Calendar for 432: Spring 2024
This website will disappear shortly after June 1, 2024.
End of Semester
Please see the end-of-semester page for more details.
| Link | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Proj B | WED 05-01 |
6 Project B presentations between 11:55 AM and 3:20 PM via Zoom 4 Project B presentations between 5:05 and 6:50 PM via Zoom. |
| Proj B | THU 05-02 |
6 Project B presentations between 1:00 PM and 3:45 PM via Zoom 5 Project B presentations between 5:05 and 6:10 PM via Zoom. |
| Proj B | TUE 05-07 |
Project B Portfolio and Data due to Canvas at noon (optional) Lab 1-7 Regrade Request Form due at noon Late Deadline for Lab 8 |
Course Evaluations Please visit https://webapps.case.edu/courseevals/ after you present your project, and complete the course evaluations before they close on 2024-05-09. Thanks.
TA Office Hours
Attend TA office hours to get one-on-one help or share a computer problem. TA office hours are held via Zoom, and will begin on Friday 2024-01-19, and continue through Wednesday 2024-05-01 except for Spring Break (no office hours March 9-15) and April 8 (Eclipse).
The complete schedule for TA office hours follows. All times Eastern.
| Date | Time(s) |
|---|---|
| Sundays | 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM |
| Mondays | 11:40 AM to 12:50 PM, 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, 8:00 - 9:30 PM |
| Tuesdays | 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM |
| Wednesdays | 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM |
| Thursdays | 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM, 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM |
| Fridays | 11:40 AM to 12:50 PM and 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM |
| Saturdays | 10:30 AM to Noon |
Zoom information to join these sessions will be posted to our Shared Google Drive before the first session on Friday 2024-01-19.
January 2024
| Link | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Class 01 | TUE 01-16 |
Getting Started, Using Quarto, Validation of Prediction Models |
| – | WED 01-17 |
Welcome to 432 Survey and join the 432 course at Campuswire by Noon. |
| Class 02 | THU 01-18 |
Building a Detailed Project with NHANES Data (reviewing 431 ideas) |
| Lab 1 | TUE 01-23 |
Lab 1 due at Noon. |
| Class 03 | TUE 01-23 |
Developing Inferences using Survey Weights |
| – | WED 01-24 |
Minute Paper after Class 03 due at Noon. |
| Class 04 | THU 01-25 |
Linear Regression and ANOVA/ANCOVA models |
| Lab 2 | TUE 01-30 |
Lab 2 due at Noon. |
| Class 05 | TUE 01-30 |
Linear Regression using Non-linear terms and ols |
| – | WED 01-31 |
Minute Paper after Class 05 due at Noon. |
Note: By the end of January, you should read Jeff Leek’s How to Be a Modern Scientist, which should take about 4 hours.
February 2024
| Link | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Class 06 | THU 02-01 |
Building Linear Models Effectively, Troubleshooting |
| Lab 3 | TUE 02-06 |
Lab 3 due at Noon. |
| Class 07 | TUE 02-06 |
Logistic Regression for Binary Outcomes |
| – | WED 02-07 |
Minute Paper after Class 07 due at Noon. |
| Class 08 | THU 02-08 |
Logistic Regression with More Predictors |
| – | MON 02-12 |
Project A plan due at Noon. |
| Class 09 | TUE 02-13 |
Logistic Regression using Non-linear terms and lrm |
| – | WED 02-14 |
Minute Paper after Class 09 due at Noon. |
| Class 10 | THU 02-15 |
Building Logistic Models Effectively, Troubleshooting |
| Lab 4 | TUE 02-20 |
Lab 4 due at Noon. |
| Class 11 | TUE 02-20 |
Variable Selection for Linear and Logistic Regression with bestglm. |
| – | WED 02-21 |
Minute Paper after Class 11 due at Noon. |
| Class 12 | THU 02-22 |
K-fold Cross-Validation, Building Table 1 Quiz 1 instructions made available by 5 PM. |
| Quiz 1 | TUE 02-27 |
Quiz 1 due at Noon. |
| Class 13 | TUE 02-27 |
Thinking About Power: Retrospective Design, Robust Linear Models. |
| Class 14 | THU 02-29 |
Quiz 1 discussion, Time-to-event (survival) data and Kaplan-Meier Curves |
March 2024
| Link | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Lab 5 | TUE 03-05 |
Lab 5 due at Noon. |
| Class 15 | TUE 03-05 |
Regression on Count Outcomes |
| – | WED 03-06 |
Minute Paper after Class 15 due at Noon. |
| Class 16 | THU 03-07 |
Miscellaneous Useful Things and Loose Ends |
| Break | TUE 03-12 | Spring Break (03-11 through 03-15) - No class. Now is a great time to work on Lab 8 in addition to Project A |
| Break | THU 03-14 | Spring Break (03-11 through 03-15) - No class. |
| Project A | TUE 03-19 |
Project A Portfolio due at Noon. Note this change! |
| Class 17 | TUE 03-19 |
Regression on Ordinal Multi-Categorical Outcomes, 1 |
| – | WED 03-20 |
Minute Paper after Class 17 due at Noon. |
| Class 18 | THU 03-21 |
Regression on Ordinal Multi-Categorical Outcomes, 2 Project B Proposal Form will open |
| Lab 6 | TUE 03-26 |
Lab 6 due at Noon. |
| Class 19 | TUE 03-26 |
Regression on Nominal Multi-Categorical Outcomes |
| – | WED 03-27 |
Minute Paper after Class 19 due at Noon. |
| Class 20 | THU 03-28 |
Introducing Hierarchical Models |
April 2024
| Link | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Lab 7 | TUE 04-02 |
Lab 7 due at Noon. |
| Class 21 | TUE 04-02 |
Comparing Survival Curves, Fitting Cox Models |
| – | WED 04-03 |
Minute Paper after Class 21 due at Noon. |
| Class 22 | THU 04-04 |
Fitting Cox Models with cpm Statistical Significance and its problems |
| - | TUE 04-09 |
No class. (Eclipse is April 8) |
| Project B | WED 04-10 |
Project B Proposal Form due at Noon. |
| Class 23 | THU 04-11 |
Bayesian linear models Using tidymodels approaches to build linear models |
| Class 24 | TUE 04-16 |
Bayesian regression models; Using tidymodels. |
| – | WED 04-17 |
Minute Paper after Class 24 due at Noon. |
| – | THU 04-18 |
Class cancelled for multiple reasons. |
| – | TUE 04-23 |
Quiz 2 due at Noon. Google Form will close at 12:15 PM |
| Class 25 | TUE 04-23 |
K-Means Clustering and Principal Components Analysis |
| Class 26 | THU 04-25 |
Discussion of Quiz 2, Maintaining and Enhancing What You’ve Learned Building and Assessing Statistical Work in 2024 |
| Lab 8 | MON 04-29 |
Lab 8 due at Noon. Work is to be submitted via note on Campuswire. We’ll accept late work on Lab 8 through to TUE 05-07 at noon. |
| Proj B | TUE 04-30 |
6 Project B presentations between 8:30 and 11:20 AM via Zoom 6 Project B presentations between 1:10 and 3:50 PM in person and via Zoom. |