Homework

All homework assignments should be submitted to gradescope.

Submissions must be in .pdf format. It can be created using R Markdown.
The .Rmd file should be submitted separately. Please see gradescope for details.
If you choose to use python, make sure that you produce a .pdf file with similar format as produced by R Markdown.

To get started with R and R Markdown, consider using the following guides.

If you need a brief guide for installing R, Rstudio, R Markdown and also MikTex, see this for PC and this for Mac. In addition, you can read this R Markdown guild by the RStudio team, and this R Markdown cheatsheet.

Additionally, for Latex, you may consider using this guild from Overleaf.

Grading Policy:

[Correctness] 80% of the total score. This includes, but not limited to, providing details of your modeling approach, such as tuning parameters and explaining your decision process.
[Interpretation of Results] 10% of the total score. You should provide explanation and interpretation of your motivation, approach and result.
[R code/output and Organization] 10% of the total score. Your R code should be clean and easy to understand. Make sure to have all your R code chunks visible. Figures/Tables should be properly simplified/sized.

Late Policy:

[Regular Deadline] All homework assignments are due at 11:59PM CT Thursday night. Please note that 1 second after the deadline will be treated as late (this will be determined by gradescope). Do not wait until the last second.
[Late Submission] You can also choose to submit your assignment as late as four days (Mon, 11:59PM) after the deadline. However, for each day of delay (round up) you will lose 5% of the total score.
[Unaccepted] Anything after Monday will not be accepted. You will receive 0 score for that homework.

Example Homework

Consider using the following .Rmd file to test your R Markdown.

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