Data 8: Foundations of Data Science

UC Berkeley, Fall 2025

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Week 3 Announcements

Sep 7

1. Assignments Due
   • Homework 02 is due on Wednesday, September 10th @ 10 AM
   • Lab 03 is due on Friday, September 12th @ 5 PM

   • Homework 03 is due on Wednesday, September 17th @ 10 AM

2. Tutoring Section Sign-Ups
   • Go to sections.data8.org/tutoring to enroll in a tutoring section!
   • Details about tutoring sections can be found on this Edstem post

Week 2 Announcements

Aug 31

1. Assignments Due
   • Homework 01 is due on Wednesday, September 3rd @ 10 AM
   • Lab 02 is due on Friday, September 5th @ 5 PM
   • Homework 02 is due on Wednesday, September 10th @ 10 AM
2. Lab Switching
   • You can switch your lab until Tuesday (September 2nd at 5 PM) via sections.data8.org

Week 1 Announcements

Aug 24

Welcome to Data 8!

1. Assignments Due
   • Lab 01 is due on Friday, August 29th @ 5 PM
   • Homework 01 is due on Wednesday, September 3rd @ 10 AM

Week 0 Announcements

Aug 17

• This site is under construction. All dates and policies are tentative

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

Reading: 7, 7.1

Homework Homework 03 (Due 9/17)

Week 4

Sept 15

8 Histograms

Reading: 7.2, 7.3

Lab Lab 04 (Due 9/19)

Discussion Worksheet 04

Sept 17

9 Functions

Sept 19

10 Groups

Homework Homework 04 (Due 9/24)

Project Project 01 (Due 10/3)

Week 5

Sept 22

11 Pivots and Joins

Discussion Worksheet 05

Sept 24

12 Iteration

Sept 26

13 Chance

Homework Homework 05 (Due 10/1)

Week 6

Sept 29

14 Sampling

Lab Lab 05 (Due 10/3)

Discussion Worksheet 06

Oct 1

15 Models

Oct 3

16 Comparing Distributions

Homework Homework 06 (Due 10/8)

Week 7

Oct 6

17 Decisions and Uncertainty

Lab Lab 06 (Due 10/10)

Discussion Worksheet 07

Oct 8

18 A/B Testing

Oct 10

19 Causality

Week 8

Oct 13

20 Midterm Review I

Discussion Worksheet 08

Oct 15

21 Midterm Review II

Homework Homework 07 (Due 10/22)

Oct 17

Exam Midterm Exam (7 - 9 PM)

Week 9

Oct 20

22 Confidence Intervals

Lab Lab 07 (Due 10/24)

Discussion Worksheet 09

Oct 22

23 Interpreting Confidence

Oct 24

24 Center and Spread

Homework Homework 08 (Due 10/29)

Week 10

Oct 27

25 The Normal Distribution

Lab Lab 08 (Due 10/31)

Discussion Worksheet 10

Oct 29

26 Sample Means

Oct 31

27 Case Study: Elections

Homework Homework 09 (Due 11/5)

Project Project 02 (Due 11/14)

Week 11

Nov 3

28 Correlation

Discussion Worksheet 11

Nov 5

29 Linear Regression

Nov 7

30 Least Squares

Homework Homework 10 (Due 11/12)

Week 12

Nov 10

31 Residuals

Lab Lab 09 (Due 11/7)

Discussion Worksheet 12

Nov 12

32 Regression Inference

Nov 14

33 Classification

Homework Homework 11 (Due 11/19)

Project Project 03 (Due 12/5)

Week 13

Nov 17

34 Implementing Classifiers

Discussion Worksheet 13

Nov 19

35 Evaluating Classifiers

Nov 21

36 Multiple Linear Regression

Homework Homework 12 (Due 11/26)

Week 14

Nov 24

36 Staff Panel

Nov 26

Thanksgiving No class

Nov 28

Thanksgiving No class

Week 15

Dec 1

37 Updating Probabilities

Lab Lab 10 (Due 12/5)

Discussion Worksheet 14

Dec 3

38 Case Study: Computer Vision

Dec 5

39 Conclusion

Homework Homework 13 (Due 12/10)

Week 16

Dec 8

40 RRR Review I

Dec 10

41 RRR Review II

Dec 12

42 RRR Review III

Final

Dec 15

Exam Final Exam (8-11 AM)