Data 8: Foundations of Data Science
UC Berkeley, Spring 2025
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Week 4 Announcements
Feb 9
- Assignments Due
- The midterm is on Friday, 3/14, 7-9 PM
- If you have a time conflict with the midterm, fill out the alternate exam form ASAP
- Lab 01, Lab 02, HW 01 Score Release post
- Check that your score looks correct!
Week 3 Announcements
Feb 2
- Assignments Due
- Homework 02 is due on Wednesday, February 5th @ 5 PM
- Lab 03 is due on Friday, February 7th @ 5 PM
- Homework 03 is due on Wednesday, February 12th @ 5 PM
- Tutoring Section Sign-Ups
Week 2 Announcements
Jan 26
- Assignments Due
- Homework 01 is due on Wednesday, January 29th @ 5 PM
- Lab 02 is due on Friday, January 31st @ 5 PM
- Homework 02 is due on Wednesday, February 5th @ 5 PM
- Lab Switching
Week 1 Announcements
Jan 19
- Assignments Due
- Lab 01 is due on Friday, January 24th @ 5 PM
- Homework 01 is due on Wednesday, January 29th @ 5 PM
Week 0 Announcements
Jan 12
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Week 4
Week 5
- Feb 17
- Presidentsβ Day No class
- Lab
- Feb 19
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- 12 Conditionals and Iteration
- Reading: 9, 9.1, 9.2
- Discussion Worksheet 05
- Feb 21
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- 13 Chance
- Reading: 9.2, 9.3, 9.4
- Homework Homework 05
Week 6
- Feb 24
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- 14 Empirical and Probability Distributions
- Reading: 9.5, 10
- Lab Lab 05
- Feb 26
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- 15 Models
- Reading: 10.2, 10.3, 10.4
- Discussion Worksheet 06
- Feb 28
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- 16 Hypothesis Testing
- Reading: 11.1, 11.2
- Homework Homework 06
Week 7
- Mar 3
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- 17 Decisions and Uncertainty
- Reading: 11.3, 11.4
- Lab Lab 06
- Mar 5
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- 18 A/B Testing
- Reading: 11.4, 12.1
- Discussion Worksheet 07
- Mar 7
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- 19 Hypothesis Testing and Causality
- Reading: 12.2, 12.3
- Homework Homework 07
Week 8
- Mar 10
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- 20 Table Examples
- Lab Midterm Review
- Mar 12
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- 21 Midterm Review I
- Discussion Worksheet 08
- Mar 14
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- 22 Midterm Review II
- Exam Midterm Exam (7 - 9 PM)
Week 9
- Mar 17
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- 23 Confidence Intervals
- Reading: 13, 13.1, 13.2
- Lab Lab 07
- Mar 19
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- 24 Interpreting Confidence
- Reading: 13.3, 13.4
- Discussion Worksheet 09
- Mar 21
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- 25 Center and Spread
- Reading: 14, 14.1, 14.2
- Homework Homework 08
Week 10
- Mar 24
- Spring Break No class
- Mar 26
- Spring Break No class
- Mar 26
- Spring Break No class
Week 11
- Mar 31
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- 26 Sample Means
- Reading: 14.5
- Lab Lab 08
- Apr 2
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- 27 The Normal Distribution
- Reading: 14.3, 14.4
- Discussion Worksheet 10
- Apr 4
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- 28 Choosing a Sample Size
- Reading: 14.6
- Homework Homework 09
- Project Project 2: Climate
Week 12
- Apr 7
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- 29 Correlation
- Reading: 15.1
- Apr 9
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- 30 The Regression Line
- Reading: 15.2
- Discussion Worksheet 11
- Apr 11
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- 31 The Method of Least Squares
- Reading: 15.3, 15.4
- Homework Homework 10
Week 13
- Apr 14
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- 32 Residuals
- Reading: 15.5, 15.6
- Lab Lab 09
- Apr 16
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- 33 Regression Inference
- Reading: 16
- Discussion Worksheet 12
- Apr 18
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- 34 Intro to Classification
- Reading: 17.1, 17.2
- Homework Homework 11
- Project Project 3: Movie Classification
Week 14
- Apr 21
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- 35 Implementing Classifiers
- Reading: 17.3, 17.4
- Apr 23
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- 36 Evaluating Classifiers
- Reading: 17.5
- Discussion Worksheet 13
- Apr 25
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- 37 Multiple Linear Regression
- Reading: 17.6
- Homework Homework 12
Week 15
- Apr 28
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- 38 Updating Probabilities
- Reading: 18, 18.1, 18.2
- Lab Lab 10
- Homework Homework 13
- Apr 30
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- 39 Staff Panel / Privacy
- Discussion Worksheet 14
- May 2
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- 40 Conclusion
RRR Week
- May 5
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- 41 RRR Review I
- May 7
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- 42 RRR Review II
- May 9
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- 43 RRR Review III
Final
- May 13
- Exam Final Exam (7-10 PM)