PSTAT 5A: Understanding Data

Schedule of Topics

Instructor
Quarter

Ethan Marzban

Summer Session A, 2023

Disclaimer

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

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 7, 2023

As a reminder: Monday sections are Lab Sections and Wednesday sections are Discussion Sections.


Week Lectures Discussion Worksheet Lab

1

(6/26 - 7/02)

Worksheet 01

Solns

Lab 01
Introduction to Python

Solns

2

(7/03 - 7/09)

 Worksheet 02: Work on the MT1 Practice Problems posted under the “Exam Prep” page

Lab 02
Data Classes, Comparisons, Conditionals, and Functions

Solns

3

(7/10 - 7/16)

Worksheet 03

Solns

Lab 03
Descriptive Statistics and Plotting

Solns

4

(7/17 - 7/23)

  • 13: Confidence Intervals for Means

  • 14: Hypothesis Testing for Proportions

  • 15: Review

    • Final answer for Chalkboard Exercise 2 is approximately 0.2001. Be sure to check the Binomial Conditions!

  • 16: Midterm 2

    • Multiple Choice (Version A): Blank Solns

    • Free Response (Yellow Version): Blank Solns

      • Note: It was clarified during the exam that, on the GauchoSteel problem, all units were meant to be in feet (not meters); conversion between feet and meters was not expected.
      • Note: The solutions to the “households in Ethiopia” problem have been updated.
 Worksheet 04: Work on the MT2 Practice Problems posted under the “Exam Prep” page

Lab 04
Simulations, Sampling, and Loops

Solns

5

(7/24 - 7/30)

Worksheet 05

Solns

  • NOTE: There is a mistake in the solutions to Problem 2. As stated in lecture, the denominator degrees of freedom is n - k, not n - k - 1.

Lab 05
Markdown Syntax, Importing Data, and Manipulating Tables

Solns (PDF)

Solns (.ipynb)

6

(7/31 - 8/06)

 No Section Lab 06
A Trip To the Movies