Schedule & Readings

Class Schedule

Date Topics & Slides Workshops Assignments
25 Jan. Introduction to the course, What Is Data? JupyterHub  
30 Jan. & 1 Feb. Python and Data Wrangling Movies  
6 & 8 Feb. Exploratory Data Analysis & Visualization Movies Documentation Assignment Due 8 Feb. at 9am
13 & 15 Feb. Hypothesis Testing: Comparison of Means Sports  
20 & 22 Feb. Hypothesis Testing: Correlation Sports Take-Home Test I
27 & 29 Feb. Linear Regression Business  
5 & 7 Mar. Logistic Regression Business  
12 & 14 Mar. K-Nearest Neighbors Ecology Tutorial Assignment Due 12 Mar. at 9am
19 & 21 Mar. NO CLASS: Spring Break    
26 & 28 Mar. Naive Bayes Classifier Ecology Take-Home Test II
2 & 4 Apr. Decision Trees and the Random Forest Health  
9 & 11 Apr. Clustering and Unsupervised Approaches Literature Project Proposal Due 11 Apr. at 9am
16 & 18 Apr. Neural Networks Literature  
23 & 25 Apr. Project Discussion and Work   Progress Report Due 25 Apr. at 9am
30 Apr. & 2 May Project Work & One-on-one Meetings   Video Presentations Due 2 May at 9am
7 May Panel Presentations & Wrap-Up    
14 May 9am-12pm NO MEETING   Final Project Due 14 May at Noon