Schedule

All assignments are due by 11:59pm on the due date.

Week Date Quiz Class Weekly HW Final Projects
1 Aug 27 Getting Started
Class orientation, intro to R, workflow, packages
HW 1
Due: Sep 01
2 Sep 03 Data Wrangling
Importing, wrangling, and summarizing data in R
HW 2
Due: Sep 08
3 Sep 10 Quiz 1:
Week 2
Quarto & Plotting
Intro to "literate programming" with Quarto and plotting with {ggplot2}
Finish Proposals! Proposal
Due: Sep 21
4 Sep 17 Project Workshop
Team meetings to discuss project proposals
HW 3
Due: Sep 22
Survey Plan
Due: Sep 30
5 Sep 24 Intro to surveydown
HW 4
Due: Sep 29
6 Oct 01 Quiz 2:
Week 4
Conjoint Questions
Generating conjoint questions in R, implementing in surveydown
HW 5
Due: Oct 06
Pilot Survey
Due: Oct 14
7 Oct 08 Utility Models
Intro to utility models, discrete vs. continuous parameters, parameter coding
HW 6
Due: Oct 13
8 Oct 15 Quiz 3:
Week 7
Optimization & MLE
Optimization, maximum likelihood estimation
HW 7
Due: Oct 20
9 Oct 22 Uncertainty
Computing uncertainty in coefficient estimates
HW 8
Due: Oct 27
Pilot Analysis
Due: Nov 02
10 Oct 29 Quiz 4:
Week 8
DOE & Power Analysis
Designing your survey to reduce error
HW 9
Due: Nov 03
11 Nov 05 WTP & Simulation
Computing WTP, WTP space models, market simulations
HW 10
Due: Nov 10
Final Survey
Due: Nov 16
12 Nov 12 Quiz 5:
Week 11
Heterogeneity
Modeling differences in preferences across sample population
HW 11
Due: Nov 17
13 Nov 19 Class Review
Overview of course concepts
HW 12
Due: Nov 23
Final Analysis
Due: Dec 07
14 Nov 26 Thanksgiving - no class
15 Dec 03 Story Telling
Go over exam solutions and also discuss tips for giving a good presentation
16 Dec 10 Final Presentations
In-class presentation showcase w/Q&A
Final Presentation
Due: Dec 09