Schedule & Readings

Class Schedule

Date Topics & Slides Workshops Assignments
27 & 29 Aug. What Is Data? & Responsible Data Collection JupyterHub  
3 & 5 Sept. Python & Data Wrangling Movies  
10 & 12 Sept. Exploratory Data Analysis & Visualization Movies Documentation Assignment Due 12 Sept.
17 & 19 Sept. Hypothesis Testing: Comparison of Means Sports  
24 & 26 Sept. Hypothesis Testing: Correlation Sports Take-Home Test I
1 & 3 Oct. Linear Regression Business  
8 & 10 Oct. Logistic Regression Business  
15 & 17 Oct. K-Nearest Neighbors Health Tutorial Assignment Due 17 Oct.
24 Oct. Naive Bayes Classifier   Take-Home Test II
29 & 31 Oct. Decision Trees and the Random Forest Health  
5 & 7 Nov. Clustering and Unsupervised Approaches Literature Project Proposal Due 7 Nov.
12 & 14 Nov. Neural Networks Literature  
19 & 21 Nov. Ethical Data Science & Project Discussion   Progress Report Due 21 Nov.
26 Nov. Optional One-on-one Meetings    
3 & 5 Dec. Project Work & Sample Final Project   Video Presentations Due 5 Dec.
12 Dec. 9am-12pm Panel Presentations   Final Project Due 12 Dec. at 9am