Data 8: Foundations of Data Science

UC Berkeley, Fall 2025

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Nov 16
  1. Assignments Due
    • Homework 10 is due on Wednesday, November 19th @ 10 AM
    • Project 3: Movie Classification
      • Checkpoint is due on Friday, November 21st @ 5 PM
      • Everything is due on Friday, December 5th @ 5 PM
    • Homework 11 is due on Wednesday, November 26th @ 10 AM
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Week 1

Aug 27
1 Introduction
Slides • Demo
Reading: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Lab Lab 01 (Due 8/29)
Discussion Worksheet 01
Aug 29
2 Cause and Effect
Slides
Reading: 2
Homework Homework 01 (Due 9/3)

Week 2

Sept 1
Labor Day No class
Lab Lab 02 (Due 9/5)
Discussion Worksheet 02
Sept 3
3 Python
Slides • Demo
Reading: 3
Sept 5
4 Data Types
Slides • Demo
Reading: 4, 5
Homework Homework 02 (Due 9/10)

Week 3

Sept 8
5 Tables
Slides • Demo
Reading: 6.1, 6.2
Lab Lab 03 (Due 9/12)
Discussion Worksheet 03
Sept 10
6 Case Study: Census
Slides • Demo
Reading: 6.3, 6.4
Sept 12
7 Data Visualization
Slides • Demo
Reading: 7, 7.1
Homework Homework 03 (Due 9/17)

Week 4

Sept 15
8 Histograms
Slides • Demo
Reading: 7.2, 7.3
Lab Lab 04 (Due 9/19)
Discussion Worksheet 04
Sept 17
9 Functions
Slides • Demo
Reading: 8, 8.1
Sept 19
10 Groups
Slides • Demo
Reading: 8.2, 8.3
Homework Homework 04 (Due 9/24)
Project Project 1: World Population and Poverty (Checkpoint Due 9/26, Entire Project Due 10/3)

Week 5

Sept 22
11 Pivots and Joins
Slides • Demo
Reading: 8.4
Lab Project 1 Checkpoint (Due 9/26)
Discussion Worksheet 05
Sept 24
12 Iteration
Slides • Demo
Reading: 9, 9.1, 9.2
Sept 26
13 Chance
Slides • Demo
Reading: 9.2, 9.3, 9.4
Homework Homework 05 (Due 10/1)

Week 6

Sept 29
14 Sampling
Slides • Demo
Reading: 9.5, 10, 10.1
Lab Lab 05 (Due 10/3)
Discussion Worksheet 06
Oct 1
15 Models
Slides • Demo
Reading: 10.2, 10.3, 10.4
Oct 3
16 Comparing Distributions
Slides • Demo
Reading: 11.1, 11.2
Homework Homework 06 (Due 10/10)

Week 7

Oct 6
17 Decisions and Uncertainty
Slides • Demo
Reading: 11.3, 11.4
Lab Lab 06 (Due 10/10)
Discussion Worksheet 07
Oct 8
18 A/B Testing
Slides • Demo
Reading: 11.4, 12.1
Oct 10
19 Causality
Slides • Demo
Reading: 12.2, 12.3

Week 8

Oct 13
20 Midterm Review I
Slides • Demo
Discussion Worksheet 08
Oct 15
21 Midterm Review II
Slides
Oct 17
Exam Midterm Exam (7 - 9 PM)

Week 9

Oct 20
22 Confidence Intervals
Slides • Demo
Reading: 13, 13.1, 13.2
Lab Lab 07 (Due 10/24)
Discussion Worksheet 09
Oct 22
23 Interpreting Confidence
Slides • Demo
Reading: 13.3, 13.4
Oct 24
24 Center and Spread
Slides • Demo
Reading: 14, 14.1, 14.2
Homework Homework 07 (Due 10/29)

Week 10

Oct 27
25 The Normal Distribution
Slides • Demo
Reading: 14.3, 14.4
Lab Lab 08 (Due 10/31)
Discussion Worksheet 10
Oct 29
26 Sample Means
Slides • Demo
Reading: 14.5
Oct 31
27 Case Study: Elections
Slides • Demo
Reading: 14.6
Homework Homework 08 (Due 11/5)
Project Project 2: Climate (Checkpoint Due 11/7, Entire Project Due 11/14)

Week 11

Nov 3
28 Numerical Associations
Slides • Demo
Reading: 15.1
Lab Project 2 Checkpoint (Due 11/7)
Discussion Worksheet 11
Nov 5
29 Linear Regression
Slides • Demo
Reading: 15.2
Nov 7
30 Least Squares
Slides • Demo
Reading: 15.3, 15.4
Homework Homework 09 (Due 11/12)

Week 12

Nov 10
31 Residuals
Slides • Demo
Reading: 15.5
Lab Lab 09 (Due 11/14)
Discussion Worksheet 12
Nov 12
32 Regression Inference
Slides • Demo
Reading: 16
Nov 14
33 Classification
Slides • Demo
Reading: 17.1, 17.2
Homework Homework 10 (Due 11/19)
Project Project 3: Movie Classification (Checkpoint Due 11/21, Entire Project Due 12/5)

Week 13

Nov 17
34 Implementing Classifiers
Slides • Demo
Reading: 17.3, 17.4
Lab Project 3 Checkpoint (Due 11/21)
Discussion Worksheet 13
Nov 19
35 Evaluating Classifiers
Reading: 17.5
Nov 21
36 Multiple Linear Regression
Reading: 17.6
Homework Homework 11 (Due 11/26)

Week 14

Nov 24
37 Surprise
Nov 26
Thanksgiving No class
Nov 28
Thanksgiving No class

Week 15

Dec 1
38 Updating Probabilities
Lab Lab 10 (Due 12/5)
Discussion Worksheet 14
Homework Homework 12 (Due 12/10)
Dec 3
39 Staff Panel
Dec 5
40 Conclusion
Homework Homework 13 (Due 12/10)

Week 16

Dec 8
41 RRR Review I
Dec 10
42 RRR Review II
Dec 12
43 RRR Review III

Final

Dec 15
Exam Final Exam (8-11 AM)