Data 8: Foundations of Data Science 📊

UC Berkeley, Summer 2024

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Congratulations on completing this summer’s offering of Data 8: Foundations of Data Science!
We hope you have a great rest of your summer 😊

Week 1

June 17

1 Introduction: Slides • Demo

Reading: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

Lab Lab 01 (Due 6/21): Lab 01 Worksheet

June 18

2 Cause and Effect: Slides

Reading: 2

Homework Homework 01 (Due 6/21)

June 19

Juneteenth Holiday: No class

June 20

3 Tables: Slides • Demo

Reading: 3

June 21

4 Data Types, Building Tables, Census: Slides • Demo

Reading: 4, 5, 6.1, 6.2

Homework Homework 02 (Due 6/25)

Week 2

June 24

5 Distributions/Charts: Slides • Demo

Reading: 7, 7.1

Lab Lab 02 (Due 6/24): Lab 02 Worksheet

June 25

6 Histograms: Slides • Demo

Reading: 7.2, 7.3

Homework Homework 03 (Due 6/28)

June 26

7 Functions: Slides • Demo

Reading: 8, 8.1

Lab Lab 03 (Due 6/26): Lab 03 Worksheet

June 27

8 Conditionals and Iteration: Slides • Demo

Reading: 9, 9.1, 9.2

June 28

9 Groups, Pivots, Joins: Slides • Demo

Reading: 8, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4

Homework Homework 04 (Due 7/2)

Project Project 1: World Population and Poverty (Due Fri 7/5; Checkpoint 7/2)

Week 3

July 1

10 Chance: Slides • Demo

Reading: 9.2, 9.3, 9.4

Lab Lab 04 (Due 7/1): Lab 04 Worksheet

July 2

11 Sampling: Slides • Demo

Reading: 9.5, 10

Homework Homework 05 (Due 7/5)

July 3

12 Models: Slides • Demo

Reading: 10.2, 10.3, 10.4

Lab Lab 05 (Due 7/3): Lab 05 Worksheet

July 4

Independence Day Holiday: No class

July 5

13 Comparing Distributions, Decisions/Uncertainty: Slides • Demo

Reading: 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4

Homework Homework 06 (Due 7/10)

Week 4

July 8

14 A/B Testing:: Slides • Demo

Reading: 11.4, 12.1

Lab Lab 06 (Due 7/8): Lab 06 Worksheet

July 9

15 Causality: Slides • Demo

Reading: 12.2

July 10

16 Midterm Review Part 1: Slides

Reading: 12.3

Lab Midterm Review (Due 7/10)

July 11

17 Midterm Review Part 2: Slides • Demo

July 12

Exam Midterm Exam (11 AM - 1 PM)

Week 5

July 15

18 Confidence Intervals: Slides • Demo

Reading: 13, 13.1, 13.2

Lab Lab 07 (Due 7/15): Lab 07 Worksheet

July 16

19 Interpreting Confidence: Slides • Demo

Reading: 13.3, 13.4

Homework Homework 07 (Due 7/19)

July 17

20 Center and Spread, The Normal Distribution: Slides • Demo

Reading: 14, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4

Lab Lab 08 (Due 7/17): Lab 08 Worksheet

July 18

21 Sample Means: Slides • Demo

Reading: 14.5

July 19

22 Designing Experiments, Correlation: Slides • Demo

Reading: 14.6, 15, 15.1

Homework Homework 08 (Due 7/23)

Week 6

July 22

23 Linear Regression: Slides • Demo

Reading: 15.2

Lab Lab 09 (Due 7/22): Lab 09 Worksheet

July 23

24 Least Squares: Slides • Demo

Reading: 15.3, 15.4

Homework Homework 09 (Due 7/26)

July 24

25 Residuals: Slides • Demo

Reading: 15.5, 15.6

Lab Lab 10 (Due 7/24): Lab 10 Worksheet

July 25

26 Regression Inference: Slides • Demo

Reading: 16

July 26

27 Classification: Slides • Demo

Reading: 17, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3

Homework Homework 10 (Due 7/31)

Week 7

July 29

28 Classifiers: Slides • Demo

Reading: 17.4

Lab Lab 11 (Due 7/29): Lab 11 Worksheet

July 30

29 Updating Probabilities: Slides • Demo

Reading: 13, 18

Homework Homework 11 (Due 8/2)

July 31

30 Privacy (Pre-recorded): Slides • Video

Lab Lab 12 (Due 7/31): Lab 12 Worksheet

Project Project 2: Movie Classification (Due Tues 8/6; Checkpoint Fri 8/2)

August 1

31 Health (Pre-recorded): Slides • Demo • Video

August 2

32 Final Review: Slides

Homework Homework 12 (Due 8/6)

Week 8

August 5

33 Final Review: Slides

Lab Lab 13: Lab 13 Worksheet

August 6

34 Final Review: Slides

August 7

Exam Final Exam (11 AM - 1 PM)

August 8

35 Panel: Slides • Demo

August 9

36 Conclusion: Slides • Demo

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