Data 8: Foundations of Data Science

Name: Data 8 Summer 2023
Author: Data 8 Staff

UC Berkeley, Summer 2023

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Aug 7 · 0 min read

Project 2 is due Wednesday 8/9
Project 2 Checkpoint is due Monday 8/7
The final exam will be Friday 8/11 10am-12pm
Kind reminder to keep discussions civil and respectful to both staff members and other students.

June 19: 0 Holiday: No class
June 20: 1 Introduction; Slides • Video; Reading: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3; Homework Homework 01 (Due 6/23)
June 21: 2 Cause and Effect; Slides • Video; Reading: 2; Lab Lab 01: Expressions (Due 6/21); Lab 01 Worksheet
June 22: 3 Tables; Slides • Video • Demo; Reading: 3
June 23: 4 Data Types, Building Tables, Census; Slides • Video • Demo; Reading: 4, 5, 6.1, 6.2; Homework Homework 02 (Due 6/27)

June 26: 5 Distributions/Charts; Slides • Video • Demo; Reading: 7, 7.1; Lab Lab 02: Table Operations (Due 6/26)
June 27: 6 Histograms; Slides • Video • Demo; Reading: 7.2, 7.3; Homework Homework 03 (Due 6/30)
June 28: 7 Functions; Slides • Video • Demo; Reading: 8, 8.1; Lab Lab 03: Data Types, Creating & Extending Tables (Due 6/28); Lab 03: Worksheet
June 29: 8 Conditionals and Iteration; Slides • Video • Demo; Reading: 9, 9.1, 9.2
June 30: 9 Groups, Pivots, Joins; Slides • Demo; Reading: 8, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4; Homework Homework 04 (Due 7/5); Project Project 1: World Progress (Due Fri 7/7; Checkpoint Wed 07/5)

July 3: 10 Chance; Slides • Demo • Video; Reading: 9.2, 9.3, 9.4; Lab Lab 04: Functions & Visualizations (Due 7/3)
July 4: 0 Holiday: No class; Homework Homework 05 (Due 7/7)
July 5: 11 Sampling; Slides • Demo • Video; Reading: 9.5, 10; Lab Lab 05: Conditional Statements, Iteration, Tables (Due 7/5)
July 6: 12 Models; Slides • Demo • Video; Reading: 10.2, 10.3, 10.4
July 7: 13 Comparing Distributions, Decisions/Uncertainty; Slides • Demo • Video; Reading: 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4; Homework Homework 06 (Due 7/11)

July 10: 14 A/B Testing:; Slides • Demo • Video; Reading: 11.4, 12.1; Lab Lab 06: Assessing Models (Due 7/10)
July 11: 15 Causality; Slides • Demo • Video; Reading: 12.2
July 12: 16 Midterm Review Part 1; Slides; Reading: 12.3; Lab Lab 07: A/B Testing (Due 7/12)
July 13: 17 Midterm Review Part 2; Slides; Worksheet
July 14: Exam Midterm Exam (10 AM - 12 PM)

July 17: 18 Confidence Intervals; Slides • Demo • Video; Reading: 13, 13.1, 13.2; Lab Post-Midterm Review
July 18: 19 Interpreting Confidence; Slides • Demo • Video; Reading: 13.3, 13.4; Homework Homework 07 (Due 7/21)
July 19: 20 Center and Spread; Slides • Demo • Video; Reading: 14, 14.1, 14.2; Lab Lab 08: Confidence Intervals (Due 7/19)
July 20: 21 The Normal Distribution; Slides • Demo • Video; Reading: 14.3, 14.4
July 21: 22 Sample Means, Designing Experiments; Slides • Demo • Video; Reading: 14.5, 14.6; Homework Homework 08 (Due 7/25)

July 24: 23 Correlation; Slides • Demos • Video; Reading: 15, 15.1; Lab Lab 09: Sample Means (Due 7/24)
July 25: 24 Linear Regression; Slides • Demos • Video; Reading: 15.2; Homework Homework 09 (Due 7/28)
July 26: 25 Least Squares; Slides • Demo • Video; Reading: 15.3, 15.4; Lab Lab 10: Climate Part 1 (Due 7/26)
July 27: 26 Residuals; Slides • Demo • Video; Reading: 15.5, 15.6
July 28: 27 Regression Inference; Slides • Additional Materials • Demo • Video; Reading: 16; Homework Homework 10 (Due 8/1)

July 31: 28 Classification; Slides • Demo • Video; Reading: 17, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3; Lab Lab 11: Climate Part 2
August 1: 29 Classifiers; Slides • Demo • Video; Reading: 17.4; Homework Homework 11 (Due 8/4)
August 2: 30 Updating Probabilities; Slides • Demo• Video; Reading: 13, 18; Lab Lab 12: Regression; Project Project 2: Classifying Movies (Due Wed 8/9; Checkpoint Mon 8/7)
August 3: 31 Case Study: Computer Vision (Will Furtado); Slides • Demo • Video
August 4: 32 Case Study: Methods for 3D Data Analysis and Visualization (Gabriel Lipkowitz); Video

August 7: 33 Case Study/Review; Slides; Lab Lab 13: Conditional Probability (due 8/7)
August 8: 34 Review; Slides
August 9: 35 Review; Lab Final Review Lab
August 10: 36 Conclusion/Panel
August 11: Exam Final Exam (10 AM - 12PM)

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