Data 8: Foundations of Data Science

UC Berkeley, Spring 2025

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Week 16 Announcements

May 4

RRR Week OH (Online + IRL @Warren 101B)
- Wednesday 12-4 PM
- Thursday 12-3 PM
TA-led review sessions
- Tuesday (5/6) from 7-9 PM in Wheeler 150
- Friday (5/9) from 5-7 PM in Dwinelle 155
Past Finals Megathread

Week 15 Announcements

Apr 27

Assignments Due
- Homework 11 is due on Wednesday, April 30th @ 5 PM
- Project 3: Movie Classification is due on Friday, May 2nd @ 5 PM
- Lab 10 is due on Friday, May 2nd @ 5 PM
- Homework 12 is due on Sunday, May 4th @ 11:59 PM
- [Extra Credit] Homework 13 is due on Sunday, May 4th @ 11:59 PM (with no grace period).

Week 14 Announcements

Apr 20

Assignments Due
- Homework 10 is due on Wednesday, April 23rd @ 5 PM
- Project 3 Checkpoint is due on Friday, April 25th @ 5 PM
- Homework 11 is due on Wednesday, April 30th @ 5 PM

Week 13 Announcements

Apr 13

Assignments Due
- Homework 09 is due on Wednesday, April 16th @ 5 PM
- Project 2: Climate is due on Friday, April 18th @ 5 PM
- Lab 09 is due on Friday, April 18th @ 5 PM
- Homework 10 is due on Wednesday, April 23rd @ 5 PM
- Project 3 Checkpoint is due on Friday, April 25th @ 5 PM
HW 07, Lab 07, Lab 08 Scores Released
Project 2 Party, Wednesday 6-8 PM
- Wurster Hall 102

Week 12 Announcements

Apr 6

Assignments Due
- Homework 08 is due on Wednesday, April 9th @ 5 PM
- Project 2 Checkpoint is due on Friday, April 11th @ 5 PM
- Homework 09 is due on Wednesday, April 16th @ 5 PM

Week 11 Announcements

Mar 30

Assignments Due
- Homework 07 is due on Wednesday, April 2nd @ 5 PM
- Lab 08 is due on Friday, April 4th @ 5 PM
- Homework 08 is due on Wednesday, April 9th @ 5 PM
- Project 2 Checkpoint is due on Friday, April 11th @ 5 PM

Week 10 Announcements

Mar 23

Spring Break!

Week 9 Announcements

Mar 16

Assignments Due
- Lab 07 is due on Friday, March 21st @ 5 PM
- Homework 07 is due in two weeks, on Wednesday, April 2nd @ 5 PM
Congratulations on completing the Data 8 Midterm!!

Week 8 Announcements

Mar 9

Midterm is on Friday, 3/14, 7-9 PM
- Midterm Study Tips post
- Midterm Review Session is on Tuesday, 3/11, 5-7 PM (Dwinelle 155)
Play with the Review Sandbox here! After clicking the first link, go to Datahub to see the available datasets.

Week 7 Announcements

Mar 2

Assignments Due
- Homework 06 is due on Friday, March 7th @ 5 PM
- Lab 06 is due on Friday, March 7th @ 5 PM
- Homework 07 will be released after the midterm.
The midterm is on Friday, 3/14, 7-9 PM
- Past Midterms post
Midterm Review Session next Tuesday (3/11) 5-7 pm in Dwinelle 155!
- More details released later this week
Play with the Review Sandbox here! After clicking the first link, go to Datahub to see the available datasets.

Week 6 Announcements

Feb 23

Assignments Due
- Homework 05 is due on Wednesday, February 26th @ 5 PM
- Lab 05 is due on Friday, February 28th @ 5 PM
- Project 1: World Population and Poverty
  - Everything due on Friday, February 28th @ 5 PM
  - Make sure to add your project partner to your written and autograder submission!
The midterm is on Friday, 3/14, 7-9 PM
- If you have a time conflict with the midterm, fill out the alternate exam form ASAP
HW 03, Lab 04 Score Release post
Project 1 Party on Wednesday (2/26) @ Evans 2 from 6-8 pm!

