Final Exam will
take place at 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm @ CKB 220.Final Project due
on May 2nd.Final Exam will
take place at 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm @ CKB 220.Final Project due
on May 2nd.
Project: Our final project is this Santander Customer Satisfaction Prediction from kaggle.
Tentative Weekly schedule*, Please download slides & Homework from Moodle.
| Date | Topic | Readings | Assignments | Comments |
| 1/25/2016 | Class overview + Introduction R Nults and Bolts (I) | R Programming | ||
| 2/01/2016 | R Nults and Bolts (II) | 1 "R Nuts and Bolts"; 2 Chap 1 "Getting started" | ||
| 2/08/2016 | Getting Data In and Out of R | R Programming | Quiz 1 | |
| 2/15/2016 | Control Structures and Functions | R Programming | ||
| 2/22/2016 | Loop Functions | R Programming | Quiz 2 | |
| 2/29/2016 | String Operations (stringr package) | R Programming | ||
| 3/07/2016 | Data Manipulation (dplyr, reshape2 packages) | Quiz 3 | ||
| 3/14/2016 | No Class: Spring break | |||
| 3/21/2016 | Midterm | |||
| 3/28/2016 | Probability Basics & Data Exploration | |||
| 4/04/2016 | Clustering | |||
| 4/11/2016 | Regression and Classification (linear models) | Quiz 4 | ||
| 4/18/2016 | Model Selection + SVM and other Representative Classifers | First Kaggle Submission | ||
| 4/25/2016 | R Graphics and Debugging | Quiz 5 | 1st Kaggle Submission Deadline | |
| 5/02/2016 | Packaging & Profiling; Final Review; Real Case Study | Project Due | ||
| 5/12/2016 | Final Exam | 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm @ CKB 220 |
*This schedule is subject to change at the discretion of the
instructor or in the event of extenuating circumstances.
Students will be notified in class of any changes to the syllabus.