Syllabus

Coordinator: Ross Drucker

Email: ross.a.drucker@gmail.com

Email Policy: Start your subject with [STAT 100 Honors Project]. Also provide a quick synopsis of what you’re emailing about. For example, a few subject lines could look like:

  • [STAT 100 Honors Project] Homework 1 Problem 2

  • [STAT 100 Honors Project] Question about histograms

Bad subject lines can look like this:

  • HELP ME PLZ

  • idk wut i’m doing 4 hw1

In your email, please include a description of the problem you’re having and any relevant code and/or error messages in the form of scripts or screenshots. Failure to do so may result in longer response times and/or no response altogether. You can send emails from any email address you have. Allow up to 24 hours for a response if you send an email Monday through Thursday. Over the weekend, response times may be longer. Please be patient.

Office Hours: MWF from 2:00pm-5:00pm, TR from 3:30pm-5:00pm in 23 Illini Hall (CITES Computer Lab), or by appointment

Website(s): General information about the project will be posted on Compass2g. Assignments will be posted on Lon-Capa under the James Scholar folder. The textbook can be found at https://rossdrucker.github.io/STAT-100-Honors-Project/

Project Objective: The goal of this project is to make students comfortable using the R programming language for a variety of uses. By the end, students should be able to perform basic calculations in R for both STAT 100 concepts and personal use.

HCLA: In order to receive credit for this project, you must get an HCLA (either paper form or electronic) signed no later than Monday, January 29th at 11:59pm. Since the project is meant to run alongside class material, signups after this date will not be accepted.

Topics (not in order; these may be updated throughout the semester):

  1. R’s interface and using R as a calculator

  2. Data types

  3. Descriptive statistics

  4. Regression and model creation

  5. Plotting, histograms, and visualization

  6. Functions and control structures

  7. Document rendering and scripting

  8. Coding Style

  9. Hypothesis testing

  10. Probability

Grading Policy: - Since this is the first semester for this version of the honors project, there’s not a set number of assignments. There will most likely be around 8-12 assignments (due every 1 to 1.5 weeks)

  • Each week, students should expect to spend 2-3 hours on readings and assignments

  • All assignments will be posted on (and therefore submitted to) Lon-Capa.

  • Point values will vary by assignment

  • In order to receive credit for the project, you must complete all assignments with an (combined) average of 80% or higher

  • Assignments will be available for one week after posting. No late assignments will be accepted

Academic Integrity: All students are expected to abide by the campus regulations on academic integrity, which can be found here. These standards will be enforced and infractions of these rules will not be tolerated in this course. Such behavior includes sharing or copying any part of another student’s assignment or allowing another student to copy any part of your assignment.

Changes: The coordinator reserves the right to change any of the information in this syllabus. It is the student’s responsibility to refer back to the syllabus to see pending changes.