2018 Fall STAT C100 001 LEC 001

2018 Fall

STAT C100 001 - LEC 001

Principles & Techniques of Data Science

Joshua A. Hug, Fernando Perez, Scott Lee

Aug 22, 2018 - Dec 07, 2018
Tu, Th
06:30 pm - 07:59 pm
Class #:25289
Units: 4

Offered through Statistics

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 23
Enrolled: 752
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 775
Waitlist Max: 400
No Reserved Seats
Also offered as: COMPSCI C100

Hours & Workload

1 hours of instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week, 3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 7 hours of outside work hours per week, and 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

Final Exam

THU, DECEMBER 13TH
11:30 am - 02:30 pm
RSF Fieldhouse
Hearst Gym 220
Hearst Gym 237
LeConte 4

Other classes by Joshua A. Hug

Other classes by Fernando Perez

+ 1 Independent Study

Other classes by Scott Lee

Course Catalog Description

In this course, students will explore the data science lifecycle, including question formulation, data collection and cleaning, exploratory data analysis and visualization, statistical inference and prediction​, and decision-making.​ This class will focus on quantitative critical thinking​ and key principles and techniques needed to carry out this cycle. These include languages for transforming, querying and analyzing data; algorithms for machine learning methods including regression, classification and clustering; principles behind creating informative data visualizations; statistical concepts of measurement error and prediction; and techniques for scalable data processing.

Rules & Requirements

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Reserved Seats

Current Enrollment

No Reserved Seats

Textbooks & Materials

Associated Sections