UIUC STAT 385 - Spring 2020

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[Final Project] is now available!
Week 15 lecture videos + notes are being posted gradually. Click here for the current week material!
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You can find reminders on homework deadlines, upcoming exams, changes to the office hours schedule (if needed), etc. here! Make sure you check this section at least once a week!

STAT 385 Course Schedule

Notes:
- Lecture notes + video might be posted before the scheduled day and time. Think of the scheduled time as the latest possible time for me (Ha) to post the material.

Week 1 | 01/20/2020 - 01/24/2020

Lecture notes:
- Overview: [html] [slides]
- Installing R and RStudio
- Intro to R Programming: [html] [slides]
- Intro to R Programming (Cont.): [html] [slides]
- R Script: basic-simulation.R

Week 2 | 01/27/2020 - 01/31/2020

Lecture notes:
- R Data Types & Data Structures: [html] [slides]
- DataFrames [html] [slides]
- Lab 1: [lab] [solution]
Homework: HW1

Week 3 | 02/03/2020 - 02/07/2020

Lecture notes:
- Modifying Values: [html] [slides]
- if-else Statement & Basic Plotting: [html] [slides]
- Lab 2: [lab] [solution]
Deadline: Homework 1 due at 11:59 PM on Friday, 02/07/2020.
Homework: HW2

Week 4 | 02/10/2020 - 02/14/2020

Lecture notes:
- Loops: [html] [slides]
- Speed: [html] [slides]
- Lab 3: [lab] [solution]
Deadline: Homework 2 due at 11:59 PM on Friday, 02/14/2020.
Homework: HW3

Week 5 | 02/17/2020 - 02/21/2020

Lecture notes:
- Git & GitHub: [html] [slides]
- RMarkdown (Lab 4): [lab] [solution] (Source: David Dalpiaz’s STAT 3202-Sp19 at Ohio State)
- Git & RStudio: [html]
Deadline: Homework 3 due at 11:59 PM on Friday, 02/21/2020.
Homework: HW4

Week 6 | 02/24/2020 - 02/28/2020

Lecture notes:
- GitHub Pages: Guide 1, Guide 2
- R blogdown
Deadline: Homework 4 due at 11:59 PM on Friday, 02/28/2020.
Upcoming: No homework due next week due to Midterm Project.
Midterm Project: Info & Policies

Week 7 | 03/02/2020 - 03/06/2020

Lecture notes:
- Intro to Tidyverse: [html] [slides]
- Pipeline (Lab 05): [Rmd] (Source: David Dalpiaz’s UC-UR Talk)
Upcoming:
- Midterm Project due next Monday (03/09/2020).
- Homework 5 will be released after lecture next Monday.
- No homework due this week.

Week 8 | 03/09/2020 - 03/13/2020

Lecture notes:
- Pipeline (Lab 05): [Rmd] [video] (Source: David Dalpiaz’s UC-UR Talk)
- More on Pipeline
Material: [dplyr cheatsheet]
Deadline: Midterm Project due at 11:59 PM on Monday, 03/09/2020.
Homework: HW5

Week 9 | 03/16/2020 - 03/20/2020

No class - Spring Break

Week 10 | 03/23/2020 - 03/27/2020

Lecture notes:
- Basics of Graphics: [html] [video]
- More Basics of Graphics: [html] [video]
Material: [ggplot2 cheatsheet]
Deadline: Homework 5 due at 11:59 PM on Tuesday, 03/24/2020.
Homework: HW6

Week 11 | 03/30/2020 - 04/03/2020

Lecture notes:
- No lectures (Ha was sick, sorry!)
Deadline: Homework 6 due at 11:59 PM on Wednesday, 04/01/2020.

Week 12 | 04/06/2020 - 04/10/2020

Lecture notes:
- Statistical Transformation in ggplot2: [html] [video]
- Position Adjustments + Coordinate Systems: [html] [video]

Week 13 | 04/13/2020 - 04/17/2020

Lecture notes:
- Functional Programming in R
- More on Functional Programming in R
Homework: HW7

Week 14 | 04/20/2020 - 04/24/2020

Lecture notes:
- Working with Strings in R
- Manipulating Strings in R

Week 15 | Current Week

04/27/2020 - 05/01/2020
Lecture notes:
- Intro to Shiny: [html] [video]
- Basic UI: [html] [video]
- Basic Reactivity:
Final Project - will be published after Friday lecture

Week 16 | 05/04/2020 - 05/08/2020

Lecture notes:
- Advanced Shiny
Deadline: Final Project due at 11:59 PM on Friday, 05/15/2020.

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