Welcome to ST201
Module overview
Welcome to second year and welcome to ST201!
We will be covering lots of things data related. This will range from the different types of data, how to summarise and visualise data, perform hypothesis tests, and interpret simple linear regression models
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module, you should be able to
- Calculate probabilities in R.
- Analyse one and two samples using standard parametric methods.
- Display data using graphical methods.
- Fit, interpret and predict from simple linear regression models.
Assessment
This module is 100% continuous assessment which is broken down into three parts
- 4 assignments in the form of a Moodle quiz (worth 15%)
- 1 mid-term exam, which will be held on November 10th @3pm (worth 10%)
- 1 final exam, which will be held on January 7th @10am (worth 75%)
If you are an Erasmus student here for Semester 1 only (September - December), you will not be here for the final exam. With that in mind, your assignments and mid-term will be worth more marks.
If you are here for the full academic year (semester 1 AND semester 2), then your grades will follow the same breakdown as listed above.
Timetable
| Time | Location | Class Details |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday (3pm - 4pm) | Physics Hall | Standard format (slides) |
| Thursday (12pm - 1pm) | Physics Hall | Practical class (R code) |
Tutorials
- There will be 4 tutorials for this module, one every two weeks.
- These tutorials will start the week of the 12th October (week 4).
- A sign up sheet will be available for Moodle to pick a time slot. To allow adequate time for the department to organise everything, please ensure you fill out this sheet before 30th September
Slides
All the slides for this module are created using Quarto. In fact, this entire module website is built using Quarto. Personally, I love Quarto. I do just about everything with it! If you every get a chance, do check it out (ok … mini rant over!)
There are many little hidden things you can do with these slides.
You can click in the slides and navigate through them with ← and →.
If you type ? (or shift + /) while viewing the slides you can see a list of slide-specific commands (such as like f for fullscreen mode or additionally s for presenter mode if you want to see my notes).
Finally, if you want to make a PDF of these slides you can press e, followed by ctrl + p.