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Last updated: Fri Dec 5 2025, 10:13

Syllabus

Welcome to the course website for STAT 230, Introduction to Data Science. To begin, you can find the course syllabus linked below:

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Please note: material will not be posted until we’ve reached that point in the course.

Lab Agenda

Date Lab Due Date
Fri 8/29 - Fri 9/05 Lab 1 – Intro to R Sunday 9/7 at 10pm
Mon 9/08 - Fri 9/12 Lab 2 – Functions Sunday 9/14 at 10pm
Mon 9/15 - Fri 9/19 Lab 3 – DataViz with ggplot2 Sunday 9/21 at 10pm
Mon 9/21 - Fri 9/26 Lab 4 – Data Manipulations Sunday 9/28 at 10pm
Mon 9/28 - Fri 10/03 Lab 5 – Joins Sunday 10/05 at 10pm
Mon 10/06 - Fri 10/10 Lab 6 – Data Processing (Strings) Sunday 10/12 at 10pm
Mon 10/13 - Monday 10/27 Lab 7 – Stat Techniques Tuesday 10/28 at 10pm
Wed 10/29 - Friday 10/31 Lab 8 – Misleading Graphics Sunday 11/02 at 10pm
Mon 11/03 - Friday 11/07 Lab 9 – SQL Basics Sunday 11/09 at 10pm
Mon 11/10 - Friday 11/14 Lab 10 – SQL Part 2 due Sunday 11/16 at 10pm
Mon 11/17 - Friday 11/21 Lab 11 – R Shiny Apps due Sunday 11/23 at 10pm
Mon 11/24 - Friday 11/28 BONUS: Plotly Stuff Courtesty of Prof. Will Rebelsky

Homework Assignments

[Homework 1] (Intro R) due Fri 9/12 at 10pm

[Homework 2] (Functions) due Friday 9/19 at 10pm

[Homework 3] (GGplot) due Friday 9/26 at 10pm

[Homework 4] (Data Manipulation) due Friday 10/10 at 10pm (extended).

[Homework 5] (Data Processing) due Friday 10/31 at 10pm.

[Mid-semester Feedback] due Friday 11/07 at 10pm. This is not a graded assignment, but will earn you a token for thoughtful completion.

[Homework 6] (PCA / Clustering) due Friday 11/21 at 10pm. Only one of your choice of Question 2 or 3 must be answered (Questions 1 and 4 still required).

[Homework 7] (SQL) due Friday 12/05 at 10pm.

Midterm Projects

[Midterm 1] will be available on Gradescope Monday (10/06) . It is an individual assignment. See the gradescope template for more information when posted. Due Friday 10/17 at 10pm.

[Midterm 2] instructions posted on Gradescope 10/31. You are allowed to choose your own group with 2-3 total students per group. You may work individually, but I would avoid this if possible. Originally Due Sunday 11/16 at 10pm \(\rightarrow\) moved to Friday 11/21 at 10pm.

Midterm 3 instructions linked here. Due Friday 12/05 at 10pm. The gradescope submission is for the pdf file you create. In an email your group needs to send me your data file and all code used in the project.

Midterm 4 instructions linked here. Due Friday 12/19 at 10pm.

Assigned Readings

Readings for Lab 8 read before class on Wednesday 10/29.