Below is material I prepared for Harvard's
STAT 100
(“Introduction to Statistics and Data Science”) in Fall 2024, a beginner-level course that assumes no background in coding or statistics. As a Section Leader, I was rated 5/5 ("Excellent") by the majority of students in my teaching evaluations.
Weeks 1 and 2 (Data Visualization): Week 1 Slides, Week 2 Slides, Grammar of Graphics, Choosing the Right Graph
Week 3 (Data Wrangling):
Week 3 Slides,
Removing Missing Values,
Code for Data Wrangling
Week 4 (Data Collection):
Week 4 Slides
Weeks 5 and 6 (Simulation-Based Inference):
Week 5 Slides,
Week 6 Slides,
Code for Simulation-Based Inference
Week 8 (Probability and Random Variables): Week 8 Slides
Week 9 (Theory-Based Inference):
Week 9 Slides,
Code for Theory-Based Inference
Weeks 10 and 11 (Linear Regression):
Week 10 Slides,
Week 11 Slides
Week 12 (Other Inference Scenarios):
Week 12 Slides,
Inference Scenarios
Final Review Session:
Review Slides
Below is material I prepared for Harvard's
STAT 102
(“Introduction to Statistics for Life Sciences") in Spring 2025, a beginner-level course similar to STAT 100 but designed for students interested in life sciences. As a Section Leader, I was rated 5/5 ("Excellent") by the majority of students in my teaching evaluations.
Week 2 (Data Visualization): Week 2 Slides, Grammar of Graphics, Choosing the Right Graph
Week 3 (Data Wrangling):
Week 3 Slides,
Removing Missing Values,
Code for Data Wrangling
Week 4 (Data Collection):
Week 4 Slides
Weeks 5 and 6 (Simulation-Based Inference):
Week 5 Slides,
Week 6 Slides,
Code for Simulation-Based Inference
Week 9 (Probability and Random Variables): Week 9 Slides
Week 10 (Theory-Based Inference):
Week 10 Slides,
Central Limit Theorem,
Code for Theory-Based Inference
Weeks 11 and 12 (Linear Regression):
Week 11 Slides,
Week 12 Slides
Week 13 (Other Inference Scenarios):
Week 13 Slides,
Inference Scenarios
Review Sessions:
Midterm Slides,
Final Slides