Data 8: Foundations of Data Science

UC Berkeley, Fall 2023

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Project 3 due Friday, 12/1
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Week 1

Aug 23

1 (Khan) Introduction: Slides • Demo • Video

Reading: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

Lab Lab 01: Expressions (Due 8/25): Lab 01 Worksheet

Aug 25

2 (Adhikari) Cause and Effect: Slides • Video

Reading: 2

Homework Homework 01 (Due 8/30)

Week 2

Aug 28

3 (DeNero) Tables: Slides • Demo • Video

Reading: 3

Lab Lab 02: Table Operations (Due 9/1): Lab 02 Worksheet

Aug 30

4 (Khan) Data Types: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 4, 5

Sep 1

5 (Khan) Building Tables: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 6.1, 6.2

Homework Homework 02 (Due 9/6)

Week 3

Sep 4

Holiday No Class

Lab Lab 03: Data Types, Creating and Extending Tables (Due 9/8): Lab 03 Worksheet

Sep 6

06 (Khan) Census: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 6.3, 6.4

Sep 8

07 (Khan) Charts: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 7, 7.1

Homework Homework 03 (Due 9/13)

Week 4

Sep 11

08 (Adhikari) Histograms: Slides • Demo 1 • Demo 2 • Video

Reading: 7.2, 7.3

Lab Lab 04: Functions and Visualization (Due 9/15): Lab 04 Worksheet

Sep 13

09 (Sahai) Functions: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 8, 8.1

Sep 15

10 (Sahai) Groups: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 8.2, 8.3

Homework Homework 04 (Due 9/20)

Project Project 1: World Population and Poverty (Due 9/29, Checkpoint 9/22)

Week 5

Sep 18

11 (DeNero) Pivots and Joins: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 8.4

Lab Project 1 Work Time: Project 1 Lab Worksheet

Sep 20

12 (Khan) Table Examples: Slides • Demos • Empty Demos • Video

Reading: 8.5

Sep 22

13 (Khan) Iteration: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 9, 9.1, 9.2

Homework Homework 05 (Due 9/27)

Week 6

Sep 25

14 (Sahai) Chance: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 9.2, 9.3, 9.4

Lab Lab 05: Conditional Statements, Iteration, Tables (Due 9/29): Lab 05 Worksheet

Sep 27

15 (Khan) Sampling: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 9.5, 10

Sep 29

16 (Sahai) Models: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 10.2, 10.3, 10.4

Homework Homework 06 (Due 10/4)

Week 7

Oct 2

17 (Sahai) Comparing Distributions: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 11.1, 11.2

Lab Lab 06: Assessing Models (Due 10/6): Lab 06 Worksheet

Oct 4

18 (Khan) Decisions and Uncertainty: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 11.3, 11.4

Oct 6

19 (Sahai) A/B Testing: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 11.4, 12.1

Homework Homework 07 (Due 10/11)

Week 8

Oct 9

20 (Sahai) Causality: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 12.2: Midterm Lab Worksheet

Oct 11

21 (Noah Tran) Examples: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 12.3

Oct 13

22 (Sarah Song) Midterm Review: Slides • Video

Exam Midterm (7 - 9 PM)

Week 9

Oct 16

23 (Adhikari) Confidence Intervals: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 13, 13.1, 13.2

Lab Lab 07: A/B Testing (Due 10/20): Lab 07 Worksheet

Oct 18

24 (Khan) Interpreting Confidence: Slides • Demos (empty) • Demos • Video

Reading: 13.3, 13.4

Oct 20

25 (Khan) Center and Spread: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 14, 14.1, 14.2: Supplemental Videos: SU, Chebyshev

Homework Homework 08 (Due 10/25)

Week 10

Oct 23

26 (Sahai) The Normal Distribution: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 14.3, 14.4

Lab Lab 08: Sample Mean (Due 10/27): Lab 08 Worksheet

Oct 25

27 (Sahai) Sample Means: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 14.5

Oct 27

28 (Khan) Designing Experiments: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 14.6

Homework Homework 09 (Due 11/1)

Project Project 2: Climate (Due 11/10, Checkpoint 11/3)

Week 11

Oct 30

29 (Sahai) Correlation: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 15, 15.1

Lab Project 2 Work Time: Project 2 Lab Worksheet

Nov 1

30 (Khan) Linear Regression: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 15.2

Nov 3

31 (Khan) Least Squares: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 15.3, 15.4

Homework Homework 10 (Due 11/8)

Week 12

Nov 6

32 (Sahai) Residuals: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 15.5, 15.6

Lab Lab 09: Regression (Due 11/10): Lab 09 Worksheet

Nov 8

33 (Khan) Regression Inference: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 16

Nov 10

Holiday No Class

Homework Homework 11 (Due 11/15)

Week 13

Nov 13

34 (Sahai) Classification: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 17, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3

Lab Project 3 Work Time: Project 3 Lab Worksheet

Project Project 3: Classifying Movies (Checkpoint 11/20, Due 12/1)

Nov 15

35 (Sahai) Classifiers: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 17.4

Nov 17

36 Privacy (Pre-recorded): Slides • Video

Homework Homework 12 (Due 11/29)

Week 14

Nov 20

37 (Adhikari) Updating Predictions: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 13, 18

Nov 22

Holiday No Class

Nov 24

Holiday No Class

Week 15

Nov 27

38 (Adhikari) Course Overview & Inference Review: Course Overview Slides • Inference Review Slides • Video

Lab Lab 10: Conditional Probability (Due 12/1): Lab 10 Worksheet

Nov 29

39 (Sahai) Case Study: CV: Slides • Video • Podcast

Dec 1

40 (Sahai, Khan) Conclusion: Slides • Video

Homework Homework 13

Final

Dec 11: Exam Final Exam (8-11 AM)

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