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We will stop using data from 2017 as soon as the textbook snafu is sorted out.
 
We will stop using data from 2017 as soon as the textbook snafu is sorted out.
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'''Homework 0:'''  Choose a topic from the list below.  Find data on that topic.  If you can't find data on your topic, choose another topic.  Then answer the following questions:
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* Is the data structured or unstructured?
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* What are the cases?
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* What are some of the variables?
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* Are the variables quantitative, ordinal categorical, nominal categorical, binary, or identifier?
  
 
Suggested topics for data search: (actually, whatever interests you): sports (of various kinds, there are lots of free good data on baseball), entertainment, movies (again good data), law, criminology, government, city planning, architecture, weather, climate, geology, seismology, medicine, epidemiology, health, fitness, biology, evolution, extinction, ecology, math, computer science, statistics, data science, anthropology, ethnic studies, gender studies, history, sociology, culture, tourism, archeology, art, literature, writing, journalism, census, linguistics, finance, economics, business, astronomy, physics, chemistry, library sciences, theology, anything else you can think of.
 
Suggested topics for data search: (actually, whatever interests you): sports (of various kinds, there are lots of free good data on baseball), entertainment, movies (again good data), law, criminology, government, city planning, architecture, weather, climate, geology, seismology, medicine, epidemiology, health, fitness, biology, evolution, extinction, ecology, math, computer science, statistics, data science, anthropology, ethnic studies, gender studies, history, sociology, culture, tourism, archeology, art, literature, writing, journalism, census, linguistics, finance, economics, business, astronomy, physics, chemistry, library sciences, theology, anything else you can think of.

Revision as of 23:32, 28 August 2018

Fall 2018 Course Materials will go here.

Materials: [Materials From Past][Exercises with Solutions][Data from 2017][Links and Other Materials]

We will stop using data from 2017 as soon as the textbook snafu is sorted out.

Homework 0: Choose a topic from the list below. Find data on that topic. If you can't find data on your topic, choose another topic. Then answer the following questions:

  • Is the data structured or unstructured?
  • What are the cases?
  • What are some of the variables?
  • Are the variables quantitative, ordinal categorical, nominal categorical, binary, or identifier?

Suggested topics for data search: (actually, whatever interests you): sports (of various kinds, there are lots of free good data on baseball), entertainment, movies (again good data), law, criminology, government, city planning, architecture, weather, climate, geology, seismology, medicine, epidemiology, health, fitness, biology, evolution, extinction, ecology, math, computer science, statistics, data science, anthropology, ethnic studies, gender studies, history, sociology, culture, tourism, archeology, art, literature, writing, journalism, census, linguistics, finance, economics, business, astronomy, physics, chemistry, library sciences, theology, anything else you can think of.