Data 8: Foundations of Data Science
UC Berkeley, Spring 2023
Announcements
Week 15 Announcements
- Final exam accomodations form is due this Friday, 4/28
- Homework 12 is due this Wednesday, 4/26
- Project 3 is due this Friday, 4/28
- Review sessions will be hosted during RRR week – TBD
Week 1
- Jan 18
- 1 Introduction
- Slides • Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
- Lab Lab 01: Expressions (Due 1/20)
- Lab 01 Worksheet
- Jan 20
- Reading: 2
- Homework Homework 01 (Due 1/25)
- Reading: 2
Week 2
- Jan 23
- 3 Tables
- Slides • Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 3
- Lab Lab 02: Table Operations (Due 1/27)
- Lab 02 Worksheet
- Jan 25
- 4 Data Types
- Slides • Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 4, 5
- Jan 27
- 5 Building Tables
- Slides • Demos • Blank Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 6.1, 6.2
- Homework Homework 02 (Due 2/1)
Week 3
- Jan 30
- 6 Census
- Slides • Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 6.3, 6.4
- Feb 1
- 7 Charts
- Slides • Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 7, 7.1
- Feb 3
- 8 Histograms
- Slides • Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 7.2, 7.3
- Homework Homework 03 (Due 2/8)
Week 4
- Feb 6
- 9 Functions
- Slides • Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • 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 • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 8.2, 8.3
- Feb 10
- 11 Pivots and Joins
- Slides • Demos • Blank Demos• Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- 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
- Slides • Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 8.5
- Project 1 Lab Worksheet
- Feb 15
- 13 Conditionals and Iteration
- Slides • Demos • Blank Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 9, 9.1, 9.2
- Feb 17
- 14 Chance
- Slides • Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 9.2, 9.3, 9.4
- Homework Homework 05 (Due 2/22)
Week 6
- Feb 20
- Holiday: No Class
- Feb 22
- 15 Sampling
- Slides • Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 9.5, 10
- Feb 24
- 16 Models
- Slides • Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 10.2, 10.3, 10.4
- Homework Homework 06 (Due 3/1)
Week 7
- Feb 27
- 17 Comparing Distributions
- Slides • Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 11.1, 11.2
- Lab Lab 06: Assessing Models (Due 3/3)
- Lab 06 Worksheet
- Mar 1
- 18 Decisions and Uncertainty
- Slides • Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 11.3, 11.4
- Mar 3
- 19 A/B Testing
- Slides • Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 11.4, 12.1
- Homework Homework 07 (Due 3/8)
Week 8
- Mar 6
- 20 Causality
- Slides • Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 12.2
- Midterm Review Worksheet
- Mar 8
- 21 Examples
- Slides • Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 12.3
- Mar 10
- Exam Midterm (7 - 9 PM)
Week 9
- Mar 13
- 23 Confidence Intervals
- Slides • Demos • Demos Empty • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 13, 13.1, 13.2
- Lab Lab 07: A/B Testing (Due 3/17)
- Lab 07 Worksheet
- Mar 15
- 24 Interpreting Confidence
- Slides • Demos • Demos Empty • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 13.3, 13.4
- Mar 17
- 25 Center and Spread
- Slides • Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 14, 14.1, 14.2
- Homework Homework 08 (3/22)
Week 10
- Mar 20
- 26 The Normal Distribution
- Slides • Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 14.3, 14.4
- Lab Lab 08: Sample Means (Due 3/24)
- Lab 08 Worksheet
- Mar 22
- 27 Sample Means
- Slides • Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 14.5
- Mar 24
- 28 Designing Experiments
- Slides • Demos • Demos (HTML Only) •Video
- 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
- Slides • Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 15, 15.1
- Project 2 Lab Worksheet
- Apr 5
- 30 Linear Regression
- Slides • Demos • Demos Blank • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 15.2
- Apr 7
- 31 Least Squares
- Slides • Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 15.3, 15.4
- Homework Homework 10 (Due 4/12)
Week 13
- Apr 10
- 32 Guest Lecture: DJ Patil (US Chief Data Scientist under the Obama Administration)
- Intro Slides • Video
- Lab Lab 09: Regression (Due 4/14)
- Lab 09 Worksheet
- Apr 12
- Reading: 15.5, 15.6
- Apr 14
- 34 Regression Inference
- Slides • Demos • Demos (HTML Only) • Video
- Reading: 16
- Homework Homework 11 (Due 4/19)
- Project Project 3: Classifying Movies (Due 4/28, Checkpoint 4/21)
Week 14
Week 15
- Apr 24
- Lab Lab 10: Conditional Probability (Due 4/28)
- Lab 10 Worksheet
- Apr 26
- Apr 28
- 40 Review Session
- Homework Homework 13 (Due 5/7)
Final
- May 9
- Exam Final Exam (3-6 PM)
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