Week 5 Announcements

Feb 16

Assignments Due
- Homework 04 is due on Wednesday, February 19th @ 5 PM
- Homework 05 is due on Wednesday, February 26th @ 5 PM
- Project 1: World Population and Poverty
  - Checkpoint due on Friday, February 21st @ 5 PM
  - Everything due on Friday, February 28th @ 5 PM
The midterm is on Friday, 3/14, 7-9 PM
- If you have a time conflict with the midterm, fill out the alternate exam form ASAP
Lab 03, HW 02 Score Release post
- Check that your score looks correct!

Week 4 Announcements

Feb 9

Assignments Due
- Homework 03 is due on Wednesday, February 12th @ 5 PM
- Lab 04 is due on Friday, February 14th @ 5 PM
- Homework 04 is due on Wednesday, February 19th @ 5 PM
- Project 1: World Population and Poverty
  - Checkpoint due on Friday, February 21st @ 5 PM
  - Everything due on Friday, February 28th @ 5 PM
The midterm is on Friday, 3/14, 7-9 PM
- If you have a time conflict with the midterm, fill out the alternate exam form ASAP
Lab 01, Lab 02, HW 01 Score Release post
- Check that your score looks correct!

Week 3 Announcements

Feb 2

Assignments Due
- Homework 02 is due on Wednesday, February 5th @ 5 PM
- Lab 03 is due on Friday, February 7th @ 5 PM
- Homework 03 is due on Wednesday, February 12th @ 5 PM
Tutoring Section Sign-Ups
- Go to tutoring.data8.org to enroll in a tutoring section!
- Details about tutoring sections can be found on this Edstem post

Week 2 Announcements

Jan 26

Assignments Due
- Homework 01 is due on Wednesday, January 29th @ 5 PM
- Lab 02 is due on Friday, January 31st @ 5 PM
- Homework 02 is due on Wednesday, February 5th @ 5 PM
Lab Switching
- You can switch your lab until Monday (January 27th at 5 PM) via sections.data8.org

Week 1 Announcements

Jan 19

Assignments Due
- Lab 01 is due on Friday, January 24th @ 5 PM
- Homework 01 is due on Wednesday, January 29th @ 5 PM

Week 0 Announcements

Jan 12

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

Week 1

Jan 22

1 Introduction: Slides • Demo

Reading: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

Lab Lab 01 (Due 1/24)

Discussion Worksheet 01

Jan 24

2 Cause and Effect: Slides

Reading: 2

Homework Homework 01 (Due 1/29)

Week 2

Jan 27

3 Programming in Python: Slides • Demo

Reading: 3

Lab Lab 02 (Due 1/31)

Discussion Worksheet 02

Jan 29

4 Data Types: Slides • Demo

Reading: 4, 5

Jan 31

5 Tables: Slides • Demo

Reading: 6.1, 6.2

Homework Homework 02 (Due 2/5)

Week 3

Feb 3

6 Case Study: Census: Slides • Demo

Reading: 6.3, 6.4

Lab Lab 03 (Due 2/7)

Discussion Worksheet 03

Feb 5

7 Data Visualization: Slides • Demo

Reading: 7, 7.1

Feb 7

8 Histograms: Slides • Demo

Reading: 7.2, 7.3

Homework Homework 03 (Due 2/12)

Week 4

Feb 10

9 Functions: Slides • Demo

Reading: 8, 8.1

Lab Lab 04 (Due 2/14)

Discussion Worksheet 04

Feb 12

10 Groups: Slides • Demo

Reading: 8.2, 8.3

Feb 14

11 Pivots and Joins: Slides • Demo

Reading: 8.4

Homework Homework 04 (Due 2/19)

Project Project 1: World Population and Poverty (Due Fri 2/28, Checkpoint Fri 2/21)

Week 5

Feb 17

Presidents’ Day No class

Lab Project 1 Checkpoint

Discussion Worksheet 05

Feb 19

12 Conditionals and Iteration: Slides • Demo

Reading: 9, 9.1, 9.2

Feb 21

13 Probability and Simulation: Slides • Demo

Reading: 9.2, 9.3, 9.4

Homework Homework 05 (Due 2/26)

