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Last updated: Mon Apr 13 2026, 10:16
Welcome to the course website for STAT 209, Introduction to Applied Statistics. To begin, you can find the course syllabus linked below:
You can locate course content by scrolling, or by using the navigation bar in the upper left.
Please note: material will not be posted until we’ve reached that point in the course.
| Date | Lecture | Lab | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1/21 | Syllabus and Introduction | Lab | IMS Sections 1.2.1-1.2.3 before Monday |
| Fri 1/23 | Intro to R | Intro R Lab | - |
Assignments and Deadlines
| Date | Lecture | Lab | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1/26 | - | Intro R Lab cont’d | - |
| Wed 1/28 | Quantitative Variables – Part 1 | Quant Var Lab | IMS Chapters 5.2-5.5 (pg. 74-82) |
| Fri 1/30 | Quantitative Variables – Part 2 | Quant Var Lab | - |
| Date | Lecture | Lab | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2/02 | Categorical Variables | Cat Var Lab [Template] | - |
| Wed 2/04 | Tables (for Categorical Information) | Tables Lab | - |
| Fri 2/05 | [GGplot2] | ggplot2 Lab | - |
| Date | Lecture | Lab | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2/09 | - | ggplot2 Lab cont’d | - |
| Wed 2/11 | Probability 1 – Basics | Probability Worksheet 1 | OpenIntro Sections (see below) |
| Fri 2/13 | Probability 2 – Independence | Probability Worksheet 2 | OpenIntro Sections (see below) |
| Date | Lecture | Lab | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2/16 | Probability 3 – Odds/Risk | Probability Worksheet 3 | - |
| Wed 2/18 | Study Design – Sampling Methods | Study Design Lab | - |
| Fri 2/20 | No Class | - | - |
| Date | Lecture | Lab | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2/23 | Homework and Lab Workday | - | - |
| Wed 2/25 | Study Design 2 | Study Design 2 Lab | - |
| Fri 2/27 | Exam 1 | - | - |
| Date | Lecture | Lab | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 3/02 | Random Variables | - | - |
| Wed 3/04 | Normal Distributions | Normal Probability R Guide and Normal Prob Practice | - |
| Fri 3/06 | Sampling Distributions | Sampling Distribution Lab | - |
| Date | Lecture | Lab | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 3/23 | Confidence Intervals Pt. 1 (Means) | - | - |
| Wed 3/25 | - | - | - |
| Fri 3/27 | CI Review | CI Lab 1 | - |
| Date | Lecture | Lab | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 3/30 | Confidence Intervals Pt. 2 (t-Distribution) | CI Lab 1 cont’d | - |
| Wed 4/01 | Project Day | - | - |
| Fri 4/03 | Confidence Intervals Pt. 3 (Diff in Means) | CI Lab 2 | IMS 19.2.1-19.2.4 (pg. 325-332) |
| Date | Lecture | Lab | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 4/06 | Confidence Intervals Pt. 4 (Proportions) | CI Lab 3 | - |
| Wed 4/08 | More on CI Conditions | - | - |
| Fri 4/10 | Hypothesis Testing Intro | - | IMS Chapter 11.3 (pg. 188 - 189, DO NOT READ pg.190) |
| Date | Lecture | Lab | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 4/06 | HT Part 2 | Testing Lab 1 | - |
| Wed 4/08 | HT Stuff | - | - |
| Fri 4/10 | In-class Exam | - | - |
Intro R Lab due on Gradescope Wednesday 1/28 at 10pm. Gradescope info will be given in Class on Monday.
Quant Var Lab due Wednesday 2/04 at 10pm. (Solution)
Cat Var Lab due Friday 2/06 at 10pm. (Solution)
Tables Lab due Sunday 2/08 at 10pm. (Solution)
ggplot2 Lab due Wednesday 2/11 at 10pm.
Probability Worksheets checked for credit at start of class on Wednesday 2/18. (Solution)
Normal Prob Practice uploaded to Gradescope by Thursday 3/05 at 10pm.
Sampling Distribution Lab due Sunday 3/08 at 10pm.
CI Lab 1 will have more added to it on Monday 3/30 and be due Wed 4/01 at 10pm.
CI Lab 2 due Sunday 4/05 at 10pm.
CI Lab 3 due Thursday 4/09 at 10pm.
Homework 1 due Friday 2/20 at 10pm.
Homework 2 due Friday 2/27 at 10pm.
Homework 3 due Friday 3/06 at 10pm.** See class announcement email about starting this early.
Exam 1 Correction due Friday 3/27 at 10pm. Gradescope submission will be posted.
Homework 4 due Wednesday 4/15 at 10pm. Primarily focused on confidence intervals.
Homework 5 due Sunday 4/19 at 10pm. Primarily focused on confidence intervals. I recommend completing this before the exam – extremely beneficial.
Exam 1 will be on Feb 2/27 during normal class time within the classroom. Note: There may be a few questions asking about random assignment or experiment vocabulary terms in the practice documents – these topics will not be on the exam due to the missed class on 2/20.
Exam 2 will be on Friday 4/17 during normal class time within the regular classroom.