Data 8: Foundations of Data Science

UC Berkeley, Spring 2024

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HW 13 due 5/5 Sunday 5pm
- If at least 50% of students complete HW 13, everyone will earn 3 extra credit points on the final
- In scope for the final
Project 3 released
- Final submission due 4/26 Friday 5pm
Lab 10 due 4/26 Friday 5pm
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Final Exam: May 7 3-6 pm

Week 1

Jan 17

1 (Sahai & Khan) Introduction: Slides • Demos

Reading: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

Lab Lab 01: Expressions (Due 1/19): Lab 01 Worksheet

Jan 19

2 (Khan) Cause and Effect: Slides

Reading: 2

Homework Homework 01 (Due 1/24)

Week 2

Jan 22

3 (Sahai) Tables: Slides • Demos

Reading: 3

Lab Lab 02: Table Operations (Due 1/26): Lab 02 Worksheet

Jan 24

4 (Sahai) Data Types: Slides • Demos

Reading: 4, 5

Jan 26

5 (Khan) Building Tables: Slides • Demos

Reading: 6.1, 6.2

Homework Homework 02 (Due 1/31)

Week 3

Jan 29

6 (Sahai) Census: Slides • Demos

Reading: 6.3, 6.4

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

Jan 31

7 (Sahai) Charts: Slides • Demos

Reading: 7, 7.1

Feb 2

8 (Khan) Histograms: Slides • Demos

Reading: 7.2, 7.3

Homework Homework 03 (Due 2/7)

Week 4

Feb 5

9 (Sahai) Functions: Slides • Demos

Reading: 8, 8.1

Lab Lab 04: Functions and Visualization (Due 2/9): Lab 04 Worksheet

Feb 7

10 (Khan) Groups: Slides • Demos

Reading: 8.2, 8.3

Feb 9

11 (Khan) Pivots and Joins: Slides • Demos

Reading: 8.4

Homework Homework 04 (Due 2/14)

Project Project 1: World Population and Poverty (Due 2/23, Checkpoint 2/16)

Week 5

Feb 12

12 (Denero) Table Examples: Slides • Demos • Empty Demos

Reading: 8.5: Project 1 Lab Worksheet

Feb 14

13 (Khan) Conditionals and Iteration: Slides • Demos

Reading: 9, 9.1, 9.2

Feb 16

14 (Sahai) Chance: Slides • Demos

Reading: 9.2, 9.3, 9.4

Homework Homework 05 (Due 2/21)

Week 6

Feb 19

Holiday: No Class

Lab Lab 05: Conditional Statements, Iteration, Tables (Due 2/23): Lab 05 Worksheet

Feb 21

15 (Khan) Sampling: Slides • Demos

Reading: 9.5, 10

Feb 23

16 (Sahai) Models: Slides • Demos

Reading: 10.2, 10.3, 10.4

Homework Homework 06 (Due 2/28)

Week 7

Feb 26

17 (Jonathan & Atticus) Comparing Distributions: Slides • Demos

Reading: 11.1, 11.2

Lab Lab 06: Assessing Models (Due 3/1): Lab 06 Worksheet

Feb 28

18 (Khan) Decisions and Uncertainty: Slides • Demos

Reading: 11.3, 11.4

Mar 1

19 (Sahai) A/B Testing: Slides • Demos

Reading: 11.4, 12.1

Homework Homework 07 (Due 3/6)

Week 8

Mar 4

20 (Sahai) Causality: Slides • Demos

Reading: 12.2: Midterm Review Worksheet

Mar 6

21 (Khan) Examples: Slides • Demos

Reading: 12.3

Mar 8

22 (Khan) Midterm Review: Slides

Exam Midterm (7 - 9 PM)

Week 9

Mar 11

23 (Sahai) Confidence Intervals: Slides • Demos

Reading: 13, 13.1, 13.2

Lab Lab 07: A/B Testing (Due 3/15): Lab 07 Worksheet

Mar 13

24 (Khan) Interpreting Confidence: Slides • Demos

Reading: 13.3, 13.4

Mar 15

25 (Khan) Center and Spread: Slides • Demos

Reading: 14, 14.1, 14.2

Homework Homework 08 (3/20)

Week 10

Mar 18

26 (Sahai) The Normal Distribution: Slides • Demos

Reading: 14.3, 14.4

Lab Lab 08: Sample Means (Due 3/22): Lab 08 Worksheet

Mar 20

27 (Khan) Sample Means: Slides • Demos

Reading: 14.5

Mar 22

28 (Khan) Designing Experiments: Slides • Demos

Reading: 14.6

Homework Homework 09 (Due 4/3)

Project Project 2: Climate (Due 4/12, Checkpoint 4/5)

Spring Break

Mar 25: Spring Break: No Class
Mar 27: Spring Break: No Class
Mar 29: Spring Break: No Class

Week 12

Apr 1

29 (Sahai) Correlation: Slides • Demos • Demos 2

Reading: 15, 15.1: Project 2 Lab Worksheet

Apr 3

30 (Khan) Linear Regression: Slides • Demos

Reading: 15.2

Apr 5

31 (Khan) Least Squares: Slides • Demos

Reading: 15.3, 15.4

Homework Homework 10 (Due 4/10)

Week 13

Apr 8

32 Residuals (Pre-recorded): Slides • Video

Reading: 15.5, 15.6

Lab Lab 09: Regression (Due 4/12): Lab 09 Worksheet

Apr 10

33 (Sarah & Noah) Regression Inference: Slides • Demos

Reading: 16

Apr 12

34 (Khan) Updating Predictions: Slides • Demos

Reading: 13, 18

Homework Homework 11 (Due 4/17)

Project Project 3: Classifying Movies (Due 4/26, Checkpoint 4/19)

Week 14

Apr 15

35 (Sahai) Classification: Slides • Demos

Reading: 17, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3: Project 3 Lab Worksheet

Apr 17

36 (Sahai) Classifiers: Slides • Demos

Reading: 17.4

Apr 19

37 Privacy (Pre-recorded): Slides • Video

Homework Homework 12 (Due 4/24)

Week 15

Apr 22

38 (Khan) Inference Review: Slides

Lab Lab 10: Conditional Probability (Due 4/26): Lab 10 Worksheet

Apr 24

39 (Sahai) Case Study: Tech: Slides

Apr 26

40 (Sahai) Conclusion: Slides

Homework Homework 13 (Due 5/5)

Final

May 7: Exam Final Exam (3-6 PM)

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