Lab 01

Simple linear regression

September 9, 2024

Getting started

Ask your TA if

You do not have a lab-01 repo in the GitHub course organization: github.com/sta221-fa24
You need help cloning the repo and starting a new RStudio project

You do not have to finish the lab in class, they will always be due Thursdays at 11:59pm. One work strategy is to get through portions that you think will be most challenging (which initially might be the coding component) during lab when a TA can help you on the spot and leave the narrative writing until later.
Do not pressure each other to finish early (particularly once you start working on teams); use the time wisely to really learn the material and produce a quality report.

Part of the lab grade is for “workflow and formatting” assessing the reproducible workflow and document format. This includes

Having at least 3 informative commit messages (practicing version control)
- There are markers in Lab 01 to help you incorporate version control in your workflow
The PDF is neatly organized document with clear exercise headings and readable code and narrative
The name (first and last) and date are updated at the top of the document.

Make sure all your final changes have been pushed to your GitHub repo
Submit your final PDF to Gradescope
- Access Gradescope through the course Canvas site
- Mark the pages associated with each exercise.

Today’s lab focuses on exploratory data analysis and simple linear regression, content from Weeks 01 and 02 in the course.