Assignments

All assignments are submitted through Canvas. Problem sets are released Monday at the start of each module and due the following Monday at 1:10 PM (start of class). The lowest 2 problem-set grades are dropped; the final cannot be dropped.

Week Problem Set Topic Due Date
Week 1 PS 1: Statistics Fundamentals Statistics Fundamentals 2026-10-05
Week 2 PS 2: Linear Regression Linear Regression 2026-10-12
Week 3 PS 3: GLMs Generalized Linear Models 2026-10-19
Week 4 PS 4: Non-linear & GAMs Non-linear Regression & GAMs 2026-10-26
Week 5 PS 5: Model Selection Model Selection 2026-11-02
Week 6 PS 6: Regularization Regularization & Cross-Validation 2026-11-09
Week 7 PS 7: PCA PCA & Dimension Reduction 2026-11-16
Week 8 PS 8: Clustering Clustering 2026-11-23
Week 9 PS 9: Random Forests Random Forests & Neural Nets + MANOVA & Transformations 2026-11-30

Final Assignment

A micro-paper data analysis project. Details posted in Canvas during Week 9. Due: Friday, December 11, 11:59 PM (end of finals week).

See Final Assignment PDF for the 2025 version (updated for 2026 in Canvas).