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Introduction
W 01/24 Introduction
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 1
lab01
F 01/26 Cause and Effect
Lecture: Slides, Video
Reading: 2
hw01
Data, Tables, and Graphs in Python
M 01/29 Tables
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 5.0
W 01/31 Data Types
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 3, 4
lab02
F 02/02 Columns and Rows
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 5.1, 5.2
hw02
M 02/05 Census
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 5.3, 5.4
W 02/07 Charts
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 6.0, 6.1
lab03
F 02/09 Histograms
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 6.2, 6.3
hw03
M 02/12 Functions
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 7.0, 7.1
W 02/14 Groups
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 7.2, 7.3
lab04
F 02/16 Joins
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 7.4, 7.5
proj1
M 2/19 February Break (no class)
W 02/21 Table Examples
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Distributions and Random Sampling
F 02/23 Control
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 8.0, 8.1, 8.2
M 02/26 Probability
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 8.3, 8.4
W 02/28 Sampling
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 8.5, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2
lab05
Thu 03/01 Prelim 1, 7:30pm, Goldwith Smith G76
F 03/02 No class: Snow Day
hw04
M 03/02 Estimation
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 9.3
W 03/05 Simulation
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
lab06
Hypothesis Testing
F 03/09 Hypothesis Testing
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 10, 10.1, 10.2
hw05
M 03/12 Error Probabilities
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 10.3
proj2
W 03/14 Examples
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 10.4
F 03/16 Confidence Intervals
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 11.0, 11.1, 11.2
M 03/19 Interpreting Confidence
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 11.3, 11.4
The Normal Distribution
W 03/21 Center and Spread
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 12, 12.1, 12.2
lab07
F 03/23 The Normal Distribution
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 12.3, 12.4
hw06
M 03/26 Sample Means
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 12.5
W 03/28 Designing Experiments
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 12.6
F 03/30 Sample Size Examples
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
M 04/02 Spring Break
W 04/04 Spring Break
F 04/06 Spring Break
Regression
M 04/09 Correlation
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 13, 13.1
T 04/10 Prelim 2, 7:30pm, Kimball B11
W 04/11 Linear Regression
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 13.2
lab08
F 04/13 Least Squares
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 13.3, 13.4
hw07
M 04/16 Residuals
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 13.5, 13.6
W 04/18 Regression Inference
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 14
lab09
Classification
F 04/20 Classification
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 15, 15.1
hw08
M 04/23 Nearest Neighbor
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5
proj3
W 04/25 Implementing Nearest Neighbor
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
F 04/27 Enhancing Nearest Neighbor
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
M 04/30 Multiple Regression
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
Reading: 15.6
Applications of Data Science
W 05/02 How Data Collection Influences How We Live, Work, and Interact—Prof. Karen Levy (Information Science)
Lecture: Slides, Video
F 05/04 Analyzing Data on a Cosmic Scale—Prof. Rachel Bean (Astronomy)
Lecture: Slides, Video
M 05/07 Privacy
Lecture: Slides, Demo, Video
W 05/09 What Next
Lecture: Slides, Video
M 05/14 Final Exam, 2:00 pm, Phillips 219