IDS 702: Data Modeling and Representation

Duke University
Fall 2023

Welcome to the IDS 702 course site!

Course Overview

Meeting times: Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:05-4:20 PM, Gross Hall 107

Instructor
Andrea Lane, PhD
andrea.lane@duke.edu
Gross Hall 223
Office hours: Tues/Thurs 4:20-5:20 PM

Teaching Assistants
Xiaoquan Liu
x.liu@duke.edu
Office hours: Mon 8:15-9:15AM on Zoom (click here for Zoom link), Thurs 11:30AM-12:30PM Gross Hall 2nd floor conference room

Dingkun Yang
dingkun.yang@duke.edu
Office hours: Tues 11:35AM-12:35PM Gross Hall 2nd floor conference room, Weds 3:15-4:15PM on Zoom (click here for Zoom link)

Textbook

An Introduction to Statistical Learning with Applications in R, 2nd edition by James, G., Witten, D., Hastie, T., and Tibshirani, R.

Use the link above to download a PDF of the book

Important Dates

Tuesday, Aug. 29 First day of class
Friday, Oct. 6 11:59 PM Statistics reflection due
Tuesday, Oct. 17 Fall break - no class meeting
Thursday, Oct. 19 IN CLASS DA2 due for peer review in class
Tuesday, Oct. 24 11:59 PM Project - EDA Report due
Friday, Oct. 27 11:59 PM DA2 due
Sunday, Oct. 29 11:59 PM Statistics reflection due
Friday, Nov 3 11:59 PM Project - Statistical Analysis Plan due
Friday, Nov. 17 11:59 PM DA3 due
Sunday, Nov. 19 11:59 PM Statistics reflection due
Tuesday, Nov. 21 Thanksgiving holiday - no class meeting (project office hours on zoom)
Wednesday, Nov 22 11:59 PM Project (OPTIONAL) - Submit final report draft for feedback
Thursday, Nov. 23 Thanksgiving holiday - no class meeting
Tuesday, Nov 28 in class Project presentations - odd number groups
Thursday, Nov 30 in class Project presentations - even number groups
Friday, Dec 1 11:59 PM Project final reports - even number groups
Sunday, Dec 3 11:59 PM Project final reports - odd number groups
Friday, Dec 1 Classes end