Course Schedule

Date Event

Week 1

Jan. 17 Holiday (No Lecture) - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan. 19 What is Data Science? and Types of Data
Jan. 21 Experimental Design and Blocking & Python for Data Science: Introduction to DataFrames

Week 2

Jan. 24 Row Selection with DataFrames
Jan. 26 Observational Studies, Confounders and Stratification
Jan. 28 Simpson's Paradox

Week 3

Jan. 31 Conditionals on DataFrames
Feb. 2 Conditionals on DataFrames & Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
Feb. 4 Descriptive Statistics

Week 4

Feb. 7 Grouping Data
Feb. 9 Histograms & Boxplots
Feb. 11 Visualizations in Python

Week 5

You will take your Midterm 1 exam in the CBTF anytime from Feb. 15 - Feb. 17. (You can begin to sign up for a slot on Feb 3.) Also, Happy Valentine's Day! <3
Feb. 14 Probability Introduction
Feb. 16 Random Numbers in Python
Feb. 18 No lecture today, enjoy your day off! :)

Week 6

Feb. 21 Multiplication Rule
Feb. 23 Addition Rule
Feb. 25 Conditional Probability

Week 7

Feb. 28 Bayes' Rule
Mar. 2 Simulation Introduction
Mar. 4 For-Loops and Simple Simulation in Python

Week 8

Mar. 7 Sample Space and State Space
Mar. 9 Conditionals in Python
Mar. 11 Functions in Python and Project 1 Introduction

Week 9

Mar. 14 Holiday (Spring Break) - No Lecture!
Mar. 16 Holiday (Spring Break) - No Lecture!
Mar. 18 Holiday (Spring Break) - No Lecture!

Week 10

Mar. 21 Normal Distribution
Mar. 23 Law of Large Numbers
Mar. 25 Random Variables in Statistics

Week 11

You will take your Midterm 2 exam in the CBTF anytime from Mar. 29 - Mar. 31. (You can begin to sign up for a slot on Mar. 17.)
Mar. 28 Bernoulli and Binomial Distributions
Mar. 30 Bernoulli and Binomial Distributions
Apr. 1 Midterm Day (No Lecture)!

Week 12

Apr. 4 Beyond DISCOVERY: STAT 207, CS 277, CS 307, and more!
Apr. 6 Distributions in Python
Apr. 8 Central Limit Theorem (CLT)

Week 13

Apr. 11 Polling and Sampling
Apr. 13 Confidence Intervals
Apr. 15 Hypothesis Testing

Week 14

Apr. 18 Hypothesis Testing Continued...
Apr. 20 Machine Learning Overview
Apr. 22 Correlation

Week 15

Apr. 25 Linear Regression
Apr. 27 Machine Learning in Python
Apr. 29 Clustering

Week 16

You will take your Final Exam exam in the CBTF during the exam week (the CBTF has not announced the exact dates yet)
May. 2 Wrap Up Machine Learning & Finish Project 2
May. 4 Study for Final Exam