Schedule

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

Week Date Quiz Class Weekly HW Final Projects
1 Aug 28 Getting Started
Class orientation, intro to R, workflow, packages
HW 1
Due: Sep 02
2 Sep 04 Data Wrangling
Importing, wrangling, and summarizing data in R
HW 2
Due: Sep 09
3 Sep 11 Quiz 1:
Week 2
Quarto & Plotting
Intro to "literate programming" with Quarto and plotting with {ggplot2}
HW 3
Due: Sep 16
Proposal
Due: Sep 22
4 Sep 18 Intro to surveydown
Designing and implementing surveys in surveydown
Finish Proposals!
5 Sep 25 Project Workshop: Team Meetings & Proposal Feedback
HW 4
Due: Sep 30
Survey Plan
Due: Oct 01
6 Oct 02 Quiz 2:
Week 4
Conjoint Questions
Generating conjoint questions in R, implementing in surveydown
HW 5
Due: Oct 07
Pilot Survey
Due: Oct 15
7 Oct 09 Utility Models
Intro to utility models, discrete vs. continuous parameters, parameter coding
HW 6
Due: Oct 14
8 Oct 16 Quiz 3:
Week 7
Optimization & MLE
Optimization, maximum likelihood estimation
HW 7
Due: Oct 21
9 Oct 23 Uncertainty
Computing uncertainty in coefficient estimates
HW 8
Due: Oct 28
Pilot Analysis
Due: Nov 03
10 Oct 30 Quiz 4:
Week 8
DOE & Power Analysis
Designing your survey to reduce error
HW 9
Due: Nov 04
11 Nov 06 WTP & Simulation
Computing WTP, WTP space models, market simulations
HW 10
Due: Nov 11
Final Survey
Due: Nov 17
12 Nov 13 Quiz 5:
Week 11
Heterogeneity
Modeling differences in preferences across sample population
HW 11
Due: Nov 18
13 Nov 20 Class Review
Overview of course concepts
HW 12
Due: Nov 24
Final Analysis
Due: Dec 08
14 Nov 27 Thanksgiving - no class
15 Dec 04 Story Telling
Go over exam solutions and also discuss tips for giving a good presentation
16 Dec 11 Final Presentations
In-class presentation showcase w/Q&A
Final Presentation
Due: Dec 10