Exam 01 review

Author

Prof. Maria Tackett

Published

Feb 13, 2024

Announcements

  • Lab 03 due TODAY at 11:59pm

  • Project topics due Sunday, February 16 at 11:59pm

  • Monday’s lab: Exam 01 office hours

  • No office hours February 19 - 20

Exam 01

  • 50 points total

    • in-class: 35 points

    • take-home: 15 points

  • In-class: 75 minutes during February 18 lecture

  • Take-home: due February 20 at 9pm (no lecture on Thursday)

  • If you miss any part of the exam for an excused absence (with academic dean’s note), your Exam 02 score will be counted twice

Outline of in-class portion

  • Closed-book, closed-note.

  • Potential question types:

    • Multiple choice
    • Short answer (no more than 3 sentences)
    • True/ False.
      • If false, write 1 - 2 sentence justification about why it is false.
    • Evaluate a response.
  • Analysis output included in the exam

  • Just need a pen or pencil. No calculator permitted on exam.

Outline of take-home portion

  • Released: Tuesday, February 18 right after class

  • Due: Thursday, February 20 at 9pm (no lecture February 20)

  • Similar in format to a lab/ HW

    • Will receive Exam questions in README of GitHub repo

    • Formatting + using a reproducible workflow will be part of grade

  • Submit a PDF of responses to GitHub

Tips for studying

  • Review exercises in AEs and assignments, asking “why” as you review your process and reasoning

    • e.g., Why do we include “holding all else constant” in interpretations?
  • Focus on understanding not memorization

  • Explain concepts / process to others

  • Ask questions in office hours

  • Review lecture recordings as needed

Content: Weeks 1 - 6

  • Exploratory data analysis

  • Fitting and interpreting simple linear regression models

  • Statistical models and regression equations

  • Simulation-based inference

  • Mathematical models for inference

  • Fitting and interpreting multiple linear regression

  • Prediction

  • Different types of predictors

  • Model evaluation and comparison

Application exercise