Programming with Data

Writing and evaluating code

• Read CIT §3.1–3.3 and CIT §4.1–4.2
• Read CIT §4.3
• Assignment 1

Jan. 26

Class 2

Expressions, values, and names

Jan. 28

Class 3

Asking questions

Jan. 30

Lab 1

Functions and sequences

• Read CIT §8
• Read CIT §5–5.3
• Assignment 2

Feb. 2

Class 4

Functions

Feb. 4

Class 5

Data sequences

Feb. 6

Lab 2

Tabular data

• Read CIT §6–6.4
• Read CIT §7.1–7.3
• Assignment 3

Feb. 9

Class 6

Tables

Feb. 11

Class 7

Working with tabular data

Feb. 13

Lab 3

End of Part 1

Feb. 16

Class 8

Review

Feb. 18

Class 9

Introduction to visualization

Feb. 20

Exam 1

Data cleaning

• Read CIT §8.1
• Assignment 4

Feb. 23

Class 10

Data exploration and visualization

Feb. 25

Class 11

Data sanitizing

Feb. 27

Lab 4

Combining perspectives

• Read CIT §8.2–8.3
• Read CIT §8.4
• Assignment 5

Mar. 2

Class 12

Grouping and aggregation

Mar. 4

Class 13

Joining datasets

Mar. 6

Lab 5

Spring break

Mar. 9

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Mar. 11

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Mar. 13

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Spring break

Mar. 16

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Mar. 18

🌱

Mar. 20

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Seeing relationships

• Read CIT §2 and CIT §7
• Read CIT §8.5
• Assignment 6

Mar. 23

Class 14

Relating two variables

Mar. 25

Class 15

Advanced visualization

Mar. 27

Lab 6

End of Part 2

• Read excerpts from System Error

Mar. 30

Class 16

Review

Apr. 1

Class 17

Case study: Privacy and data linking

Apr. 3

Exam 2

Iteration and simulation

• Read CIT §9–9.2
• Read CIT §9.3–9.5
• Assignment 7

Apr. 6

Class 18

Iteration

Apr. 8

Class 19

Simulation and probability

Apr. 10

Lab 7

Sampling and prediction

• Read CIT §10–10.4
• Read CIT §15–15.1
• Assignment 8

Apr. 13

Class 20

Sampling and distributions

Apr. 15

Class 21

Prediction

Apr. 17

Lab 8

Working with text

• Read CIT §17–17.5
• Assignment 9

Apr. 20

Class 22

Text classification

Apr. 22

Class 23

Case study: Large language models

Apr. 24

Lab 9

Dictionaries and data sources

• Assignment 10

Apr. 27

Class 24

Dictionaries

Apr. 29

Class 25

JSON and Web APIs

May 1

Lab 10

End of Part 3

• ECS

May 4

Class 26

Computational thinking and data science

Apr. 8

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Apr. 10

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Exams

May 11

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Exam 3 to be scheduled during finals week