PSTAT 5A: Understanding Data

Schedule of Topics

Instructor

Quarter

Ethan Marzban

Spring 2023

Disclaimer

This schedule is tentative, and is subject to change. Please check back regularly for updates!

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 21, 2023

As a reminder: Monday sections are Discussion Sections and Wednesday sections are Lab Sections. There will not be a discussion section in week 1 (as, if there were one, it would take place before the first lecture!)

Week	Lectures	Discussion Worksheet	Lab
1 (4/03 - 4/09)	00: Introduction 01: Descriptive Statistics 02: More Descriptive Statistics	No Discussion Section	Lab 01 (Introduction to Python, and Basic Data Types) Solns
2 (4/10 - 4/16)	03: Intro to Probability 04: Counting	Discussion Worksheet 01 Solns	Lab 02 (Data Classes) Solns
3 (4/17 - 4/23)	05: Conditional Probabilities 06: Review Exam Information/Polices List of Topics Practice Problems Practice Problems Solns MT1 Coverpage	Discussion Worksheet 02 Solns	Lab 03 (Conditionals, Comparisons, and Functions) Solns
4 (4/24 - 4/30)	07: Midterm Exam 1 Blue Version: Blank Solns Yellow Version: Blank Solns 08: Discrete Random Variables	Discussion Worksheet 03 (Midterm 1 Review)	Lab 04 (Descriptive Statistics) Solns
5 (5/01 - 5/07)	09: Continuous Random Variables Normal Table 10: Intro to Inferential Statistics In-Lecture Demo Exercise 2 Solns	Discussion Worksheet 04 Solns	Lab 05 Random Number Generation, and Simulations Solns
6 (5/08 - 5/14)	11: Confidence Intervals for Proportions 12: Inference on the Mean	Discussion Worksheet 05 Solns	Lab 06 Loops Solns
7 (5/15 - 5/21)	13: Hypothesis Testing, Part I 14: Review List of Topics Exam Information/Polices Practice Problems Solns MC Practice Solns	Discussion Worksheet 06 Combined Tables Solns	Lab 07 Percentiles, and Testing Distributional Fits Solns
8 (5/22 - 5/28)	15: Midterm Exam 2 Salmon Version: Blank Solns Yellow Version: Blank Solns 16: Hypothesis Testing, Part II Exercise 1(b) Solns	Discussion Worksheet 07 (Midterm 2 Review)	Lab 08 Markdown Syntax
9 (5/29 - 6/4)	17: Hypothesis Testing in Multiple Samples 18: Regression	Discussion Worksheet 08	Lab 09 Exploring a Dataset
10 (6/05 - 6/11)	19: More Regression, and Sampling Procedures 20: Review Post-MT2, Part I Post-MT2, Part II Probability Review	Discussion Worksheet 09	Lab 10: Regression
FINAL EXAM	Tuesday, June 13 from 4-7pm List of Topics Sample FR Questions Solns Sample MC Questions Solns Scantron MC Free Response

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