Schedule overview

The schedule information on this page is subject to changes.

  • Lab
    • Section 1: Mondays, 9 am–noon PDT

    • Section 2: Mondays, 1–4 pm PDT

    • Section 3: Mondays, 7–10 pm PDT

  • Lecture: Wednesdays, 9–9:50 am PDT

  • Instructor office hours: Fridays, 2:30-4 pm PDT

  • TA recitation: Thursdays, 3-4:30 pm PDT

  • TA homework help: Thursdays, 4:30–6 pm PDT

Unless given notice otherwise, all sessions are at this Zoom link. However, at some points, the TAs may be in their own Zoom rooms. Here are the links.

Lectures and TA recitations will be recorded and posted at this Google Drive link.


Homework due dates


Lesson exercise due dates


Weekly schedule

The notes for each Monday lesson must be read ahead of time and associated lesson exercises submitted by noon PDT on the Sunday before the lesson. For example, the lesson exercises for lesson 03 must be submitted by noon on Sunday, October 4.

  • Week 0
    • Lesson 00: Preparing for the course

  • Week 1
  • Week 2
  • Week 3
    • M 10/12: Lesson 06: Exploratory data analysis

    • W 10/14: Lesson 07: Good data storage and sharing practices (guest lecture by Tom Morrell)

    • Th 10/15: Recitation 03: Time series and data smoothing

  • Week 4
  • Week 5
  • Week 6
    • M 11/02: Lesson 13: Random number generation

    • M 11/02: Lesson 14: Probability distributions

    • W 11/04: Lesson 15: Null hypothesis significance testing (lecture)

    • Th 11/05: Recitation 06: Probability review

  • Week 7
    • M 11/09: Lesson 16: Nonparametric inference with hacker stats

    • W 11/11: Lesson 17: Parametric inference (lecture)

    • Th 11/12: Recitation 07: Topics in bootstrapping

  • Week 8
    • M 11/16: Lesson 18: Maximum likelihood estimation

    • W 11/18: Lesson 19: Model assessment and information criteria (lecture)

    • Th 11/19: Recitation 08: Wild and residual bootstrap

  • Week 9
  • Week 10
    • M 11/30: Lesson 23: Mixture models

    • M 11/30: Lesson 24: Implementation of model assessment

    • W 12/02: Lesson 25: Statistical watchouts (lecture)

    • Th 12/03: Recitation 09: Packaging and package management