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Data 8: Foundations of Data Science

UC Berkeley, Fall 2024

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Week 17 Announcements

Dec 16
  1. Have a nice winter break!

Week 16 Announcements

Dec 8
  1. RRR Week OH (Online + IRL @Warren 101B)
    • Wednesday 12-5 PM
    • Thursday 10-2 PM
  2. TA-led review sessions @VLSB 2050
    • Monday (12/9) from 3-5 PM focusing on pre-midterm content
    • Wednesday (12/11) from 6-8 PM focusing on post-midterm content
  3. Past Finals Megathread
  4. Final Exam Preparation Tips

Week 15 Announcements

Nov 30
  1. Assignments Due
  2. Please read: For Lecture 37 and Ch 17.6

Week 14 Announcements

Nov 25
  1. Happy Thanksgiving!

Week 13 Announcements

Nov 18
  1. Assignments Due
  2. Note: Homework 12 is due on Tuesday with EC deadline being Monday. We will release this assignment early to give ample time.

Week 12 Announcements

Nov 11
  1. Assignments Due
  2. HW 08, Lab 08 Scores Released
  3. Project 2 Party, Wednesday 6-8 PM
    • Warren Hall, Sections D&E

Week 11 Announcements

Nov 4
  1. Assignments Due

Week 10 Announcements

Oct 28
  1. Assignments Due

Week 9 Announcements

Oct 21
  1. Assignments Due
  2. Congratulations on completing the Data 8 Midterm!!

Week 8 Announcements

Oct 14
  1. Assignments Due
  2. The midterm is on Friday, 10/18, 7-9 PM
    • Midterm Preparation Tips post
    • Exam Study Partner Thread
    • Midterm review session will be Monday night from 7-9 PM at GPBB 100

Week 7 Announcements

Oct 7
  1. Assignments Due
  2. The midterm is on Friday, 10/18, 7-9 PM
  3. Midterm Preparation Tips post

Week 6 Announcements

Sep 30
  1. Assignments Due
  2. The midterm is on Friday, 10/18, 7-9 PM
  3. HW 03, Lab 04 Score Release post
  4. Project 1 Party on Thursday 6-8PM at Evans 458

Week 5 Announcements

Sep 23
  1. Assignments Due
  2. The midterm is on Friday, 10/18, 7-9 PM
    • If you have a time conflict with the midterm, fill out the alternate exam form by Friday, September 27th @ 5 PM
  3. Lab 03, HW 02 Score Release post

Week 4 Announcements

Sep 16
  1. Assignments Due
  2. The midterm is on Friday, 10/18, 7-9 PM
    • If you have a time conflict with the midterm, fill out the alternate exam form ASAP
  3. Lab 01, Lab 02, HW 01 Score Release post
    • Check that your score looks correct!

Week 3 Announcements

Sep 9
  1. Assignments Due
  2. Tutoring Section Sign-Ups
  3. Lecture Capacity

Week 2 Announcements

Sep 2
  1. Assignments Due
  2. Lab Switching
  3. No Lecture on Monday September 2nd

Week 1 Announcements

Aug 28
  1. Assignments Due
  2. Lab Switching
  3. No Lecture on Monday September 2nd

Week 0 Announcements

Aug 19
  • Lectures are in Wheeler 150
    • First day of class is on Wednesday 8/28!

Week 1

Aug 28
1 Introduction
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Lab Lab 01: Expressions (Due 8/30)
Discussion Worksheet 01
Aug 30
2 Cause and Effect
Slides
Reading: 2
Homework Homework 01 (Due 9/4)

Week 2

Sep 2
Labor Day No class
Lab Lab 02: Table Operations (Due 9/6)
Sep 4
3 Tables
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 3
Discussion Worksheet 02
Sep 6
4 Data Types
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 4, 5
Homework Homework 02 (Due 9/11)

Week 3

Sep 9
5 Building Tables
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 6.1, 6.2
Lab Lab 03: Data Types, Creating and Extending Tables (Due 9/13)
Sep 11
6 Census
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 6.3, 6.4
Discussion Worksheet 03
Sep 13
7 Charts
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 7, 7.1
Homework Homework 03 (Due 9/18)

