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Week	Date	In-class material	Coding practice	Assignments
1	M 9/08	Topic: Welcome! Directions for printing at bottom		Submit Problem Set 0 by tomorrow 9/09 11:59pm class Try to install R and RStudio before Thursday’s 9/11 class using these instructions
	W 9/10	Topic: Study design Study design (pdf here)		Install R and RStudio before Thursday class using these instructions Wednesday problems on Problem Set 1
	R 9/11	Topic: Programming toolkit (no need to take notes!) RStudio help sheet R and .qmd basics Download the following .qmd template and drag to your new STAT 201 folder	Intro to R and Quarto Markdown. Due Friday 9/12 at 11:59pm!	Thursday problems on Problem Set 1
2	M 9/15	Topic: Numerical data (part 1) (pdf here) Code: here		Monday problems on Problem Set 2
	W 9/17	Topic: Numerical data (part 2) (pdf here)	Numerical data. Due tonight at 11:59pm!	Wednesday problems on Problem Set 2
	R 9/18	Topic: Introduction to ggplot (pdf here) .qmd template to follow live code	Introduction to ggplot	Thursday problems on Problem Set 2, i.e. the problems in the following .qmd For easier reading: the rendered R problems
3	M 9/22	Topic: Categorical data (pdf here)	Visualizing categorical data in ggplot	Monday problems on Problem Set 3
	W 9/24	Partner programming: Activity 1 Topic: Data wrangling (pdf here) url_file <- "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/midd-stat201a-fall25/midd-stat201a-fall25.github.io/refs/heads/main/data/amazon_books.csv" Live code from today	Data wrangling practice (due tomorrow night!) Note: 0, 3 and 4 are doable after today!	Wednesday problems in Problem Set 3 Rendered version of .qmd template for easier reading!
	R 9/25	Partner programming: Activity 2 Topic: More wrangling Live code from today Extra code with descriptions!	Finish data wrangling coding practice	Thursday problems in Problem Set 3
4	M 9/29	Partner programming: Activity 3 Topic: Intro to Probability (pdf here)		None for today; bigger set for Wednesday.
	W 10/01	Introduce Midterm 1 Topic: Finish Intro to Probability Topic: Conditional Probability (pdf here)		Wednesday problems in Problem Set 4
	R 10/02	Topic: Finish Conditional Probability Topic: Simpson’s Paradox (pdf here) url_file <- "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/midd-stat201a-fall25/midd-stat201a-fall25.github.io/refs/heads/main/slides/data/ucb_admissions.csv"	Joins, case_when, tables due tomorrow (10/03 at 11:59pm)	Thursday problems in Problem Set 4 Note there was a typo in the .qmd; R Exercise 5 should read “Re-create your first visualization from Exercise 1”! Study for Midterm 1
5	M 10/06	Partner programming: Activity 4 Topic: Sampling distributions (pdf here)		None! Ensure you sign up for oral midterm time slot.
	W 10/08	No class!		Study for midterm.
	R 10/02	Midterm 1: written component		None! Enjoy Fall break!
6	M 10/13	Topic: Bootstrap (pdf here) Code		Monday problems on Problem Set 5
	W 10/15	Topic: Bootstrap Confidence Intervals (pdf here)	Bootstrap CIs	Wednesday problems on Problem Set 5
	R 10/16	Topic: Intro to Hypothesis Testing (pdf here) Handout here		Thursday problems on Problem Set 5
7	M 10/20	Wrap-up previous slides Topic: Randomization tests (pdf here) Handout here		Monday problems on Problem Set 6 A rendered version of the .qmd for easier reading.
	W 10/22	Topic: Finish up randomization tests from Monday		Continue working on Problem Set 6
	R 10/23	Topic: Simulation-based test for one mean (pdf here) Handout here		Thursday problems on Problem Set 6
8	M 10/27	Topic: Normal distribution (no slides) Handout here. Solutions to practice problems here. Code for Normal probabilities Introduce final project!		Monday problems on Problem Set 7 Update 10/31: there was a typo on Problem 3. Should be standard deviation of $7000. Project group by Thursday
	W 10/29	Topic: Central Limit Theorem, CLT-based CI for single proportion (pdf here) Handout here		Continue working on Problem Set 7 Update 10/31: there was a typo on Problem 3. Should be standard deviation of $7000. Project group by tomorrow class!
	R 10/30	Topic: Wrap-up CLT-based CI for single proportion Topic: HT for single proportion (pdf here) Handout here		Thursday problems on Problem Set 7. Update 10/31: there was a typo on Problem 3. Should be standard deviation of $7000. Work on project proposal
9	M 11/03	Topic: CLT-based inference for single mean (pdf here) Handout here Code for implementing t-test example		Monday problems on Problem Set 8. Work on project proposal.
	W 11/05	Topic: CLT-based inference for differences in two proportions or means (pdf here) Handout here		Wednesday problems on Problem Set 8. Project proposal due tonight!
	R 11/06	Topic: Finish CLT-based inference for difference in means Topic: Chi-squared test (pdf here) Handout here		Thursday problems on Problem Set 8
10	M 11/10	Topic: Introduction to Simple Linear Regression (pdf here) Handout here		Monday problems on Problem Set 9 (last one!)
	W 11/12	Topic: SLR interpretation (pdf here) Handout here		Wednesday problems on Problem Set 9
	R 11/13	Topic: Inference for SLR (pdf here) Handout here Code for SLR	SLR in R	Thursday problems on Problem Set 9 A rendered version of the .qmd for easier reading.
11	M 11/17	Topic: Multiple linear regression (pdf here) Handout here		Finish Problem Set 9 Study for Midterm 2
	W 11/19	Topic: Time to study for Midterm 2 Go over deliverables for after Thanksgiving break		Continue studying for Midterm 2
	R 11/20	Midterm 2 (in class)		Enjoy break!
12	M 12/01	Topic: pivoting and joining data Project work		Work on project
	W 12/03	Project work (explain presentation)		Submit draft of Intro + Data Collection methods by 12:00pm Prepare peer review feedback by class tomorrow
	R 12/04	CRFs Project peer review		Continue working on project Rough draft of Methods due Sunday