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Instructors: Ramesh Sridharan and Swupnil Sahai

Lecture: MWF 10am-11am in 150 Wheeler

Date Topic Lecture Reading Assignment
Wed 01/22 Introduction Slides, Demos 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Fri 01/24 Cause and Effect Slides 2
Homework 01 (Due Thu 01/30)
Mon 01/27 Tables Slides, Demos, Video 3
Wed 01/29 Data Types Slides, Demos, Video 4, 5
Fri 01/31 Building Tables Slides, Demos, Video 6.1, 6.2
Homework 02 (Due Thu 02/06)
Mon 02/03 Census Slides, Demos, Video 6.3, 6.4
Wed 02/05 Charts Slides, Demos, Video 7, 7.1
Fri 02/07 Histograms Slides, Demos, Video 7.2, 7.3
Homework 03 (Due Thu 02/13)
Mon 02/10 Functions Slides, Demos, Video 8, 8.1
Wed 02/12 Groups Slides, Demos, Video 8.2, 8.3
Fri 02/14 Joins Slides, Demos, Video 8.4
Homework 04 (Due Thu 02/20)
(Checkpoint Fri 02/21; Due Fri 02/28)
Mon 02/17 Holiday: No class
Wed 02/19 Table Examples Slides, Demos, Video 8.5
Lab: Project 1
Fri 02/21 Iteration Slides, Demos, Video 9, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
Homework 05 (Due Thu 02/27)
Mon 02/24 Chance Slides, Demos, Video 9.5, 18.1
Wed 02/26 Sampling Slides, Demos, Video 10, 10.1, 10.2
Fri 02/28 Models Slides, Demos, Video 10.3, 11.1
Homework 06 (Due Thu 03/05)
Mon 03/02 Comparing Distributions Slides, Demos, Video 11.1, 11.2
Wed 03/04 Decisions and Uncertainty Slides, Demos, Video 11.3
Fri 03/06 A/B Testing Slides, Demos, Video 11.4, 12.1, 12.2
Homework 07 (Due Thu 03/12)
Mon 03/09 Causality Slides, Demos, Video 12.3
Wed 03/11 Examples Slides, Demos, Video 12.2
Lab: Midterm Review
Fri 03/13 Midterm Review Slides, Demos, Video
Midterm (7:00 PM - 9:00 PM)
Mon 03/16 Bootstrap (was: Confidence Intervals) Slides, Demos, Video 13, 13.1, 13.2
Wed 03/18 Confidence Intervals (was: Interpreting Confidence) Slides, Demos, Video 13.3, 13.4
Fri 03/20 Interpreting Confidence Intervals (was: Center and Spread) Slides, Demos, Video 14, 14.1, 14.2
Homework 08 (Due Thu 04/02)
(Checkpoint 1 Fri 04/03; Checkpoint 2 Fri 04/10; Due Fri 04/17)
Mon 03/23 Holiday: No class
Wed 03/25 Holiday: No class
Fri 03/27 Holiday: No class
Mon 03/30 Center and Spread (was: The Normal Distribution) Slides, Demos, Video 14.3, 14.4
Wed 04/01 The Normal Distribution and Sample Means (was: Sample Means) Slides, Demos, Video, Last Semester's Video 14.5
Lab: Project 2
Fri 04/03 Designing Experiments Slides, Demos, Video 14.6
Homework 09 (Due Thu 04/09)
Mon 04/06 Correlation Slides, Demos, Video 15, 15.1
Wed 04/08 Linear Regression Slides, Demos, Video 15.2
Fri 04/10 Least Squares Slides, Demos, Video 15.3, 15.4
Homework 10 (Due Thu 04/16)
Mon 04/13 Residuals Slides, Demos, Video 15.5, 15.6
Wed 04/15 Regression Inference Slides, Demos, Video 16
Fri 04/17 Regression Wrapup Slides, Demos, Video 16
Homework 11 (Due Thu 04/23)
(Checkpoint Fri 04/24; Due Fri 05/01)
Mon 04/20 Classification Slides, Demos, Video 17, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3
Wed 04/22 Classifiers Slides, Demos, Video 17.4
Lab: Project 3
Fri 04/24 Decisions Slides, Demos, Video 18
Homework 12 (Due Thu 04/30)
Mon 04/27 Case Study 1
Wed 04/29 Case Study 2
Fri 05/01 Conclusion Slides, Video
Mon 05/04 Leads Review 1
Wed 05/06 Leads Review 2
Tue 05/12 Final Exam
Final (3:00 PM - 6:00 PM)