Course Calendar
All class sessions will be held from 1:00 to 2:15 PM in Room E321-323 on the third floor of the Robbins building at CWRU’s School of Medicine.
Readings come from:
- Spiegelhalter: David Spiegelhalter’s The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data originally published in 2020 and available at all major book retailers.
- R4DS: R for Data Science (2nd edition), found at https://r4ds.hadley.nz/.
- TEL: Dr. Love’s course book, entitled Applied Statistics and R Foundations for 431
Note that this class will not meet in August this semester.
September
| Class | Day | Date | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class 01 | TU | 2025-09-02 | Getting Started (TEL 1-2) |
| deadline | W | 2025-09-03 | Welcome to 431 Survey due at noon |
| Class 02 | TH | 2025-09-04 | Data Visualization and Summary (TEL 2-3) |
| reading | – | by Class 03 | Spiegelhalter: Introduction and Chapter 1 R4DS: Introduction and as much of “Whole game” as possible skim through the Project A instructions read the Lab 1 instructions |
| Class 03 | TU | 2025-09-09 | Data Wrangling (TEL 4) |
| deadline | W | 2025-09-10 | Minute Paper after 09-09 due at noon |
| Class 04 | TH | 2025-09-11 | Comparing Paired Samples (TEL 5) |
| reading | – | by Class 5 | Spiegelhalter: Chapters 2 and 3 R4DS: remainder of “Whole game” (Sections 1-8) get going on Project A Data work |
| Class 05 | TU | 2025-09-16 | Comparing Independent Samples (TEL 6) |
| deadline | W | 2025-09-17 | Lab 1 due at noon Minute Paper after 09-16 due at noon |
| Class 06 | TH | 2025-09-18 | Transformation (TEL 7) |
| reading | – | by Class 7 | Spiegelhalter: Chapter 5 R4DS: “Visualize” sections, especially sections 10 and 11 Finish the Project A Data work and start the Plan. Review the Lab X instructions and perhaps get started. |
| Class 07 | TU | 2025-09-23 | Comparing Multiple Groups (TEL 8) |
| deadline | W | 2025-09-24 | Lab 2 due at noon Minute Paper after 09-23 due at noon |
| Class 08 | TH | 2025-09-25 | Transformations and One-Factor ANOVA (TEL 9) |
| reading | – | by Class 09 | Spiegelhalter: Chapter 7 R4DS: Sections 16 (Factors) and 28 (Quarto) Complete the Project A Plan: due Wednesday! |
| Class 09 | TU | 2025-09-30 | Association and Correlation (TEL 10-11) |
October
| Class | Day | Date | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| deadline | W | 2025-10-01 | Project A Plan due at noon |
| Class 10 | TH | 2025-10-02 | Simple Linear Regression (TEL 10-11) |
| reading | – | by Class 11 | Spiegelhalter: Chapter 8 |
| Class 11 | TU | 2025-10-07 | CIs for Proportions, Two-by-Two Tables (TEL 13) |
| deadline | W | 2025-10-08 | Lab 3 due at noon Minute Paper after 10-07 due at noon Revisions for Project A Plan (for some groups) due at noon |
| Class 12 | TH | 2025-10-09 | Larger Two-Way Cross-Classifications (TEL 14) |
| reading | – | by Class 13 | Spiegelhalter: Chapter 9 get started on Project A Analyses |
| Class 13 | TU | 2025-10-14 | What’s wrong with Statistical Significance, 1 |
| deadline | W | 2025-10-15 | Lab 4 due at noon Minute Paper after 10-14 due at noon |
| Class 14 | TH | 2025-10-16 | What’s wrong with Statistical Significance, 2 Quiz 1 made available by 3 PM |
| reading | – | by Class 15 | Spiegelhalter: Chapter 10 If you haven’t already done Lab X now might be a good time. |
| – | M | 2025-10-20 | CWRU Fall Break - TA office hours canceled. |
| – | TU | 2025-10-21 | CWRU Fall Break - no 431 class, and TA office hours canceled. |
