Data 8: Foundations of Data Science

UC Berkeley, Spring 2023

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Week 4 Announcements

Feb 6 · 0 min read

Project 1 will be released this Friday.
- Checkpoint due on 2/17, entire project due on 2/24.
- TAs will send out partner matching forms for each discussion section.
Homework 3 is due Wednesday, 2/8
Homework 4 is due Wednesday, 2/15
Lab 4 is due Friday, 2/10

Week 1

Jan 18

1 Introduction: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

Lab Lab 01: Expressions (Due 1/20): Lab 01 Worksheet

Jan 20

2 Cause and Effect: Slides • Video

Reading: 2

Homework Homework 01 (Due 1/25)

Week 2

Jan 23

3 Tables: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 3

Lab Lab 02: Table Operations (Due 1/27): Lab 02 Worksheet

Jan 25

4 Data Types: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 4, 5

Jan 27

5 Building Tables: Slides • Demos • Blank Demos • Video

Reading: 6.1, 6.2

Homework Homework 02 (Due 2/1)

Week 3

Jan 30

6 Census: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 6.3, 6.4

Lab Lab 03: Data Types, Creating and Extending Tables (Due 2/3): Lab 03 Worksheet

Feb 1

7 Charts: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 7, 7.1

Feb 3

8 Histograms: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 7.2, 7.3

Homework Homework 03 (Due 2/8)

Week 4

Feb 6

9 Functions: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 8, 8.1

Lab Lab 04: Functions and Visualization (Due 2/10): Lab 04 Worksheet

Feb 8

10 Groups: Slides • Demos • Blank Demos • Video

Reading: 8.2, 8.3

Feb 10

11 Pivots and Joins

Reading: 8.4

Homework Homework 04 (Due 2/15)

Project Project 1: World Population and Poverty (Due 2/24, Checkpoint 2/17)

Week 5

Feb 13

12 Table Examples

Reading: 8.5

Feb 15

13 Conditionals and Iteration

Reading: 9, 9.1, 9.2

Feb 17

14 Chance

Reading: 9.2, 9.3, 9.4

Homework Homework 05 (Due 2/22)

Week 6

Feb 20

Holiday: No Class

Lab Lab 05: Conditional Statements, Iteration, Tables (Due 2/24)

Feb 22

15 Sampling

Reading: 9.5, 10

Feb 24

16 Models

Reading: 10.2, 10.3, 10.4

Homework Homework 06 (Due 3/1)

Week 7

Feb 27

17 Comparing Distributions

Reading: 11.1, 11.2

Lab Lab 06: Assessing Models (Due 3/3)

Mar 1

18 Decisions and Uncertainty

Reading: 11.3, 11.4

Mar 3

19 A/B Testing

Reading: 11.4, 12.1

Homework Homework 07 (Due 3/8)

Week 8

Mar 6

20 Causality

Reading: 12.2

Mar 8

21 Examples

Reading: 12.3

Mar 10

22 Midterm Review

Exam Midterm (7 - 9 PM)

Week 9

Mar 13

23 Confidence Intervals

Reading: 13, 13.1, 13.2

Lab Lab 07: A/B Testing (Due 3/17)

Mar 15

24 Interpreting Confidence

Reading: 13.3, 13.4

Mar 17

25 Center and Spread

Reading: 14, 14.1, 14.2

Homework Homework 08 (3/22)

Week 10

Mar 20

26 The Normal Distribution

Reading: 14.3, 14.4

Lab Lab 08: Sample Mean (Due 3/24)

Mar 22

27 Sample Means

Reading: 14.5

Mar 24

28 Designing Experiments

Reading: 14.6

Homework Homework 09 (Due 4/5)

Project Project 2: Climate (Due 4/14, Checkpoint 4/7)

Spring Break

Mar 27: Spring Break: No Class
Mar 29: Spring Break: No Class
Mar 31: Spring Break: No Class

Week 12

Apr 3

29 Correlation

Reading: 15, 15.1

Apr 5

30 Linear Regression

Reading: 15.2

Apr 7

31 Least Squares

Reading: 15.3, 15.4

Homework Homework 10 (Due 4/12)

Week 13

Apr 10

32 Residuals

Reading: 15.5, 15.6

Lab Lab 09: Regression (Due 4/14)

Apr 12

33 Regression Inference

Reading: 16

Apr 14

34 Privacy

Homework Homework 11 (Due 4/19)

Project Project 3: Classifying Movies (Due 4/28)

Week 14

Apr 17

34 Classification

Reading: 17, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3

Apr 19

35 Classifiers

Reading: 17.4

Apr 21

36 Updating Probabilities

Reading: 13, 18

Homework Homework 12 (Due 4/26)

Week 15

Apr 24

37 Case Study: TBD

Lab Lab 10: Conditional Probability (Due 4/28)

Apr 26

38 Case Study: Health

Apr 28

39 Conclusion

Homework Homework 13 (Due 5/3)

Final

May 9: Exam Final Exam (3-6 PM)

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