Course Schedule
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Week 1 |
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Aug. 23 |
What is Data Science? and Types of Data
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Aug. 25 | Experimental Design and Blocking |
Aug. 27 | Python for Data Science: Introduction to DataFrames |
Week 2 |
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Aug. 30 |
Row Selection with DataFrames
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Sep. 1 | Confounders and Stratification |
Sep. 3 | Simpson's Paradox |
Week 3 |
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Sep. 6 |
Holiday (No Lecture) -- Labor Day
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Sep. 8 |
Conditionals on DataFrames
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Sep. 10 | Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) |
Week 4 |
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Sep. 13 |
Descriptive Statistics
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Sep. 15 | Grouping Data |
Sep. 17 | Histograms and Box Plots |
Week 5 |
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You will take your Midterm 1 exam in the CBTF anytime from Sept. 20 - Sept. 25. (You can begin to sign up for a slot on Sept. 9.) | |
Sep. 20 | Visualization using Python |
Sep. 22 |
Midterm Day Off (No Lecture)
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Sep. 24 | Probability Introduction |
Week 6 |
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Sep. 27 | Random Numbers in Python |
Sep. 29 | Multiplication Rule |
Oct. 1 | Addition Rule |
Week 7 |
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Oct. 4 | Conditional Probability |
Oct. 6 | Bayes' Rule |
Oct. 8 | Simulation Introduction |
Week 8 |
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Oct. 11 | For-Loops and Simple Simulation in Python |
Oct. 13 | Sample Space and State Space |
Oct. 15 | Conditionals in Python |
Week 9 |
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Oct. 18 |
Functions in Python
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Oct. 20 |
Project!
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Oct. 22 | Normal Distribution |
Week 10 |
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You will take your Midterm 2 exam in the CBTF anytime from Oct. 25 - Oct. 30. (You can begin to sign up for a slot on Oct. 14.) | |
Oct. 25 | Midterm 2 in CBTF (No Lecture) |
Oct. 27 | Law of Large Numbers |
Oct. 29 | Random Variables in Statistics |
Week 11 |
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Nov. 1 | Bernoulli and Binomial Distributions |
Nov. 3 | Distributions in Python |
Nov. 5 | Central Limit Theorem (CLT) |
Week 12 |
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Nov. 8 | Polling and Sampling |
Nov. 10 | Confidence Intervals |
Nov. 12 | Hypothesis Testing |
Week 13 |
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Nov. 15 | Machine Learning Overview |
Nov. 17 | Correlation |
Nov. 19 | Linear Regression |
Week 14 |
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Nov. 22 |
Fall Break (No Lecture)
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Nov. 24 |
Fall Break (No Lecture)
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Nov. 26 |
Fall Break (No Lecture)
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Week 15 |
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Nov. 29 | Machine Learning |
Dec. 1 | Clustering |
Dec. 3 | Machine Learning in Python |
Week 16 |
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You will take your Final Exam exam in the CBTF anytime from Dec. 9 - Dec. 13. (You can begin to sign up for a slot on Nov. 4.) | |
Dec. 6 |
Project 2
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Dec. 8 |
Study for Final Exam
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