| deadline | W | 2025-10-22 | Quiz 1 due at noon |
| Class 15 | TH | 2025-10-23 | Catch Up and Ask Me Anything / Project A Help Session over Zoom |
| reading | – | by Class 16 | Spiegelhalter: Chapter 11 complete the Project A Portfolio report |
| Class 16 | TU | 2025-10-28 | Making Adjustments (TEL 15) |
| deadline | W | 2025-10-29 | Project A Portfolio due at noon Minute Paper after 10-28 due at noon |
| Class 17 | TH | 2025-10-30 | Dealing with Missing Data (TEL 16) |
November
| Class | Day | Date | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class 18 | TU | 2025-11-04 | Two-Factor Analysis of Variance (TEL 18) |
| deadline | W | 2025-11-05 | Lab 5 due at noon Minute Paper after 11-04 due at noon |
| Class 19 | TH | 2025-11-06 | Multiple Linear Regression, 1 (TEL 17) |
| reading | – | by Class 20 | Spiegelhalter: Chapter 13 |
| Class 20 | TU | 2025-11-11 | Multiple Linear Regression, 2 (TEL 19) |
| deadline | W | 2025-11-12 | Project B Registration Form due at noon Minute Paper after 11-11 due at noon |
| Class 21 | TH | 2025-11-13 | Multiple Linear Regression, 3 (TEL 19-20) |
| – | F | 2025-11-14 | Schedule for Project B Presentations announced |
| reading | – | by Class 22 | Spiegelhalter: Chapter 4 Remember that Lab X is due in early December. |
| Class 22 | TU | 2025-11-18 | Multiple Linear Regression, 4 (TEL 19-21) |
| deadline | W | 2025-11-19 | Lab 6 due at noon Minute Paper after 11-18 due at noon |
| Class 23 | TH | 2025-11-20 | Multiple Linear Regression, 5 (TEL 19-22) Quiz 2 made available by 3 PM |
| reading | – | by Class 24 | Spiegelhalter: rest of book (chapters 6 and 14) |
| – | FR | 2025-11-21 | Last Day for TA office hours until 2025-11-29 |
| – | TU | 2025-11-25 | No 431 Class |
| – | TH | 2025-11-27 | No 431 Class. Thanksgiving Break at CWRU |
| – | SA | 2025-11-29 | TA office hours resume |
December
| Class | Day | Date | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class 24 | TU | 2025-12-04 | Multiple Linear Regression, 6 (TEL 20-22) |
| deadline | W | 2025-12-05 | Quiz 2 and Lab X are each due at noon |
| – | W | 2025-12-05 | Some Project B Presentations will be held today |
| Class 25 | TH | 2025-12-06 | Final Class Some Project B Presentations will be held today |
| – | F | 2025-12-07 | Some Project B Presentations will be held today |
| – | M | 2025-12-10 | Some Project B Presentations will be held today |
| – | TU | 2025-12-11 | Last Project B Presentations will be held today Last Day for TA office hours |
| deadline | W | 2025-12-12 | All Project B Materials due at noon Lab Regrade Request Form (optional) also due at noon. |
Getting Help
Visit the Contact Us page for ways to get help in this class.
TA Office Hours
TA office hours are held via Zoom, and will begin on Wednesday 2025-09-03 and will continue through Tuesday 2025-12-11. Our Shared Google Drive (431 Fall 2025 Dr Love and Students) will display Zoom links for all TA office hours in a document called TA office hours schedule and Zoom links. No appointment is necessary. Please just drop in.
- Professor Love will also hold “drop-in hours” for 10 minutes before and for 30 minutes after each class on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
- As noted above, TA Office hours are canceled on 2025-10-20 and 2025-10-21 (Fall Break) and from 2025-11-22 through 2025-11-28 (Thanksgiving)
- More information on each of this semester’s TAs will be found in our Syllabus.