Schedule

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

Week Date Quiz Class Weekly HW Final Projects
1 Aug 30 Getting Started
Class orientation, intro to R, workflow, packages
HW 1
Due: Sep 05
2 Sep 06 Data Wrangling
Importing, wrangling, and summarizing data in R
HW 2
Due: Sep 12
3 Sep 13 Quiz 1:
Week 2
Quarto & Plotting
Intro to "literate programming" with Quarto and plotting with {ggplot2}
HW 3
Due: Sep 19
Proposal
Due: Sep 24
4 Sep 20 Intro to formr
Designing and implementing surveys in formr
5 Sep 27 Project Workshop: Team Meetings & Proposal Feedback
HW 4
Due: Oct 03
Survey Plan
Due: Oct 03
6 Oct 04 Conjoint Questions
Generating conjoint questions in R, implementing in formr
HW 5
Due: Oct 10
Pilot Survey
Due: Oct 17
7 Oct 11 Quiz 2:
Week 4
Utility Models
Intro to utility models, discrete vs. continuous parameters, parameter coding
HW 6
Due: Oct 17
8 Oct 18 Quiz 3:
Week 7
Optimization & MLE
Optimization, maximum likelihood estimation
HW 7
Due: Oct 24
9 Oct 25 Uncertainty
Computing uncertainty in coefficient estimates
HW 8
Due: Oct 31
Pilot Analysis
Due: Nov 05
10 Nov 01 Quiz 4:
Week 8
DOE & Power Analysis
Designing your survey to reduce error
HW 9
Due: Nov 07
11 Nov 08 WTP & Simulation
Computing WTP, WTP space models, market simulations
HW 10
Due: Nov 14
Final Survey
Due: Nov 19
12 Nov 15 Quiz 5:
Week 11
Heterogeneity
Modeling differences in preferences across sample population
13 Nov 22 Thanksgiving - no class
14 Nov 29 Class Review
Overview of course concepts
HW 11
Due: Dec 03
Final Analysis
Due: Dec 10
15 Dec 06 Story Telling
Go over exam solutions and also discuss tips for giving a good presentation
16 Dec 13 Final Presentations
In-class presentation showcase w/Q&A
Final Presentation
Due: Dec 12