Data 8: Foundations of Data Science

UC Berkeley, Summer 2025

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For readings that do not specify a particular section, like on June 23 with chapter 1, read the whole chapter. Particular sections are specified as on June 27 with chapters 6.1 and 6.2.

Week 0 Announcements

Jun 22
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Week 1

June 23
1 Introduction
Slides • Demo
Reading: 1
Lab Lab 01
Discussion Worksheet 01
June 24
2 Cause and Effect
Slides • Demo
Reading: 2
Homework Homework 01 (Due 6/27)
June 25
3 Python
Slides • Demo
Reading: 3
Lab Lab 02
June 26
4 Data Types
Slides • Demo
Reading: 4, 5
June 27
5 Tables
Slides • Demo
Reading: 6.1, 6.2
Homework Homework 02 (Due 7/1)

Week 2

June 30
6 Case Study: Census
Slides • Demo
Reading: 6.3, 6.4
Lab Lab 03
Project Project 1: World Population and Poverty (Due Fri 7/15, Checkpoint 7/7)
July 1
7 Data Visualization
Slides • Demo
Reading: 7.0, 7.1, 7.3
Homework Homework 03 (Due 7/3)
July 2
8 Histograms
Slides • Demo
Reading: 7.2
Lab Lab 04
July 3
9 Functions
Slides • Demo
Reading: 8.0, 8.1
Homework Homework 04 (Due 7/8)
July 2
Independence Day No Class

Week 3

July 7
10 Pivots and Joins
Slides • Demo
Reading: 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5
Lab Lab 05
July 8
11 Conditionals and Iteration
Slides • Demo
Reading: 9.0, 9.1, 9.2
Homework Homework 05 (Due 7/11)
July 9
12 Probability and Simulations
Slides • Demo
Reading: 9.3, 9.4, 9.5
Lab Lab 06
July 10
13 Sampling and Empirical Distributions
Slides • Demo
Reading: 10
July 11
14 Hypothesis Testing
Slides • Demo
Reading: 11.0, 11.1, 11.2
Homework Homework 06 (Due 7/15)

Week 4

July 14
15 Decisions and Uncertainty
Slides • Demo
Reading: 11.3, 11.4
Lab Lab 07
July 15
16 A/B Testing
Slides • Demo
Reading: 12.0, 12.1
July 16
17 Causality
Slides • Demo
Reading: 12.2, 12.3
Lab Lab 08
July 17
18 Midterm Review
Slides • Demo
July 18
Exam Midterm

Week 5

July 21
19 Confidence Intervals
Slides • Demo
Reading: 13.0, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
Lab Lab 09
July 22
20 Interpreting Confidence
Slides • Demo
Reading: 13.4
Homework Homework 07 (Due 7/25)
July 23
21 Center and Spread
Slides • Demo
Reading: 14.0, 14.1, 14.2
Lab Lab 10
July 24
22 Normal Distribution
Slides • Demo
Reading: 14.3, 14.4
July 25
23 Variability of Sample Mean
Slides • Demo
Reading: 14.5
Homework Homework 08 (Due 7/29)

Week 6

July 28
24 Case Study: Elections
Slides • Demo
Reading: 14.6
Lab Lab 11
July 29
25 Correlation
Slides • Demo
Reading: 15.0, 15.1
Homework Homework 09 (Due 8/1)
July 30
26 Linear Regression
Slides • Demo
Reading: 15.2
Lab Lab 12
July 31
27 Least Squares
Slides • Demo
Reading: 15.3, 15.4
August 1
28 Residuals
Slides • Demo
Reading: 15.5, 15.6
Homework Homework 10 (Due 8/5)

Week 7

August 4
29 Regression Inference
Slides • Demo
Reading: 16
Lab Lab 13
August 5
30 Classification
Slides • Demo
Reading: 17.0, 17.1
Homework Homework 11 (Due 8/8)
Project Project 2: Climate (Due Fri 8/14, Checkpoint 8/8)
August 6
31 Implementing Classifiers
Slides • Demo
Reading: 17.3, 17.4
Lab Lab 14
August 7
32 Evaluating Classifiers
Slides • Demo
Reading: 17.2, 17.5
August 8
33 Updating Probabilities
Slides • Demo
Reading: 18.0, 18.1, 18.2
Homework Homework 12 (Extra Credit) (Due 8/12)

Week 8

August 11
34 Multiple Linear Regression
Slides • Demo
Reading: 17.6
Lab Lab 15
August 12
35 Final Exam Review I
Slides • Demo
August 13
36 Final Exam Review II
Slides • Demo
August 14
Exam Final
August 15
37 Conclusion & Panel