Data 8: Foundations of Data Science

UC Berkeley, Spring 2026

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Week 9

Mar 15

1. Assignments Due
   • Lab 07 is due on Friday, March 20th @ 5 PM
   • Homework 07 is due on Wednesday, April 1st @ 11 AM
2. Congratulations on completing the midterm!

Week 8

Mar 8

1. The midterm is on Tuesday, March 10th from 8-10pm
   • Midterm Preparations Tips post
   • Past Midterms post
2. Project 01 Solutions Release post

Week 7

Mar 1

1. Assignments Due
   • Homework 06 is due on Friday, March 6th @ 11 AM
   • Lab 06 is due on Friday, March 6th @ 5 PM
2. The midterm is on Tuesday, March 10th from 8-10pm
   • Midterm Preparations Tips post
   • Past Midterms post
3. Homework 04 & Lab 04 Score Release post
   • Check that your score looks correct!

Week 6

Feb 22

1. Assignments Due
   • Homework 05 is due on Thursday, February 26th @ 11 AM
   • Lab 05 is due on Friday, February 27th @ 5 PM
   • Project 1: World Population and Poverty
     • Entire Project is due on Friday, February 27th @ 5 PM
     • Make sure to add your project partner to your autograder submission! Partners will be automatically added to your written work submission.
   • Homework 06 is due on Friday, March 6th @ 11 AM
2. Project 1 Parties this week
   • Tuesday, 2/24 from 6-8PM in Evans 458
   • Wednesday, 2/25 from 6-8PM in Evans B6
3. Homework 03 Score Release post
   • Check that your score looks correct!

Week 5

Feb 15

1. Assignments Due
   • Homework 04 is due on Wednesday, February 18th @ 11 AM
   • Project 1: World Population and Poverty
     • Checkpoint is due on Friday, February 20th @ 5 PM
     • Entire Project is due on Friday, February 27th @ 5 PM
   • Homework 05 is due on Thursday, February 26th @ 11 AM
2. The midterm is on Tuesday, March 10th from 8-10PM
   • If you have a time conflict with the midterm, fill out the Alternate Exam Form ASAP
3. Lab 02, Lab 03, and Homework 02 Score Release post
   • Check that your score looks correct!

Week 4

Feb 8

1. Assignments Due
   • Homework 03 is due on Wednesday, February 11th @ 11 AM
   • Lab 04 is due on Friday, February 13th @ 5 PM
   • Homework 04 is due on Wednesday, February 18th @ 11 AM
   • Project 1: World Population and Poverty will be released on Friday
     • Checkpoint is due on Friday, February 20th @ 5 PM
     • Entire Project is due on Friday, February 27th @ 5 PM
2. Tutoring Section Sign-Ups
   • Go to sections.data8.org/tutoring to enroll in a tutoring section!
   • Details about tutoring sections can be found on this post
3. The midterm is on Tuesday, March 10th from 8-10PM
   • If you have a time conflict with the midterm, fill out the Alternate Exam Form ASAP

Week 3

Feb 1

1. Assignments Due
   • Homework 02 is due on Wednesday, February 4th @ 11 AM
   • Lab 03 is due on Friday, February 6th @ 5 PM
   • Homework 03 is due on Wednesday, February 11th @ 11 AM
2. Tutoring Section Sign-Ups
   • Go to sections.data8.org/tutoring to enroll in a tutoring section!
   • Details about tutoring sections can be found on this post

Week 2

Jan 25

1. Assignments Due
   • Homework 01 is due on Wednesday, January 28th @ 11 AM
   • Lab 02 is due on Friday, January 30th @ 5 PM
   • Homework 02 is due on Wednesday, February 4th @ 11 AM
2. Lab Switching
   • You can switch your lab section or format until Tuesday 1/27 @ 5 PM at sections.data8.org
   • More information in this post

Week 1

Jan 20

Hello world! Welcome to Data 8!

1. Assignments Due
   • Lab 01 is due on Friday, January 23rd @ 5 PM
   • Homework 01 is due on Wednesday, January 28th @ 11 AM
2. Lab Switching
   • Between Friday 1/23 @ 12 PM and Tuesday 1/27 @ 5 PM, you will be able to switch lab sections or formats at sections.data8.org
   • More information in this post

Week 1

Wed, Jan 21	Lecture 1 Introduction Discussion 1By the Numbers Lab 1Introduction (Due 1/23)	Reading 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Fri, Jan 23	Lecture 2 Cause and Effect Homework 1Causality and Expressions (Due 1/28)	Reading 2

Week 2

Mon, Jan 26	Lecture 3 Python Discussion 2Intro to Tables & Causation Lab 2Table Operations (Due 1/30)	Reading 3
Wed, Jan 28	Lecture 4 Data Types	Reading 4, 5
Fri, Jan 30	Lecture 5 Tables Homework 2Arrays and Tables (Due 2/4)	Reading 6.1, 6.2

