Schedule
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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 | |