Week 4

Sep 16
8 Histograms
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 7.2, 7.3
Lab Lab 04: Functions and Visualizations (Due 9/20)
Sep 18
9 Functions
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 8, 8.1
Discussion Worksheet 04
Sep 20
10 Groups
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 8.2, 8.3
Homework Homework 04 (Due 9/25)
Project Project 1: World Population and Poverty (Due Fri 10/4, Checkpoint Fri 9/27)

Week 5

Sep 23
11 Pivots and Joins
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 8.4
Lab Project 1 Work Time
Sep 25
12 Iteration
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 9, 9.1, 9.2
Discussion Worksheet 05
Sep 27
13 Chance
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 9.2, 9.3, 9.4
Homework Homework 05 (Due 10/2)

Week 6

Sep 30
14 Sampling
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 9.5, 10
Lab Lab 05: Conditional Statements, Iteration, Tables (Due 10/4)
Oct 2
15 Models
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 10.2, 10.3, 10.4
Discussion Worksheet 06
Oct 4
16 Comparing Distributions
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 11.1, 11.2
Homework Homework 06 (Due 10/9)

Week 7

Oct 7
17 Decisions and Uncertainty
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 11.3, 11.4
Lab Lab 06: Assessing Models (Due 10/11)
Oct 9
18 A/B Testing
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 11.4, 12.1
Discussion Worksheet 07
Oct 11
19 Causality
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 12.2, 12.3
Homework Homework 07 (Due 10/16)

Week 8

Oct 14
20 Midterm Review I
Slides
Lab Midterm Review
Oct 16
21 Midterm Review II
Slides β€’ Demo
Discussion Worksheet 08
Oct 18
22 Midterm Review III
Slides β€’ Demo
Exam Midterm Exam (7 - 9 PM)

Week 9

Oct 21
23 Confidence Intervals
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 13, 13.1, 13.2
Lab Lab 07: A/B Testing (Due 10/25)
Oct 23
24 Interpreting Confidence
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 13.3, 13.4
Discussion Worksheet 09
Oct 25
25 Center and Spread
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 14, 14.1, 14.2
Homework Homework 08 (Due 10/30)

Week 10

Oct 28
26 The Normal Distribution
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 14.3, 14.4
Lab Lab 08: Sample Means (Due 11/1)
Oct 30
27 Sample Means
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 14.5
Discussion Worksheet 10
Nov 1
28 Designing Experiments
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 14.6
Homework Homework 09 (Due 11/6)
Project Project 2: Climate (Due Fri 11/15, Checkpoint Fri 11/8)

Week 11

Nov 4
29 Correlation
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 15.1
Nov 6
30 Linear Regression
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 15.2
Discussion Worksheet 11
Nov 8
31 Least Squares
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 15.3, 15.4
Homework Homework 10 (Due 11/13)

Week 12

Nov 11
Veterans Day No class
Lab Lab 09: Regression (Due 11/15)
Nov 13
32 Residuals
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 15.5, 15.6
Discussion Worksheet 12
Nov 15
33 Regression Inference
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 16
Homework Homework 11 (Due 11/20)
Project Project 3: Movie Classification (Due Fri 12/6, Checkpoint Fri 11/22)

Week 13

Nov 18
34 Classification
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 17.1, 17.2
Nov 20
35 Implementing Classifiers
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 17.3, 17.4
Discussion Worksheet 13
Nov 22
36 Evaluating Classifiers
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 17.5
Homework Homework 12 (Due 11/26)

Week 14

Nov 25
37 Multiple Linear Regression
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 17.6
Nov 27
Holiday No class
Nov 29
Holiday No class

Week 15

Dec 2
38 Updating Probabilities
Slides β€’ Demo
Reading: 18, 18.1, 18.2
Lab Lab 10: Conditional Probability (Due 12/6)
Homework Homework 13 (Due 12/8)
Dec 4
39 Case Study: Computer Vision & Staff Panel
Slides
Discussion Worksheet 14
Dec 6
40 Conclusion
Slides

RRR Week

Dec 9
41 Final Review Part I: Inference
Slides
Dec 11
42 Final Review Part II: Prediction
Slides
Dec 13
43 Final Review Part III: Exploration
Slides β€’ Demo

Final

Dec 16
Exam Final Exam (8-11 AM)

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