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
October
| Class | Day | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class 12 | TH | 2026-10-01 | Comparing Proportions, Two-by-Two Tables (TEL 13) |
| reading | – | by Class 13 | Spiegelhalter, Chapter 9 ASA 2019: Statistical Inference in the 21st Century Excerpts |
| Class 13 | TU | 2026-10-06 | Larger Cross-Tabulations (TEL 14) |
| deadline | W | 2026-10-07 | Noon: Minute Paper after Class 13 due Noon: Lab 4 due to Canvas |
| Class 14 | TH | 2026-10-08 | Power and Sample Size Considerations (TEL 15) |
| – | F | 2026-10-09 | 5 PM Quiz 1 will be made available to you |
| reading | – | by Class 15 | Spiegelhalter, Chapter 10 |
| Class 15 | TU | 2026-10-13 | Review, Catch-Up, Ask Me Anything about Quiz 1 or Project A |
| deadline | W | 2026-10-14 | Noon: Quiz 1 Answer Form is due |
| Class 16 | TH | 2026-10-15 | Making Adjusted Comparisons (TEL 16) |
| – | M | 2026-10-19 | CWRU Fall Break (no TA office hours) |
| – | TU | 2026-10-20 | CWRU Fall Break (no 431 and no TA office hours today) |
| Class 17 | TH | 2026-10-22 | Dealing with Missing Data (TEL 17) |
| reading | – | by Class 18 | Spiegelhalter, Chapter 11 |
| deadline | M | 2026-10-26 | 9 AM: Project A due to Canvas (NEW Date!) |
| Class 18 | TU | 2026-10-27 | Two-Factor Analysis of Variance (TEL 18) |
| deadline | W | 2026-10-28 | Noon: Minute Paper after Class 18 due |
| Class 19 | TH | 2026-10-29 | Multiple Linear Regression, 1 (TEL 19) |
November
| Class | Day | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| – | TU | 2026-11-03 | Election Day (no 431 today; CWRU is in session) |
| deadline | W | 2026-11-04 | Noon: Lab 5 due via email to Dr. Love Noon: Project B Registration Form due |
| Class 20 | TH | 2026-11-05 | Multiple Linear Regression, 2 (TEL 19-20) |
| reading | – | by Class 21 | Spiegelhalter, Chapters 12-13 |
| Class 21 | TU | 2026-11-10 | Multiple Linear Regression, 3 (TEL 19-21) |
| deadline | W | 2026-11-11 | Noon: Minute Paper after Class 21 due Noon: Lab 6 due to Canvas |
| Class 22 | TH | 2026-11-12 | Multiple Linear Regression, 4 (TEL 19-22) |
| Class 23 | TU | 2026-11-17 | Multiple Linear Regression, 5 (TEL 20-22) |
| deadline | W | 2026-11-18 | Noon: Minute Paper after Class 23 due Noon: Lab 7 due to Canvas |
| Class 24 | TH | 2026-11-19 | Multiple Linear Regression, 6 (TEL 20-22) |
| – | F | 2026-11-20 | 5 PM Quiz 2 made available |
| – | TU | 2026-11-24 | Thanksgiving (no 431 today; CWRU is in session) |
| – | TH | 2026-11-26 | CWRU Thanksgiving Break (no 431 today) |
December
| Class | Day | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| reading | – | by Class 25 | Spiegelhalter, rest of book (Chapters 4, 6, 14) |
| deadline | M | 2026-11-30 | 4 PM: Quiz 2 Answer Form is due |
| Class 25 | TU | 2026-12-01 | To Be Announced |
| deadline | W | 2026-12-02 | Noon: Minute Paper after Class 25 due |
| Class 26 | TH | 2026-12-03 | Final Class |
| – | F | 2026-12-04 | Project B presentations, Day 1 (see below) |
| – | M | 2026-12-07 | Project B presentations, Day 2 (see below) |
| – | TU | 2026-12-08 | Project B presentations, Day 3 (see below) |
| – | W | 2026-12-09 | Project B presentations, Day 4 (see below) |
| deadline | F | 2026-12-11 | Noon: Project B materials due to Canvas |
Noon: Project B Self-Evaluation Form due Noon: (optional) 431 Regrade Request Form due
Project B Presentation Scheduling
You will give your Project B presentation to Dr. Love (via Zoom or in person) on one of the four dates: Friday 2026-12-04, Monday 2026-12-07, Tuesday 2026-12-08, or Wednesday 2026-12-09. We will schedule these presentations in early November based on responses to the Project B registration form. Your time commitment on the day you are assigned will be no more than one hour long.
