Statistics and Statistical Programming (Winter 2021)/Day 1 session plan

Agenda

 * Introductions
 * (Preferred) names, pronouns, details about where you are in the program.
 * Why are you here?
 * What background, if any, do you have with statistics and/or statistical programming?
 * Meta-curricular concerns and a tour of the syllabus
 * High-level goals
 * Why this approach to this material? (My pedagogical philosophy and motives)
 * Course format, channels of communication, and aspirational norms
 * [To the extent that there is time...] Working through ../Problem set 3 (due next Monday)