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Instructors: Ellen Persson and Kevin Miao

Lecture: Mon-Thu 10am-11am, Fri 10am-12pm in 155 Dwinelle

Week Lecture Number Date Topic Lecture Reading Lab Worksheets Assignment
Week 1 1 Tue 06/21 Introduction Slides, Demos, Video 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Homework 01 (Due Fri 06/24)
2 Wed 06/22 Cause and Effect Slides, Video 2
3 Thu 06/23 Tables Slides, Demos, Video 3
4 Fri 06/24 Data Types, Building Tables, Census Slides, Additional Materials, Demos, Video 4, 5, 6
Homework 02 (Due Tue 06/28)
Week 2 5 Mon 06/27 Functions Slides, Demos, Video 8, 8.1
6 Tue 06/28 Charts Slides, Demos, Video 7, 7.1
Homework 03 (Due Fri 07/01)
7 Wed 06/29 Histograms Slides, Demos, Video 7.2, 7.3
8 Thu 06/30 Conditionals and Iteration Slides, Demos, Video 9, 9.1, 9.2
9 Fri 07/01 Groups, Pivots and Joins Slides, Demos, Video 8
Homework 04 (Due Tue 07/05)
(Due Fri 07/08; Checkpoint Wed 07/06)
Week 3 0 Mon 07/04 Holiday: No class
10 Tue 07/05 Chance Slides, Demos, Video 9.2, 9.3, 9.4
Homework 05 (Due Fri 07/08)
11 Wed 07/06 Sampling Slides, Demos, Video 9.5, 10
12 Thu 07/07 Models Slides, Demos, Video 10.2, 10.3, 10.4
13 Fri 07/08 Comparing Distributions, Decisions and Uncertainty Slides, Demos, Video 11
Homework 06 (Due Tue 07/19)
Week 4 14 Mon 07/11 A/B Testing Slides, Demos, Video 11.4, 12.1
15 Tue 07/12 Causality Slides, Demos, Video 12.2
16 Wed 07/13 Examples Slides, Demos, Video 12.3
Lab: Midterm Review
17 Thu 07/14 Midterm Review Slides, Video
0 Fri 07/15 Midterm Exam (10AM - 12PM)
Week 5 18 Mon 07/18 Confidence Intervals Slides, Demos, Video 13, 13.1, 13.2
19 Tue 07/19 Interpreting Confidence Slides, Demos, Video 13.3, 13.4
Homework 07 (Due Fri 07/22)
20 Wed 07/20 Center and Spread Slides, Demos, Video 14, 14.1, 14.2
21 Thu 07/21 The Normal Distribution Slides, Demos, Video 14.3, 14.4
22 Fri 07/22 Sample Means, Designing Experiments Slides, Demos, Video 14.5, 14.6
Homework 08 (Due Tue 07/26)
Week 6 23 Mon 07/25 Correlation Slides, Demos, Video 15, 15.1
24 Tue 07/26 Linear Regression Slides, Demos, Video 15.2
Homework 09 (Due Fri 07/29)
25 Wed 07/27 Least Squares Slides, Demos, Video 15.3, 15.4
26 Thu 07/28 Residuals Slides, Demos, Video 15.5, 15.6
27 Fri 07/29 Regression Inference Slides, Additional Materials, Demos, Video 16
Homework 10 (Due Tue 08/02)
Week 7 28 Mon 08/01 Classification Slides, Demos, Video 17, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3
29 Tue 08/02 Classifiers Slides, Demos, Video 17.4
Homework 11 (Due Fri 08/05)
30 Wed 08/03 Updating Probabilities Slides, Demos, Video 18
(Due Wed 08/10; Checkpoint Mon 08/08)
31 Thu 08/04 Case Study: Health Slides, Demos, Video
32 Fri 08/05 Advanced Prediction & Education Case Study Slides, Demos, Video
Homework 12 (Due Fri 08/12)
Week 8 33 Mon 08/08 Privacy Slides, Video
Lab: Final Review
34 Tue 08/09 Review Slides, Video
35 Wed 08/10 Review Slides, Video
36 Thu 08/11 Conclusion Slides, Video
0 Fri 08/12 Final Exam (10AM - 1PM)