2025 Spring STAT 214 001 LEC 001

Spring 2025

STAT 214 001 - LEC 001

Data Analysis and Machine Learning for Real-World Decision Making

Bin Yu

Jan 21, 2025 - May 09, 2025
Tu, Th
09:30 am - 10:59 am
Class #:33414
Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Statistics

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 3
Enrolled: 57
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 60
Waitlist Max: 0
Open Reserved Seats:
5 reserved for Students with Enrollment Permission
2 reserved for Statistics Graduate: Masters Students

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 8 hours of outside work hours per week, and 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

Other classes by Bin Yu

+ 1 Independent Study

Course Catalog Description

This is an MA class in statistics. Students will be engaged in open-ended data projects for decision making to solve domain problems. It mirrors the entire data science life cycle in practice, including problem formulation, data cleaning, exploratory data analysis, statistical and machine learning modeling and computational techniques, and interpretation of results in context. It is guided by the Predictability-Computability-Stability (PCS) framework for veridical data science and emphasizes critical thinking and documenting human judgment calls and code. It coaches not only the technical but also communication and teamwork skills in order to obtain responsible and reliable data-driven conclusions for solving complex real world problems.

Class Notes

This course is restricted to Statistics Masters Student Only

Rules & Requirements

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Reserved Seats

Reserved Seating For This Term

Current Enrollment

Open Reserved Seats:
5 reserved for Students with Enrollment Permission
2 reserved for Statistics Graduate: Masters Students

Textbooks & Materials

See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.

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