Learning objectives

• Get organized for the course
• Examine some data

Before class

• Remember to bring your laptop to class
• Start reading Chapters 1, 2, and 3 (omitting the sections on computational technique)

In class

• Welcome, introductions, and course description
• Examine some data
• Describe data collection assignment: elevator buttons
• Login to Piazza online forum and respond to the post “Introduce yourself!”
• Try out RStudio.  Here are some examples of arithmetic with R.
• Address enrollment issues

On your own 

• Watch this one-hour documentary: The Joy of Stats with Hans Rosling

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