 5-7 Minute Slideshow Presentation During the Last Two Lectures

  • The Deliverer: Deliver Your Group from Evil by Editing and Submitting the Exploratory Analysis and Final Report via Sakai Before the Deadline

Four Parts Including Point Values

This final project will be divided into four parts worth a total of 100 points. Each part will have a clear rubric as non-subjective as possible. The parts along with total point values are found below:

Due Dates of Individual Parts

Part Description Method of Submission Due Date (Time)
P1 Project Proposal Gradescope Feb 21
Proposal Meeting In class Feb 23
P2 Exploratory Data Analysis Gradescope April 6
EDA Meeting In Lab April 6-9
P3 Final Report Gradescope May 5
P4 Presentation Slides Gradescope April 28
Final Presentation In Class April 29 and May 4

Above Average Final Projects from Previous Courses

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Dr. Mario, Dr Li and Dr. Characiejus for sharing their course materials.

Reading

Additional resources

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