Announcements

  • Independent explorations due Wednesday 12/6. Exploration fair on Thursday 12/7.

  • The final exam is on Tuesday 12/12 3pm-6pm.

    • Seat assignments will be emailed to you on Monday 12/11.
    • Most seats are in RSF. If you don't know your seat assignment, go to RSF.
  • Final review is available during RRR week.

  • Tutoring sessions will be held during RRR week.

  • Project party for Project 3, Wednesday 11/29, 5-8pm, in 540 Cory.

  • Independent explorations due Wednesday 12/6. Exploration fair on Thursday 12/7.

  • Bonus lecture, tomorrow, 11/30, 6-7pm, in 306 Soda (HP Auditorium), on advanced regression and machine learning topics.

  • RRR week schedule: Tutoring sessions will be held during dead week. There will be exam review sessions during lecture time. During lab times we will have review of specific course topics.

  • Project 3 checkpoint is due Tuesday, November 21, 11:59pm.

  • No lecture or labs on Wed-Fri 11/22-24.

  • No tutoring sessions this week: all are cancelled.

  • Office hours will take place on Monday, 11/21 and Tuesday, 11/22, but office hours on Wed-Fri are cancelled.

  • Work on Project 3! Checkpoint due next Tuesday.
  • Optional: If you want to participate in a friendly Project 3 competition, submit here.
  • Please fill out our mid-semester survey by Wednesday, 11/8. We will give the entire class a bonus point if 85% of you respond.

  • Homework 7 is due Thursday, 11/9.

  • There is no class on Friday, 11/10. If you have a Friday lab, please go to any of the other lab times on Wednesday or Thursday. If you can't attend a Wednesday or Thursday lab, please finish the lab completely and pass all tests and submit by Tuesday 11:59pm. See this post on Piazza.

  • Please fill out our mid-semester survey by Wednesday, 11/8. We will give the entire class a bonus point if 85% of you respond.

  • Homework 7 is due Thursday, 11/9.

  • There is no class on Friday, 11/10. If you have a Friday lab, please go to any of the other lab times on Wednesday or Thursday. If you can't attend a Wednesday or Thursday lab, please finish the lab completely and pass all tests and submit by Tuesday 11:59pm. See this post on Piazza.

  • Homework 6 due Thursday 11/2 @ 11:59pm.
  • Homework 6 due Thursday 11/2 @ 11:59pm.
  • Project 2 is due Thursday 10/26 at 11:59pm.
    • You can earn an early submission bonus point by submitting your completed project by Wednesday 10/25.
    • Project party on Wednesday 10/25 3:30pm-6pm in 540 Cory.
  • Project 2 is due Thursday 10/26 at 11:59pm.
    • Project party on Tuesday 10/24 3pm-6pm in 430 Soda (Wozniak lounge).
    • Project party on Wednesday 10/25 3:30pm-6pm in 540 Cory.
  • We have conceptual office hours on Monday 1-2pm in 651 Soda.
    • These are only for help with concepts, not homework/lab/projects.
  • Project 2 checkpoint is due Friday 10/20, 11:59pm.
  • We have conceptual office hours on Monday 1-2pm, Monday 4-5pm, Tuesday 3-4pm. These are only for help with concepts, not homeworks/labs/projects.
  • Homework 5 is due Thursday 10/12
  • Homework 4 due Thursday 10/5
    • Complete it by Wednesday 10/4 for an early submission bonus point.
  • Lab this week is purely review; no need to submit or get checked off.
  • The midterm is on Friday 10/6 during the regular lecture time (10:10 to 11)
    • A seat assignment will be emailed to you on Thursday 10/5.
    • You may bring one two-sided hand-written sheet of notes that you create yourself.
    • We will provide scratch paper and the midterm study guide with your exam.
  • Homework 4 due Thursday 10/5
    • Complete it by Wednesday 10/4 for an early submission bonus point.
  • The midterm is on Friday 10/6 during the regular lecture time (10:10 to 11)
    • A seat assignment will be emailed to you on Thursday 10/5.
    • You may bring one two-sided hand-written sheet of notes that you create yourself.
    • We will provide scratch paper and the midterm study guide with your exam.
  • Project 1 Due Thursday 9/28 @ 11:59pm.
    • Complete it by Wednesday 9/27 for an early submission bonus point.
  • Need a special seat at the midterm? Fill out the seat request form by Friday at 11:59pm.
  • Project 1 Due Thursday 9/28 @ 11:59pm.
    • Complete it by Wednesday 9/27 for an early submission bonus point.
  • Project 1 Due Thursday 9/28 @ 11:59pm.
    • Checkpoint Due Friday 9/22 @ 11:59pm.
    • Lab on 9/20-9/22 will focus on the project; attendance is recommended but optional.
  • A few spaces remain in free small group mentoring.
  • Guerrilla section about tables on Sunday 9/24 1pm-3pm in Cory 540A/B.
  • Project 1 Due Thursday 9/28 @ 11:59pm.
    • Checkpoint Due Friday 9/22 @ 11:59pm.
    • Lab on 9/20-9/22 will focus on the project; attendance is recommended but optional.
  • A few spaces remain in free small group mentoring.
  • Project 1 Due Thursday 9/28 @ 11:59pm
    • Checkpoint Due Friday 9/22 @ 11:59pm
    • Lab on 9/20-9/22 will focus on the project; check-offs not recorded

  • Homework 03 is due Thursday 9/14 @ 11:59pm.
    • Complete it by Wednesday for an early submission bonus point.
  • No small-group tutoring on Thursday 9/14.
  • Homework 03 is due Thursday 9/14 @ 11:59pm.
    • Complete it by Wednesday for an early submission bonus point.
  • Homework 02 is due Thursday 9/7 @ 11:59pm.