Week 3

Mon, Feb 02	Lecture 6 Case Study: Census Discussion 3Visualizations, Data Types, Extending Tables Lab 3Data Types and Arrays (Due 2/6)	Reading 6.3, 6.4
Wed, Feb 04	Lecture 7 Data Visualizations	Reading 7, 7.1
Fri, Feb 06	Lecture 8 Histograms Homework 3Table Manipulation and Visualization (Due 2/11)	Reading 7.2, 7.3

Week 4

Mon, Feb 09	Lecture 9 Functions Discussion 4More Visualizations, Intro to Functions Lab 4Functions and Visualizations (Due 2/13)	Reading 8, 8.1
Wed, Feb 11	Lecture 10 Groups	Reading 8.2, 8.3
Fri, Feb 13	Lecture 11 Pivots and Joins Homework 4Functions, Tables, and Groups (Due 2/18) Project 1World Population and Poverty (Checkpoint Due 2/20, Entire Project Due 2/27)	Reading 8.4

Week 5

Mon, Feb 16	No Lecture Discussion 5Table Methods, Conditionals & Iteration
Wed, Feb 18	Lecture 12 Conditionals and Iteration	Reading 9, 9.1, 9.2
Fri, Feb 20	Lecture 13 Chance Homework 5Chance, Empirical Probability Distribution (Due 2/26)	Reading 9.2, 9.3, 9.4

Week 6

Mon, Feb 23	Lecture 14 Sampling Discussion 6Chance & Models Lab 5Simulations (Due 2/27)	Reading 9.5, 10, 10.1
Wed, Feb 25	Lecture 15 Models	Reading 10.2, 10.3, 10.4
Fri, Feb 27	Lecture 16 Comparing Distributions Homework 6Assessing Models and Testing Hypotheses (Due 3/6)	Reading 11.1, 11.2

Week 7

Mon, Mar 02	Lecture 17 Decisions and Uncertainty Discussion 7Midterm Review Lab 6Examining the Therapeutic Touch (Due 3/6)	Reading 11.3, 11.4
Wed, Mar 04	Lecture 18 A/B Testing	Reading 11.4, 12.1
Fri, Mar 06	Lecture 19 Causality	Reading 12.2, 12.3

Week 8

Mon, Mar 09	Lecture 20 Midterm Review Discussion 8More Midterm Review
Tue, Mar 10	Exam Midterm Exam, 8-10pm
Wed, Mar 11	No Lecture
Fri, Mar 13	Lecture 21Privacy

Week 9

Mon, Mar 16	Lecture 22 Confidence Intervals Discussion 9The Bootstrap Lab 7Great British Bake Off (A/B Test) (Due 3/20)	Reading 13, 13.1, 13.2
Wed, Mar 18	Lecture 23Interpreting Confidence	Reading 13.3, 13.4
Fri, Mar 20	Lecture 24Center and Spread Homework 7Confidence Intervals (Due 4/1)	Reading 14, 14.1, 14.2

Week 10

Mon, Mar 23	No Lecture
Wed, Mar 25	No Lecture
Fri, Mar 27	No Lecture

Week 11

Mon, Mar 30	Lecture 25The Normal Distribution Discussion 10The Central Limit Theorem Lab 8Normal Distribution and Variability of Sample Means (Due 4/3)	Reading 14.3, 14.4
Wed, Apr 01	Lecture 26Sample Means	Reading 14.5
Fri, Apr 03	Lecture 27Case Study: Elections Homework 8Sample Sizes and Confidence Intervals (Due 4/8) Project 2Climate (Checkpoint Due 4/10, Entire Project Due 4/17)	Reading 14.6

Week 12

Mon, Apr 06	Lecture 28Numerical Associations Discussion 11Correlation & Regression	Reading 15.1
Wed, Apr 08	Lecture 29Linear Regression	Reading 15.2
Fri, Apr 10	Lecture 30Least Squares Homework 9Linear Regression (Due 4/15)	Reading 15.3, 15.4

Week 13

Mon, Apr 13	Lecture 31Residuals Discussion 12Residuals Lab 9Regression (Due 4/17)	Reading 15.5
Wed, Apr 15	Lecture 32Regression Inference	Reading 16
Fri, Apr 17	Lecture 33Classification Homework 10Regression Inference (Due 4/22) Project 3Movie Classification (Checkpoint Due 4/24, Entire Project Due 5/1)	Reading 17.1, 17.2

Week 14

Mon, Apr 20	Lecture 34Implementing Classifiers Discussion 13Intervals for Predictions & kNN Classification	Reading 17.3, 17.4
Wed, Apr 22	Lecture 35Evaluating Classifiers	Reading 17.5
Fri, Apr 24	Lecture 36Text Classification Homework 11Classification (Due 4/29)	Reading 17.6

Week 15

Mon, Apr 27	Lecture 37Updating Probabilities Discussion 14MLR & Bayes Lab 10Conditional Probability (Due 5/1)	Reading 18, 18.1, 18.2
Wed, Apr 29	Lecture 38Case Study: Health
Fri, May 01	Lecture 39Conclusion Homework 12Extra Credit (Due 5/6)

Week 16

Mon, May 04	RRR Week
Wed, May 06	RRR Week
Fri, May 08	RRR Week

Week 17

Mon, May 11
Tue, May 12	Exam Final Exam, 7-10pm