Data 8: Foundations of Data Science

UC Berkeley, Fall 2024

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Week 1

Aug 28
1 Introduction
Slides • Demo
Reading: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Lab Lab 01 (Due 8/30)
Lab 01 Worksheet
Aug 30
2 Cause and Effect
Slides
Reading: 2
Homework Homework 01 (Due 9/4)

Week 2

Sep 2
Labor Day No class
Lab Lab 02 (Due 9/6)
Lab 02 Worksheet
Sep 4
3 Tables
Slides • Demo
Reading: 3
Sep 6
4 Data Types
Slides • Demo
Reading: 4, 5
Homework Homework 02 (Due 9/11)

Week 3

Sep 9
5 Building Tables
Slides • Demo
Reading: 6.1, 6.2
Lab Lab 03 (Due 9/13)
Lab 03 Worksheet
Sep 11
6 Census
Slides • Demo
Reading: 6.3, 6.4
Sep 13
7 Charts
Slides • Demo
Reading: 7, 7.1
Homework Homework 03 (Due 9/18)

Week 4

Sep 16
8 Histograms
Slides • Demo
Reading: 7.2, 7.3
Lab Lab 04 (Due 9/20)
Sep 18
9 Functions
Reading: 8, 8.1
Sep 20
10 Groups
Reading: 8.2, 8.3
Homework Homework 04 (Due 9/25)
Project Project 1: World Population and Poverty (Due Fri 10/4)

Week 5

Sep 23
11 Pivots and Joins
Reading: 9.5, 10
Lab Project 1 Work Time
Sep 25
12 Iteration
Reading: 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4
Sep 27
13 Chance
Reading: 11.4, 12.1
Homework Homework 05 (Due 10/2)

Week 6

Sep 30
14 Sampling
Reading: 12.2
Lab Lab 05 (Due 10/4)
Oct 2
15 Models
Reading: 12.3
Oct 4
16 Comparing Distributions
Homework Homework 06 (Due 10/9)

Week 7

Oct 7
17 Decisions and Uncertainty
Reading: 13, 13.1, 13.2
Lab Lab 06 (Due 10/11)
Oct 9
18 A/B Testing
Reading: 13.3, 13.4
Oct 11
19 Causality
Reading: 14, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4
Homework Homework 07 (Due 10/16)

Week 8

Oct 14
20 Midterm Review I
Lab Midterm Review
Oct 16
21 Midterm Review II
Oct 18
22 Midterm Review
Exam Midterm Exam (7 - 9 PM)

Week 9

Oct 21
23 Confidence Intervals
Reading: 15.2
Lab Lab 07 (Due 10/25)
Oct 23
24 Interpreting Confidence
Reading: 15.3, 15.4
Oct 25
25 Center and Spread
Reading: 15.5, 15.6
Homework Homework 08 (Due 10/30)

Week 10

Oct 28
26 The Normal Distribution
Reading: 16
Lab Lab 08 (Due 11/1)
Oct 30
27 Sample Means
Reading: 17, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3
Nov 1
28 Designing Experiments
Reading: 17.4
Homework Homework 09 (Due 11/6)
Project Project 2: Climate (Due Fri 11/15)

Week 11

Nov 4
29 Correlation
Reading: 13, 18
Lab Project 2 Work Time
Nov 6
30 Linear Regression
Nov 8
31 Least Squares
Homework Homework 10 (Due 11/13)

Week 12

Nov 11
Veterans Day No class
Lab Lab 09 (Due 11/15)
Nov 13
32 Residuals
Nov 15
33 Regression Inference
Homework Homework 11 (Due 11/20)
Project Project 3: Classifying Movies (Due Fri 12/6)

Week 13

Nov 18
34 Classification
Lab Project 3 Work Time
Nov 20
35 Evaluating Classifiers
Nov 22
36 Multiple Linear Regression
Homework Homework 12 (Due 11/26)

Week 14

Nov 25
37 Staff Panel
Nov 27
Holiday No class
Nov 29
Holiday No class

Week 15

Dec 2
38 Updating Probabilities
Lab Lab 10 (Due 12/6)
Dec 4
39 Case Study: Computer Vision
Dec 6
40 Conclusion
Homework Homework 13 (Due 12/11)

Final

Dec 16
Exam Final Exam (8-11 AM)