Data 8: Foundations of Data Science
UC Berkeley, Fall 2023
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Week 6 Announcements
Sep 24 · 0 min read - Link to Week 6 here
- Project 1 is due on 9/29.
- HW 05 is due at 11 pm on 9/27. Submit it +24 hours early to receive 5 bonus points.
- Tutoring section sign-ups can be found here!
- Midterm is on October 13th
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
- Oct 2
- 17 (Sahai) Comparing Distributions
- Reading: 11.1, 11.2
- Lab Lab 06: Assessing Models (Due 10/6)
- Lab 06 Worksheet
- Oct 4
- 18 (Khan) Decisions and Uncertainty
- Reading: 11.3, 11.4
- Oct 6
- 19 (Sahai) A/B Testing
- Reading: 11.4, 12.1
- Homework Homework 07 (Due 10/11)
Week 8
- Oct 9
- 20 (Sahai) Causality
- Reading: 12.2
- Midterm Lab Worksheet
- Oct 11
- 21 (Course Directors) Examples
- Reading: 12.3
- Oct 13
- 22 (Course Directors) Midterm Review
- Exam Midterm (7 - 9 PM)
Week 9
- Oct 16
- 23 (Adhikari) Confidence Intervals
- Reading: 13, 13.1, 13.2
- Lab Lab 07: A/B Testing (Due 10/20)
- Lab 07 Worksheet
- Oct 18
- 24 (Khan) Interpreting Confidence
- Reading: 13.3, 13.4
- Oct 20
- 25 (Khan) Center and Spread
- Reading: 14, 14.1, 14.2
- Supplemental Videos: SU, Chebyshev
- Homework Homework 08 (Due 10/25)
Week 10
- Oct 23
- 26 (Sahai) The Normal Distribution
- Reading: 14.3, 14.4
- Lab Lab 08: Sample Mean (Due 10/27)
- Lab 08 Worksheet
- Oct 25
- 27 (Sahai) Sample Means
- Reading: 14.5
- Oct 27
- 28 (Khan) Designing Experiments
- Reading: 14.6
- Homework Homework 09 (Due 11/1)
- Project Project 2: Climate (Due 11/10, Checkpoint 11/3)
Week 11
- Oct 30
- 29 (Sahai) Correlation
- Reading: 15, 15.1
- Lab Project 2 Work Time
- Project 2 Lab Worksheet
- Nov 1
- 30 (Khan) Linear Regression
- Reading: 15.2
- Nov 3
- 31 (Khan) Least Squares
- Reading: 15.3, 15.4
- Homework Homework 10 (Due 11/8)
Week 12
- Nov 6
- 32 (Sahai) Residuals
- 32 Residuals
- Reading: 15.5, 15.6
- Lab Lab 09: Regression (Due 11/10)
- Lab 09 Worksheet
- Nov 8
- 33 (Khan) Regression Inference
- 33 Regression Inference
- Reading: 16
- Nov 10
- Holiday No Class
- Homework Homework 11 (Due 11/17)
- Project Project 3: Classifying Movies (Checkpoint 11/17, Due 12/1)
Week 13
- Nov 13
- 34 (Wagner) Privacy (Guest)
- Lab Project 3 Work Time
- Project 3 Lab Worksheet
- Nov 15
- 35 (Sahai) Classification
- Reading: 17, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3
- Nov 17
- 36 (Sahai) Classifiers
- Reading: 17.4
Week 14
- Nov 20
- 37 (Adhikari) Updating Predictions
- Reading: 13, 18
- Lab Lab 10: Conditional Probability (Due 12/1)
- Lab 10 Worksheet
- Nov 22
- Holiday No Class
- Nov 24
- Holiday No Class
Week 15
- Nov 27
- 38 (Adhikari) Case Study: Health
- Nov 29
- 39 (Sahai) Case Study: CV
- Dec 1
- 40 (Sahai, Khan) Conclusion
Final
- Dec 11
- Exam Final Exam (8-11 AM)
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