Date Topic Materials Readings/Assignments

01/03 Introduction Slides (4 pages)
01/05 Science in CS Slides (4 pages) Is Computer Science Science? (Reading questions)

01/10 Qualitative vs. quantitative research Slides (4 pages)
01/12 Study design and validity Slides (4 pages) The concept of external validity (Reading questions)

01/17 No class (holiday)
01/19 Experiment infrastructure Slides (4 pages), Code Science as Amateur Software Development (Reading questions)

01/24 Parametric and non-parametric statistics Slides (4 pages) A Practical Guide for Using Statistical Tests to Assess Randomized Algorithms in SE (Reading questions)
01/26 Statistical analysis with R Slides (4 pages), Code

01/31 Significance/confidence/power Slides (4 pages)
02/02 In-class exercise

02/07 Common statistical tests Slides (4 pages)
02/09 ANOVA Slides (4 pages)

02/14 (Generalized) linear models Slides (4 pages)
02/16 In-class exercise

02/21 No class (holiday)
02/23 Data visualization and reporting Slides (4 pages)

02/28 MC methods and bootstrapping Slides (4 pages), Code
03/02 Qualitative research Slides (4 pages)

03/07 Project presentation
03/09 Wrap up