Data 8: Foundations of Data Science

UC Berkeley, Summer 2025

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Week 4 Announcements!

Jul 13
  • Midterm will be on Friday, July 18 from 12-2pm
  • Lab 07 is due Monday, July 14 at 8pm
  • Project 1 is due Tuesday, July 15 at 8pm
  • HW 6 is due Tuesday, July 15 at 8pm

Week 1

June 23
1 Introduction
Slides • Demo
Reading: 1
Lab Lab 01
Discussion Worksheet 01
June 24
2 Cause and Effect
Slides
Reading: 2
Homework Homework 01 (Due 6/27)
June 25
3 Python
Slides • Demo
Reading: 3
Lab Lab 02
Discussion Worksheet 02
June 26
4 Data Types
Slides • Demo
Reading: 4, 5
June 27
5 Tables
Slides • Demo
Reading: 6.0, 6.1, 6.2
Homework Homework 02 (Due 7/1)

Week 2

June 30
6 Case Study: Census
Slides • Demo
Reading: 6.3, 6.4
Lab Lab 03
Project Project 1: World Population and Poverty (Due Tues 7/15, Checkpoint 7/8)
Discussion Worksheet 03
July 1
7 Data Visualization
Slides • Demo
Reading: 7.0, 7.1, 7.3
Homework Homework 03 (Due 7/3)
July 2
8 Histograms
Slides • Demo
Reading: 7.2
Lab Lab 04
Discussion Worksheet 04
July 3
9 Functions
Slides • Demo
Reading: 8.0, 8.1
Homework Homework 04 (Due 7/8)
July 4
Independence Day No Class

Week 3

July 7
10 & 11 Groups, Pivots and Joins
Slides • Demo
Reading: 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5
Lab Lab 05
Discussion Worksheet 05
July 8
12 Conditionals and Iteration
Slides • Demo
Reading: 9.0, 9.1, 9.2
Homework Homework 05 (Due 7/11)
July 9
13 Probability and Simulations
Slides • Demo
Reading: 9.3, 9.4, 9.5
Lab Lab 06
Discussion Worksheet 06
July 10
14 Sampling and Empirical Distributions
Slides • Demo
Reading: 10
July 11
15 & 16 Hypothesis Testing
Slides • Demo
Reading: 11.0, 11.1, 11.2
Homework Homework 06 (Due 7/15)

Week 4

July 14
17 Decisions and Uncertainty
Slides • Demo
Reading: 11.3, 11.4
Lab Lab 07
Discussion Worksheet 07
July 15
18 A/B Testing
Slides • Demo
Reading: 12.0, 12.1
July 16
19 Causality
Slides • Demo
Reading: 12.2, 12.3
Discussion Midterm Review Worksheet
July 17
20 Midterm Review
Slides • Demo
July 18
Exam Midterm

Week 5

July 21
21 Confidence Intervals
Slides • Demo
Reading: 13.0, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
Lab Lab 08
July 22
22 Interpreting Confidence
Slides • Demo
Reading: 13.4
Homework Homework 07 (Due 7/25)
July 23
23 Center and Spread
Slides • Demo
Reading: 14.0, 14.1, 14.2
Lab Lab 09
July 24
24 Normal Distribution
Slides • Demo
Reading: 14.3, 14.4
July 25
25 Variability of Sample Mean
Slides • Demo
Reading: 14.5
Homework Homework 08 (Due 7/29)

Week 6

July 28
26 Case Study: Elections
Slides • Demo
Reading: 14.6
Lab Lab 10
July 29
27 Correlation
Slides • Demo
Reading: 15.0, 15.1
Homework Homework 09 (Due 8/1)
July 30
28 Linear Regression
Slides • Demo
Reading: 15.2
Lab Lab 11
July 31
29 Least Squares
Slides • Demo
Reading: 15.3, 15.4
August 1
30 Residuals
Slides • Demo
Reading: 15.5, 15.6
Homework Homework 10 (Due 8/5)

Week 7

August 4
31 Regression Inference
Slides • Demo
Reading: 16
Lab Lab 12
August 5
32 Classification
Slides • Demo
Reading: 17.0, 17.1
Homework Homework 11 (Due 8/8)
Project Project 2: Climate (Due Fri 8/14, Checkpoint 8/8)
August 6
33 Implementing Classifiers
Slides • Demo
Reading: 17.3, 17.4
August 7
34 Evaluating Classifiers
Slides • Demo
Reading: 17.2, 17.5
August 8
35 Updating Probabilities
Slides • Demo
Reading: 18.0, 18.1, 18.2
Homework Homework 12 (Extra Credit) (Due 8/12)

Week 8

August 11
36 Multiple Linear Regression
Slides • Demo
Reading: 17.6
Lab Lab 13
August 12
37 Final Exam Review I
Slides • Demo
August 13
38 Final Exam Review II
Slides • Demo
August 14
Exam Final
August 15
39 Conclusion & Panel