Weekly Agendas & Announcements
Week 15 Announcements
Today’s agenda:
- 10 minutes for CATS to start class
- Recap / reflect on what we’ve learned
- Crowdsource a “cheat sheet” of useful R functions
- Point you to tons of additional tools & resources for where you can learn more
What’s due:
- Tonight: End of Course Reflection
- Next Wednesday (11:59pm): R Mini Project II
Week 14 Announcements
Due last week
- Week 12 submission (strings)
- R Mini Project I
Due NEXT Wednesday (11:59pm):
Due Wednesday December 17 (11:59pm)
- R Mini Project II
What’s left:
- Today: regular class (web scraping)
- Wednesday, Dec 10: LAST class session (misc topics / parting thoughts)
- Wednesday, Dec 17: finals week, no class, R Mini Project II due
Week 11 Announcements
Due today (6:15pm)
- Annotations 09 (Data privacy - federal data/agencies)
Due NEXT Wednesday
- R HW 05 (start in class today)
- Annotations 10 (last one! “The Nation’s Data is at Risk”)
Looking ahead:
- R Mini Project I - due Tuesday, Nov 25, 11:59pm (flexible, request extension as needed)
- IMPORTANT: No in person class next week (Nov 19)! I will be at a conference. Will have recorded lecture, watch asynchronously before Dec 3.
- Wed, Nov 26 is Thanksgiving break
- Wed, Dec 3 - regular class
- Wed, Dec 10 - regular class
- Wed, Dec 17 - finals week, no class, R Mini Project II due
Week 10 Announcements
Due today (6:15pm)
- R HW 04 (National Women’s Soccer League - Portland Thorns)
- Annotations 08 (Data privacy - federal data/agencies)
Due NEXT Wednesday
- No HW next week!
- Annotations 09 (The “Data Divide”)
Looking ahead:
- Will post R Mini Project I tomorrow, due in two weeks
Week 9 Announcements
Due today (6:15pm)
- R HW 03 (Counties in NC & Midwest)
- Annotations 07 (Data privacy - OKCupid, Cambridge Analytica, Hacked data)
Due NEXT Wednesday
- R HW 04 (National Women’s Soccer League)
- Annotations 08 (Privacy concerns w/ recent changes to federal data/agencies)
We have a guest today - Dr. Michael Posner!
Week 8 Announcements
Due today (6:15pm, unless extension requested)
- R HW 02
- Annotations 06
Due NEXT Wednesday
- R HW 03
- Annotations 07
Mid-semester feedback:
- Coding practice in class is appreciated
- More “live-coding” from professor would be useful
- More real-world data/case studies, please!
- Pace & difficulty are about right (2 people said a little too fast/difficult)
- Most people wanted pre-assigned dataset for the “mini-projects”. If you’re someone who really wants to use your own data, I’ll give option to do that for last mini project
Week 7 Announcements
Due today (6:15pm)
- R HW 01 (will start in class today)
- Annotations 05
Due Wednesday AFTER fall break
- R HW 02
- Annotations 06
Week 6 Announcements
If you haven’t already, make sure to download & install R & RStudio
Due SATURDAY (11:59pm)
- SAS Mini-Project
Due NEXT Wednesday (6:15pm)
- R HW 01 (will start in class today)
- Annotations 05
Week 5 Announcements
Due today (6:15pm)
- SAS HW 04
- Reading Annotations 04 (on Perusall)
Due next SATURDAY (11:59pm)
- SAS Mini-Project
- No reading annotations next week
Will be starting R next week
- Install & work through the Getting Started steps BEFORE class
Week 4 Announcements
Due today (6:15pm)
- SAS HW 03
- Reading Annotations 03 (on Perusall)
Due next Wednesday (6:15pm)
- SAS HW 04
- Reading Annotations 04 (on Perusall)
Responses to weekly check-in:
- Clarity on Perusall - is it graded?
- Yes, but should get full credit so long as you provide 2 thoughtful comments/questions
- “I feel a bit overwhelmed, as a considerable amount of time is being devoted to annotation reading” - Don’t spend more than 1 hour on this!
Week 3 Announcements
Due today (6:15pm)
- SAS HW 02
- Reading Annotations 02 (on Perusall)
- A note about submission formats - I’m flexible as long as it’s organized / clearly labeled!
- Reminder about AI policy - you must cite it if you use it! Include the following (see syllabus):
- Which tool(s) you used
- What prompt(s) you gave it on which problem(s)
- A brief reflection of your takeaway / analysis of the output provided by the tool, including your level of confidence in it. A couple of sentences will suffice.
Due next Wednesday (6:15pm)
- SAS HW 03
- Reading Annotations 03 (on Perusall)
Responses to weekly check-in:
- If you find yourself spending more than an hour or two on these homework assignments, reach out for help! Piazza or office hours.
- Lectures are automatically recorded in this classroom, but I don’t post them. If you could benefit from re-watching a particular lecture, email me and I can send you the link.
- “I fall behind when trying to take notes on the powerpoint” - I’d suggest downloading the powerpoint and/or the SAS file and taking notes directly in those documents - don’t need to write down what’s on the slides.
- Request to post answers to the Quiz slides - I will start doing this the day after class.
- Will post solutions to practice problems the day after class also
- Struggling to navigate course website