Detailed schedule

Each lesson below has links to course notes and slides. Course notes contain further links to textbook readings and other material to help you learn. Some students will prefer to begin by attending class, others will prefer to begin with the written notes and slides. I suggest you learn which you prefer by experimentation. The tasks are designed to help you be sure you know the most important parts of each lesson.

Course calendar

This is a plan for the term. Timing of course content may change. Slides will normally appear before the class, but you can expect last-minute changes and maybe some edits after each class is over.

Tasks are due Monday at 6:00 pm Atlantic each week. Due dates for assignment and term project component are listed below.

Slides and other materials presented in class will be posted here when they are ready.

Date	Lesson	Title	Slides	Evaluation	Demo
Week 1
Tue 9 Jan	0	Course mechanics	Slides
Tue 9 Jan	1	Invitation	Slides	Invitation
Thu 11 Jan	2	Computer tools	Slides	Using R
Thu 11 Jan	3	Accessing computer tools	Live demo	Setting up	Demo (Rmd)
Week 2
Tue 16 Jan	4	Look at data	Slides	Look at data
Tue 16 Jan	5	Making your first plot	Slides	First plot	Demo (Rmd)
Thu 18 Jan	6	Version control	Slides	Get git working	Demo (Rmd)
Week 3
Tue 23 Jan	7	Introduction to the grammar of graphics	Slides	ggplot intro
Tue 23 Jan	8	Using the grammar of graphics	Slides	ggplot experiments
Thu 25 Jan		Practice with the grammar of graphics			Demo (Rmd)
Fri 26 Jan		Assignment 1 due		Assignment 1
Week 4
Tue 30 Jan	9	Summarizing data	Slides	Summarize
Thu 1 Feb		Practice summarizing data			Demo (Rmd)
Thu 1 Feb	10	Plotting facets	Slides	Facets
Week 5
Tue 6 Feb	11	Reading data	Slides	Task
Tue 6 Feb	12	Reshaping data	Slides	Reshape
Thu 8 Feb	13	Displaying tables	Slides	Tables	Demo (Rmd)
Thu 8 Feb	14	Getting help	Slides	Task
Fri 9 Feb		Assignment 2 due		Assignment 2
Week 6
Tue 13 Feb	15	Working with models	Slides	Task	Demo (Rmd)
Tue 13 Feb	16	Linear models	Slides	Linear models
Thu 15 Feb	17	LOESS and GAM	Slides	LOESS-GAM
Thu 15 Feb		Project teams sign-up deadline		Team Planning
Week 7
Mon 19 Feb		Reading week, no classses
Week 8
Tue 27 Feb	18	Collaboration with GitHub	Slides	Task
Thu 29 Feb	19	Finding data	Slides	Task
Thu 29 Feb	20	Reproducible reports	Slides	Reports	Demo (Rmd)
Fri 1 Mar		Assignment 3 due		Assignment 3
Week 9
Tue 5 Mar	21	PCA	Slides		Demo (Rmd)
Thu 7 Mar	22	MDS	Slides	MDS
Thu 7 Mar	23	K-means	Slides	K-means
Thu 7 Mar		Project proposal due		Proposal
Week 10
Tue 12 Mar	24	Slide presentations	Slides	Presentation	Demo (qmd)
Thu 14 Mar	25	Checking your work	Slides
Thu 14 Mar	26	Dynamic graphics	Slides
Fri 15 Mar		Assignment 4 due		Assignment 4
Week 11
Tue 19 Mar	27	Making maps	Slides	Task	Demo (Rmd)
Thu 21 Mar	28	More about maps	Slides	Maps	Demo (Rmd)
Thu 21 Mar	29	Alternatives to maps	Slides	Map alternatives
Week 12
Tue 26 Mar	30	Factors and Dates	Slides	Factors and Dates	Demo (Rmd)
Thu 28 Mar	31	Using colour	Slides	Task	Demo (Rmd)
Thu 28 Mar	32	Themes	Slides	Themes	Demo (Rmd)
Week 13
Mon 1 Apr		Assignment 5 due		Assignment 5
Tue 2 Apr	33	Other data formats	Slides
Tue 2 Apr	34	Graphics output	Slides		Demo (Rmd)
Thu 4 Apr	35	Reconstructing a visualization	Slides
Thu 4 Apr		Snow day
Week 14
Tue 9 Apr		Project report due		Report
Week 15
Tue 16 Apr		Oral presentation due 1 day before final exam	Slides