Data 8: Foundations of Data Science

UC Berkeley, Fall 2024

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Week 17 Announcements

Dec 16
  1. Have a nice winter break!

Week 1

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

Week 2

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

Week 3

Sep 9
5 Building Tables
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Reading: 6.1, 6.2
Lab Lab 03: Data Types, Creating and Extending Tables (Due 9/13)
Sep 11
6 Census
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Reading: 6.3, 6.4
Discussion Worksheet 03
Sep 13
7 Charts
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Reading: 7, 7.1
Homework Homework 03 (Due 9/18)

Week 4

Sep 16
8 Histograms
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Reading: 7.2, 7.3
Lab Lab 04: Functions and Visualizations (Due 9/20)
Sep 18
9 Functions
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Reading: 8, 8.1
Discussion Worksheet 04
Sep 20
10 Groups
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Reading: 8.2, 8.3
Homework Homework 04 (Due 9/25)
Project Project 1: World Population and Poverty (Due Fri 10/4, Checkpoint Fri 9/27)

Week 5

Sep 23
11 Pivots and Joins
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Reading: 8.4
Lab Project 1 Work Time
Sep 25
12 Iteration
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Reading: 9, 9.1, 9.2
Discussion Worksheet 05
Sep 27
13 Chance
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 9.2, 9.3, 9.4
Homework Homework 05 (Due 10/2)

Week 6

Sep 30
14 Sampling
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Reading: 9.5, 10
Lab Lab 05: Conditional Statements, Iteration, Tables (Due 10/4)
Oct 2
15 Models
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Reading: 10.2, 10.3, 10.4
Discussion Worksheet 06
Oct 4
16 Comparing Distributions
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Reading: 11.1, 11.2
Homework Homework 06 (Due 10/9)

Week 7

Oct 7
17 Decisions and Uncertainty
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Reading: 11.3, 11.4
Lab Lab 06: Assessing Models (Due 10/11)
Oct 9
18 A/B Testing
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Reading: 11.4, 12.1
Discussion Worksheet 07
Oct 11
19 Causality
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Reading: 12.2, 12.3
Homework Homework 07 (Due 10/16)

Week 8

Oct 14
20 Midterm Review I
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Lab Midterm Review
Oct 16
21 Midterm Review II
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Discussion Worksheet 08
Oct 18
22 Midterm Review III
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Exam Midterm Exam (7 - 9 PM)

Week 9

Oct 21
23 Confidence Intervals
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Reading: 13, 13.1, 13.2
Lab Lab 07: A/B Testing (Due 10/25)
Oct 23
24 Interpreting Confidence
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Reading: 13.3, 13.4
Discussion Worksheet 09
Oct 25
25 Center and Spread
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Reading: 14, 14.1, 14.2
Homework Homework 08 (Due 10/30)

Week 10

Oct 28
26 The Normal Distribution
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Reading: 14.3, 14.4
Lab Lab 08: Sample Means (Due 11/1)
Oct 30
27 Sample Means
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Reading: 14.5
Discussion Worksheet 10
Nov 1
28 Designing Experiments
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Reading: 14.6
Homework Homework 09 (Due 11/6)
Project Project 2: Climate (Due Fri 11/15, Checkpoint Fri 11/8)

Week 11

Nov 4
29 Correlation
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Reading: 15.1
Nov 6
30 Linear Regression
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Reading: 15.2
Discussion Worksheet 11
Nov 8
31 Least Squares
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Reading: 15.3, 15.4
Homework Homework 10 (Due 11/13)

Week 12

Nov 11
Veterans Day No class
Lab Lab 09: Regression (Due 11/15)
Nov 13
32 Residuals
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Reading: 15.5, 15.6
Discussion Worksheet 12
Nov 15
33 Regression Inference
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Reading: 16
Homework Homework 11 (Due 11/20)
Project Project 3: Movie Classification (Due Fri 12/6, Checkpoint Fri 11/22)

Week 13

Nov 18
34 Classification
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Reading: 17.1, 17.2
Nov 20
35 Implementing Classifiers
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Reading: 17.3, 17.4
Discussion Worksheet 13
Nov 22
36 Evaluating Classifiers
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Reading: 17.5
Homework Homework 12 (Due 11/26)

Week 14

Nov 25
37 Multiple Linear Regression
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Reading: 17.6
Nov 27
Holiday No class
Nov 29
Holiday No class

Week 15

Dec 2
38 Updating Probabilities
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Reading: 18, 18.1, 18.2
Lab Lab 10: Conditional Probability (Due 12/6)
Homework Homework 13 (Due 12/8)
Dec 4
39 Case Study: Computer Vision & Staff Panel
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Discussion Worksheet 14
Dec 6
40 Conclusion
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RRR Week

Dec 9
41 Final Review Part I: Inference
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Dec 11
42 Final Review Part II: Prediction
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Dec 13
43 Final Review Part III: Exploration
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Final

Dec 16
Exam Final Exam (8-11 AM)