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
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 | Uncertainty Intervals, Transformation (TEL 7) |
| reading | – | by Class 07 | Spiegelhalter, Chapter 5 (we’ll read Chapter 4 later.) R4DS: “Visualize”: sections 9-11 |
| Class 07 | TU | 2026-09-15 | Comparing Multiple Groups, 1 (TEL 8-9) |
| 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 Multiple Groups, 2 (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 |
| 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: Minute Paper after Class 11 due Noon: Lab 4 due to Canvas |
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 |
| 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) |
| – | TU | 2026-10-20 | CWRU Fall Break (no 431 today) |
| deadline | W | 2026-10-21 | Noon: Project A due to Canvas |
| Class 17 | TH | 2026-10-22 | Dealing with Missing Data (TEL 17) |
| reading | – | by Class 18 | Spiegelhalter, Chapter 11 |
| 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.
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.