2019 Summer STAT C100 001 LEC 001

2019 Summer Session C 8 weeks, June 24 - August 16

STAT C100 001 - LEC 001

Principles & Techniques of Data Science

Samuel Ethan Lau

Jun 24, 2019 - Aug 16, 2019
Mo, Tu, We, Th
09:30 am - 10:59 am
Class #:15798
Units: 4

Offered through Statistics

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 22
Enrolled: 118
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 140
Waitlist Max: 25
Open Reserved Seats:
22 reserved for Students Not in the Pre-Collegiate Program

Hours & Workload

6 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 14 hours of outside work hours per week, 2 hours of instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week, and 2 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

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

Open Reserved Seats:
22 reserved for Students Not in the Pre-Collegiate Program

Textbooks & Materials

Associated Sections