August
| Class | Day | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class 01 | TU | 2026-08-25 | Introduction, Getting Started, Age Guessing |
| deadline | W | 2026-08-26 | Noon: Welcome to 431 Survey due |
| Class 02 | TH | 2026-08-27 | Some Initial Explorations, Data Collection (TEL 1-3) |
| reading | – | by Class 03 | Spiegelhalter, Introduction and Chapters 1-2 R4DS: Introduction, start Sections 1-8 (“Whole game”) |
September
| Class | Day | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class 03 | TU | 2026-09-01 | Using R, Data Visualization and Summary Project A Introduction (TEL 1-3) |
| deadline | W | 2026-09-02 | Noon: Minute Paper after Class 03 due |
| Class 04 | TH | 2026-09-03 | Data Wrangling, Preparing for Lab 1 (TEL 1-4) |
| reading | – | by Class 05 | Spiegelhalter, Chapter 3 R4DS: complete Sections 1-8 (“Whole game”) |
| Class 05 | TU | 2026-09-08 | Comparing Means, Study Designs (TEL 5-6) |
| deadline | W | 2026-09-09 | Noon: Minute Paper after Class 05 due Noon: Lab 1 due to Canvas |
| Class 06 | TH | 2026-09-10 | Comparing Two Samples (TEL 5-6) |
| reading | – | by Class 07 | Spiegelhalter, Chapter 5 (we’ll read Chapter 4 later.) R4DS: “Visualize”: sections 9-11 |
| Class 07 | TU | 2026-09-15 | Uncertainty Intervals, Transformation (TEL 7) |
| deadline | W | 2026-09-16 | Noon: Minute Paper after Class 07 due Noon: Lab 2 due to Canvas |
| Class 08 | TH | 2026-09-17 | Comparing 3+ Groups: One-Way ANOVA (TEL 8-9) |
| reading | – | by Class 09 | Spiegelhalter, Chapter 7 (we’ll read Chapter 6 later.) R4DS: sections 16 and 28 |
| Class 09 | TU | 2026-09-22 | Linear Regression & Association (TEL 10) |
| deadline | W | 2026-09-23 | Noon: Lab 3 due to Canvas Noon: Minute Paper after Class 09 due |
| Class 10 | TH | 2026-09-24 | Linear Model Assessment (TEL 10-11) |
| reading | – | by Class 11 | Spiegelhalter, Chapter 8 ASA 2016 Statement on p-values Excerpts |
| Class 11 | TU | 2026-09-29 | Why Statistical Significance is useless (TEL 12) |
| deadline | W | 2026-09-30 | Noon: Project A Check-in form due |
Getting Help
Visit the Contact Us page for ways to get help in this class.
TA Office Hours
TA Office Hours for 431 will begin on Sunday 2026-08-30 and continue through Tuesday 2026-12-08.
All TA Office Hours are held over Zoom.
Our Shared Google Drive (431 Fall 2026 Dr Love and Students) will display Zoom links for all TA office hours in a document called 431 TA office hours schedule and Zoom links. This information is also posted in an announcement on Canvas.
No appointment is necessary. Please just drop in.
| DATE | TIME(S) (All times Eastern) |
|---|---|
| Sundays | 1:00 - 2:00 PM, 5:30 - 8:30 PM |
| Mondays | 2:00 - 5:00 PM, 5:30 - 7:30 PM, 8:00 - 9:00 PM |
| Tuesdays | 5:30 - 7:30 PM, 9:00 - 10:00 PM |
| Wednesdays | none |
| Thursdays | 10:00 AM - Noon |
| Fridays | 10:00 AM - Noon, 12:30 - 2:30 PM, 3:00 - 5:00 PM |
| Saturdays | 10:00 AM - Noon, 6:00 - 8:00 PM |
- 431 TA Office Hours are cancelled on Monday 2026-10-19 and Tuesday 2026–10-20 for Fall Break, and also cancelled from Saturday 2026-11-21 through Friday 2026-11-27 during Thanksgiving Week.