  • Guerrilla section on Python fundamentals Wednesday 9/6 5pm-7pm in 458 Evans.

  • Small-group mentoring sections start this week.

  • Homework 02 is due Thursday 9/7 @ 11:59pm.

  • Small-group mentoring sections start next week.

  • Signups for these mentoring sections will occur today at 4pm sharp. Instructions to sign up will be pinned on piazza.

  • Office hours are now posted. You're welcome to drop by.
  • Lab starts this week. Bring a laptop. You can borrow one for the semester from the library if you don't have your own. See Piazza for details.

  • If you couldn't sign up for labs, try again; we added extra space.

  • Sign up for one of our connector courses.

  • Please sign up for Piazza. We'll use it to answer questions, post announcements, and more.

  • Create your computing account by going to datahub.berkeley.edu and logging in with your @berkeley.edu account. Try starting your server. It takes about a minute. If you have problems, let us know by coming to lab and asking questions or posting on Piazza.

  • Welcome to the start of the semester! Please sign up for Piazza. We'll use it to answer questions, post announcements, and more.

  • You can sign up for lab sections starting Friday, August 18th, at 11:00am. First come, first served. Instructions are posted on Piazza.

Calendar

Instructors: John DeNero, David Wagner

Lecture: MWF 10-11 in 150 Wheeler

Date Topic Lecture Reading Assignment
Wed 8/23 Introduction Demos, Slides, Video 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Fri 8/25 Cause and Effect Slides, Video Chapter 2
Homework 01 (Due Thu 8/31)
Mon 8/28 Tables Demos, Slides, Video Chapter 5
Wed 8/30 Expressions Demos, Slides, Video Chapters 3, 4
Fri 9/1 Building Tables Demos, Slides, Video 5.1, 5.2
Homework 02 (Due Thu 9/7)
Mon 9/4 Holiday: No Lecture
Wed 9/6 Census Demos, Slides, Video 5.3, 5.4
Fri 9/8 Charts Demos, Slides, Video 6, 6.1
Homework 03 (Due Thu 9/14)
Mon 9/11 Histograms Demos, Slides, Video 6.2, 6.3
Wed 9/13 Functions Demos, Slides, Video 7, 7.1
Fri 9/15 Groups Demos, Slides, Video 7.2, 7.3
(Checkpoint Fri 9/22; Due Thu 9/28)
Mon 9/18 Joins Demos, Slides, Video 7.4, 7.5
Wed 9/20 Table Examples Demos, Slides, Video 7.5
Lab: Project 1
Fri 9/22 Iteration Demos, Slides, Video 8, 8.1, 8.2
Mon 9/25 Chance Demos, Slides, Video 8.3, 8.4
Wed 9/27 Sampling Demos, Slides, Video 8.5, 9, 9.1
Fri 9/29 Statistics Demos, Slides, Video 9.2
Homework 04 (Due Thu 10/5)
Mon 10/2 Simulation Demos, Slides, Video 9.3
Wed 10/4 Chance Examples Demos, Slides, Video
Lab: Midterm Review
Fri 10/6 Midterm
Mon 10/9 Hypothesis Testing Demos, Slides, Video 10.2
Homework 05 (Due Thu 10/12)
Wed 10/11 Error Probabilities Slides, Video 10.3
Fri 10/13 Examples Demos, Slides, Video 10.4
(Checkpoint Fri 10/20; Due Thu 10/26)
Mon 10/16 Comparing Samples Demos, Slides, Video 16, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3
Wed 10/18 Confidence Intervals Demos, Slides, Video 11, 11.1, 11.2
Lab: Project 2
Fri 10/20 Interpreting Confidence Demos, Slides, Video 11.3, 11.4
Mon 10/23 Center and Spread Demos, Slides, Video 12, 12.1, 12.2
Wed 10/25 The Normal Distribution Demos, Slides, Video 12.3, 12.4
Fri 10/27 Sample Means Demos, Slides, Video 12.5
Homework 06 (Due Thu 11/2)
Mon 10/30 Designing Experiments Demos, Slides, Video 12.6
Wed 11/1 Correlation Demos, Slides, Video 13, 13.1
Fri 11/3 Linear Regression Demos, Slides, Video 13.2
Homework 07 (Due Thu 11/9)
Mon 11/6 Least Squares Demos, Slides, Video 13.3, 13.4
Wed 11/8 Residuals Demos, Slides, Video 13.5, 13.6
Homework 08 (Due Thu 11/16)
Fri 11/10 Holiday: No Lecture
Mon 11/13 Regression Inference Demos, Slides, Video Chapter 14
Wed 11/15 Classification Demos, Slides, Video 15, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
Lab: Project 3
(Checkpoint Tue 11/21; Due Thu 11/30)
Fri 11/17 Classifiers Demos, Slides, Video 15.4, 15.5
Mon 11/20 Decisions Demos, Slides, Video Chapter 17
Wed 11/22 Holiday: No Lecture
Fri 11/24 Holiday: No Lecture
Mon 11/27 Privacy Slides, Video
(Due Wed 12/6)
Wed 11/29 Case Study: Health Demos, Slides, Video
Fri 12/1 Case Study: Education Demos, Slides, Video