2019 Fall
STAT 88 105 - DIS 105
Probability and Mathematical Statistics in Data Science
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
2
Enrolled: 28
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 30
Waitlist Max: 5
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 4 hours of outside work hours per week, and 2 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.
Course Catalog Description
In this connector course we will state precisely and prove results discovered while exploring data in Data 8. Topics include: probability, conditioning, and independence; random variables; distributions and joint distributions; expectation, variance, tail bounds; Central Limit Theorem; symmetries in random permutations; prior and posterior distributions; probabilistic models; bias-variance tradeoff; testing hypotheses; correlation and the regression model.
Rules & Requirements
Requisites
- Prerequisite: one semester of calculus at the level of Math 16A, Math 10A, or Math 1A. Corequisite or Prerequisite: Foundations of Data Science (COMPSCI C8 / DATASCI C8 / INFO C8 / STAT C8).
Credit Restrictions
Students will receive no credit for STAT 88 after completing STAT 134, STAT 140, STAT 135, or STAT 102.
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats