Welcome and Syllabus
Week 01, Fall 2024
- Start: Monday, August 26
- End: Friday, August 30
Summary
Welcome to STAT 385! This week, you will become familiar with the course and get some practice with labs and quizzes on PrairieLearn.
Learning Objectives
After completing this week, you are expected to be able to:
- Understand the syllabus of the course.
- Understand the objectives of the course.
- Communicate with the course staff.
- Use R and RStudio to produce code for labs and quizzes.
- Use PrairieLearn to complete labs and quizzes.
Reading
| Link | Source |
|---|---|
| Syllabus | Course Website |
| Computing Setup | Atomic R |
| Getting Started | Atomic R |
Video
The first group of three videos contain important course information pertaining to the organization of STAT 385 and your labs and quizzes.
| Title | Link | Mirror |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1 - Welcome and Syllabus | 1.1 - YouTube | 1.1 - ClassTranscribe |
| 1.2 - Lab 00 | 1.2 - YouTube | 1.2 - ClassTranscribe |
| 1.3 - Quiz 00 | 1.3 - YouTube | 1.3 - ClassTranscribe |
This next group of three videos was graciously provided to us by professor David Dalpiaz who previously taught a similar version of STAT 385. These supplemental videos help orient the purposes and mission of this course, and they communicate thoughts about teaching and education that are generally agreed upon by Dave and me (you will not be graded on this content).
| Title | Link | Mirror |
|---|---|---|
| 1.4 - The Extended Syllabus | 1.4 - YouTube | 1.4 - ClassTranscribe |
| 1.5 - Computing | 1.5 - YouTube | 1.5 - ClassTranscribe |
| 1.6 - Computing Setup | 1.6 - YouTube | 1.6 - ClassTranscribe |
Assignments
This week there will be two practice assignments. They will have no effect on your course grade, but will help you become familiar with using PrairieLearn for both labs and quizzes. The credit ranges listed for these assignments are meant to demonstrate the process for future assignments, but again, these are not real deadlines as these assignments have no effect on your grade.
| Assignment | Deadline | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| Lab 00 | Thursday, September 5 | 100% |
| Quiz 00 | Thursday, September 5 | 105% |
Office Hours
- We will start office hours next week!
- Be sure to sign up for Ed! Check your email for the access link.