Week 6

Feb 24

14 Sampling and Empirical Distributions: Slides • Demo

Reading: 9.5, 10, 10.1

Lab Lab 05 (Due 2/28)

Discussion Worksheet 06

Feb 26

15 Models: Slides • Demo

Reading: 10.2, 10.3, 10.4

Feb 28

16 Hypothesis Testing: Slides • Demo

Reading: 11.1, 11.2

Homework Homework 06 (Due 3/7)

Week 7

Mar 3

17 Decisions and Uncertainty: Slides • Demo

Reading: 11.3, 11.4

Lab Lab 06 (Due 3/7)

Discussion Worksheet 07

Mar 5

18 A/B Testing: Slides • Demo

Reading: 11.4, 12.1

Mar 7

19 Hypothesis Testing and Causality: Slides • Demo

Reading: 12.2, 12.3

Week 8

Mar 10

20 Table Examples: Slides • Demo

Lab Midterm Review

Mar 12

21 Midterm Review I: Slides

Discussion Worksheet 08

Mar 14

22 Midterm Review II: Slides • Demo

Exam Midterm Exam (7 - 9 PM)

Week 9

Mar 17

23 Confidence Intervals: Slides • Demo

Reading: 13, 13.1, 13.2

Lab Lab 07 (Due 3/21)

Discussion Worksheet 09

Mar 19

24 Interpreting Confidence: Slides • Demo

Reading: 13.3, 13.4

Mar 21

25 Center and Spread: Slides • Demo

Reading: 14, 14.1, 14.2

Homework Homework 07 (Due 4/2)

Week 10

Mar 24: Spring Break No class
Mar 26: Spring Break No class
Mar 26: Spring Break No class

Week 11

Mar 31

26 The Normal Distribution: Slides • Demo

Reading: 14.3, 14.4

Lab Lab 08 (Due 4/4)

Discussion Worksheet 10

Apr 2

27 The Variability of the Sample Mean: Slides • Demo

Reading: 14.5

Apr 4

28 Case Study: Election Pollsters: Slides • Demo

Reading: 14.6

Homework Homework 08 (Due 4/9)

Project Project 2: Climate (Due Fri 4/18, Checkpoint Fri 4/11)

Week 12

Apr 7

29 Correlation: Slides • Demo

Reading: 15.1

Lab Project 2 Checkpoint

Apr 9

30 The Regression Line: Slides • Demo

Reading: 15.2

Discussion Worksheet 11

Apr 11

31 The Method of Least Squares: Slides • Demo

Reading: 15.3, 15.4

Homework Homework 09 (Due 4/16)

Week 13

Apr 14

32 Residuals: Slides • Demo

Reading: 15.5

Lab Lab 09 (Due 4/18)

Apr 16

33 Regression Inference: Slides • Demo

Reading: 16

Discussion Worksheet 12

Apr 18

34 Intro to Classification: Slides • Demo

Reading: 17.1, 17.2

Homework Homework 10 (Due 4/23)

Project Project 3: Movie Classification (Due Fri 5/2, Checkpoint Fri 4/25)

Week 14

Apr 21

35 Implementing Classifiers: Slides • Demo

Reading: 17.3, 17.4

Lab Project 3 Checkpoint

Apr 23

36 Evaluating Classifiers: Slides • Demo

Reading: 17.5

Discussion Worksheet 13

Apr 25

37 Updating Probabilities: Slides • Demo

Reading: 18, 18.1, 18.2

Homework Homework 11 (Due 4/30)

Week 15

Apr 28

38 Multiple Linear Regression: Slides • Demo

Reading: 17.6

Lab Lab 10 (Due 5/2)

Homework Homework 12 (Due 5/4)

Apr 30

39 Staff Panel / Privacy: Slides

Discussion Worksheet 14

May 2

40 Conclusion: Slides

Week 16

May 5

41 RRR Review I: Slides

May 7

42 RRR Review II: Slides

May 9

43 RRR Review III: Slides

Final

May 13: Exam Final Exam (7-10 PM)