Data 8: Foundations of Data Science

UC Berkeley, Fall 2022

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Nov 28 · 0 min read

Project 3 has been released and is due on Friday, December 2nd. The checkpoint is optional.

Week 1

Aug 24

1 Introduction: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

Lab Lab 01: Expressions (Due 8/26): Lab 01 Worksheet

Aug 26

2 Cause and Effect: Slides • Video

Reading: 2

Homework Homework 01 (Due 8/31)

Week 2

Aug 29

3 Tables: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 3

Lab Lab 02: Table Operations (Due 9/2): Lab 02 Worksheet

Aug 31

4 Data Types: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 4, 5

Sep 2

5 Building Tables: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 6.1, 6.2

Homework Homework 02 (Due 9/7)

Week 3

Sep 5

Holiday: No Class

Lab Lab 03: Data Types, Creating and Extending Tables (Due 9/9): Lab 03 Worksheet

Sep 7

6 Census: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 6.3, 6.4

Sep 9

7 Charts: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 7, 7.1

Homework Homework 03 (Due 9/14)

Week 4

Sep 12

8 Histograms: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 7.2, 7.3

Lab Lab 04: Functions and Visualization (Due 9/16): Lab 04 Worksheet

Sep 14

9 Functions: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 8, 8.1

Sep 16

10 Groups: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 8.2, 8.3

Homework Homework 04 (Due 9/21)

Project Project 1: World Population and Poverty (Due 9/30, Checkpoint 9/23)

Week 5

Sep 19

11 Pivots and Joins: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 8.4: Project 1 Lab Worksheet

Sep 21

12 Table Examples: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 8.5

Sep 23

13 Conditionals and Iteration: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 9, 9.1, 9.2

Homework Homework 05 (Due 9/28)

Week 6

Sep 26

14 Chance: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 9.2, 9.3, 9.4

Lab Lab 05: Conditional Statements, Iteration, Tables (Due 9/30): Lab 05 Worksheet

Sep 28

15 Sampling: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 9.5, 10

Sep 30

16 Models: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 10.2, 10.3, 10.4

Homework Homework 06 (Due 10/5)

Week 7

Oct 3

17 Comparing Distributions: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 11.1, 11.2

Lab Lab 06: Assessing Models (Due 10/7): Lab 06 Worksheet

Oct 5

18 Decisions and Uncertainty: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 11.3, 11.4

Oct 7

19 A/B Testing: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 11.4, 12.1

Homework Homework 07 (Due 10/12)

Week 8

Oct 10

20 Causality: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 12.2: Midterm Lab Worksheet

Oct 12

21 Examples: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 12.3

Oct 14

22 Midterm Review: Slides • Video

Exam Midterm (7 - 9 PM)

Week 9

Oct 17

23 Confidence Intervals: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 13, 13.1, 13.2

Lab Lab 07: A/B Testing (Due 10/21): Lab 07 Worksheet

Oct 19

24 Interpreting Confidence: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 13.3, 13.4

Oct 21

25 Center and Spread: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 14, 14.1, 14.2: Supplemental Videos: Standard Units, Checking Chebyshev Bounds

Homework Homework 08 (Due 10/26)

Week 10

Oct 24

26 The Normal Distribution: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 14.3, 14.4

Lab Lab 08: Sample Mean (Due 10/28): Lab 08 Worksheet

Oct 26

27 Sample Means: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 14.5

Oct 28

28 Designing Experiments: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 14.6

Homework Homework 09 (Due 11/2)

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

Week 11

Oct 31

29 Correlation: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 15, 15.1: Project 2 Lab Worksheet

Nov 2

30 Linear Regression: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 15.2

Nov 4

31 Least Squares: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 15.3, 15.4

Homework Homework 10 (Due 11/9)

Week 12

Nov 7

32 Residuals: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 15.5, 15.6

Lab Lab 09: Regression (Due 11/11): Lab 09 Worksheet

Nov 9

33 Regression Inference: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 16

Nov 11

Holiday: No Class

Homework Homework 11 (Due 11/18)

Project Project 3: Classifying Movies (Due 12/2)

Week 13

Nov 14

34 Privacy: Slides • Video

No Lab: Project 3 Lab Worksheet

Nov 16

35 Classification: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 17, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3

Nov 18

36 Classifiers: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 17.4

Week 14

Nov 21: Canceled: No Class
Nov 23: Holiday: No Class
Nov 25: Holiday: No Class

Week 15

Nov 28

37 Updating Probabilities: Slides • Demos • Video

Reading: 13, 18

Lab Lab 10: Conditional Probability (Due 12/2): Lab 10 Worksheet

Nov 30

38 Case Study: Health: Slides • Demos • Video

Dec 2

39 Conclusion: Slides • Video

Final

Dec 15: Exam Final Exam (3-6 PM)