Weekly Agenda

Week 3 Goals

  • Support Team work on 02-DISC
  • Address lingering issues on 02-ISLE skills?
  • Introduce numerical variables and techniques to describe them

Agenda - Week 3 - Day 1

  • Look ahead - Numerical Variables
  • Team Discussion Time
  • Look at 03-ISLE Learning Goals
  • Look at 03-DISC and Example Analysis
  • Conceptual look histograms, quartiles, and mean/median/mode
  • Sleep Data - Discuss Shape, Center and Spread with Group
  • Super Bowl Data - Discuss Shape< Center and Spread with Group
  • Sample Data to play with (mean vs median - robust statistics - intro standard deviation)

Agenda - Week 3 - Day 2

  • Deeper dive into Module 3
  • Focus on Describing a Numerical Variable
  • Shape, Spread/Variation, Center and Oddities
  • Examples of Sleep Time and Commute Time
  • Walk-through of ISLE toolbox skills for 03-DISC
  • First Quiz and Practice First Quiz

Week 2 Goals

  • Support Team Discussion for 01-DISC
  • Introduce ACS data
  • Introduce ISLE Data Explorer
  • Learn New Data Move (Filter, Collapse, Bin)

Course Agenda - Day 1

01-ISLE Question Review

  • Anything of interest/confusion?
  • Closer Look at Why do researchers use random assignment of the treatment and control to the participants (observational units) in the experiment?
  • Two Main themes emerged, eliminating bias, and create similar groups, what does this mean…elaborate?
  • Why is random assignment used? Can you provide an example?

Quick Notes on Random Assignment vs Random Sampling

  • Why Used? Implications on Inference.
  • Where used?

Group Discussion Time

  • Write on Final Conclusions
  • Refine observations (Q1)
  • What is Random Assignment? Was it used in this study?
  • Is Random Assignment important for this study?
  • Is this descriptive or inferential statistics?
  • What’s a good graphic/table to reinforce your written conclusion?

Introduce Module Two - Categorical Variables

  • Goals
  • Any Questions from Page 2? Page 3?
  • Look ahead at Discussion Prompts…
  • Google Sheets / Slide Support?

Test our skills in a group settings using Class Survey

  • in our breakouts we will go through a set of questions to test your new abilities.

Week 1 Goals

  • Better understand course structure
  • Better understand course expectations
  • Start building community, by getting to know eachother

First Day of Week

Welcome to Class

Course Structure

  • Weekly ISLE Lesson Overview
  • Campuswire
  • Teams

First Group Breakout

  • Introduce yourself
  • Why attending college?
  • Something interesting about you?
  • What’s your life aspiration? (dream big!)

Overview of Semester

  • Calendar
  • Projects
  • Grading

5 minute self-reflection

  • What are your take-a-ways from today?
  • Is there anything you are confused about?
  • Do you have any questions so far?

Group Breakout - III

  • Share your reflection

Questions? Comments?

Second Day of Week

Course Structure

  • Hybrid Structure
  • Learning Community
  • Communication with Campuswire
  • Office Student Hours

First Group Breakout

  • If you could be any animal for an hour (with guarantee you won’t die), what animal would you choose? Why?
  • Discuss Module One Page 2’s Reading Check, Random Assignment, What is Statistics?

First Group Discussion Q&A

Go over expectations Test out group meetings outside of class

5 minute self-reflection

  • What are your take-a-ways from today?
  • Is there anything you are confused about?
  • Do you have any questions so far?

Second Group Breakout

  • Introduce yourself
  • Share your reflection

Questions? Comments?

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