Add PSY-279-B half-semester Applied Data Science course

[Copilot]

Creates a half-semester undergraduate course modeled on the graduate-level PSY-703 Data Science curriculum.

Changes

• New file: 0205_datascience_brief.Rmd
  • 8-week condensed schedule (vs. 16-week full semester)
  • 8 core topics: toolkit introduction, visualization, tidyverse, data transformations, functions, tidy models, machine learning
  • Contract milestone week 2, Final Project week 8
  • Targets undergraduate students in applied psychology/mental health
  • Reuses existing DS4P course materials and contract grading infrastructure

Structure

Follows established patterns:

• Sequential file numbering (0205) for automatic bookdown ordering
• Uses scheduler.R for schedule generation with number_of_weeks=8
• Sources shared content via ./common/content/contract.Xmd and contract_grades_ds4p.Xmd
• Consistent datatable rendering with nrow(classschedule$module) pageLength

topic = c(
  "What is Data Science and Meet the Toolkit", 
  "Data and Visualization",
  "Welcome to the Tidyverse",
  # ... 8 total topics covering essentials
)

classschedule <- create_classschedule(
  first_day = first_day,
  number_of_weeks = 8,
  weekday_due = "m",
  topic = topic,
  exams_week = 2,
  assignments_week = 8
)

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>279-B-Brief Topics</issue_title>
<issue_description>Please make a half semester class for PSY-279-B-Brief Topics in Applied Psychology and Mental Health - Applied Data Science for Psychologists.

it should resemble the graduate level version of the same class.</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes 279-B-Brief Topics #19

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