Data 8: Foundations of Data Science

UC Berkeley, Summer 2026

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Week 5 Announcements

Jul 25

Welcome to Week 5 of Data 8! Congratulations on completing the midterm!!!

1. Assignments Due
   • Lab 07 is due on Wednesday, July 22 @ 11:59 PM
     • This includes the mid-semester feedback form!
   • Lab 08 is due on Friday, July 24 @ 11:59 PM
   • Homework 07 is due on Friday, July 24 @ 11:59 PM
   • Homework 08 is due on Tuesday, July 28 @ 11:59 PM
2. Post-midterm tutoring sections are live!

Week 4 Announcements

Jul 25

Welcome to Week 4 of Data 8!

1. Assignments Due
   • Project 1 is due on Monday, July 13 @ 11:59 PM
   • Homework 06 is due on Tuesday, July 14 @ 11:59 PM
   • Lab 06 is due on Wednesday, July 15 @ 11:59 PM
2. The midterm is on Friday, July 17 from 11 AM - 1 PM

Week 3 Announcements

Jul 25

Welcome to Week 3 of Data 8!

1. Assignments Due
   • Project 1 checkpoint is due on Monday, July 6 @ 11:59 PM
     • Final submission is due on Monday, July 13 @ 11:59 PM
   • Homework 04 is due on Tuesday, July 7 @ 11:59 PM
   • Lab 05 is due on Friday, July 10 @ 11:59 PM
   • Homework 05 is due on Friday, July 10 @ 11:59 PM
   • Homework 06 is due on Tuesday, July 14 @ 11:59 PM
2. Project 1 Parties are taking place on Friday, July 10! More information in this Ed post.
3. Tutoring sections are live! More information in this Ed post.

Week 2 Announcements

Jul 25

Welcome to week 2 of Data 8! Hope it’s going data gr8 :D

1. Assignments Due
   • Homework 02 is due on Tuesday, June 30 @ 11:59 PM
   • Lab 03 is due on Wednesday, July 1 @ 11:59 PM
   • Lab 04 is due on Friday, July 3 @ 11:59 PM
   • Homework 03 is due on Friday, July 3 @ 11:59 PM
   • Project 1 checkpoint is due on Monday, July 6 @ 11:59 PM
     • Final submission is due on Monday, July 13 @ 11:59 PM
   • Homework 04 is due on Tuesday, July 7 @ 11:59 PM
2. Lab sections start this week! More information in this Ed post.
3. Tutoring sections are now live! More information in this Ed post.

Week 1 Announcements

Jul 25

Hello world, and welcome to Data 8! :D

1. Assignments Due
   • Lab 01 is due on Wednesday, June 24 @ 11:59 PM
   • Lab 02 is due on Friday, June 26 @ 11:59 PM
   • Homework 01 is due on Friday, June 26 @ 11:59 PM
   • Homework 02 is due on Tuesday, June 30 @ 11:59 PM
2. Lab Assignments
   • Fill out the Pre-Semester Form by Wednesday, June 24 @ 11:59 PM
   • More information in this Ed post

Week 1

Mon, Jun 22	Lecture 1 Introduction Discussion 1[No section] By the Numbers Lab 1Introduction (due June 24)	Reading 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Tue, Jun 23	Lecture 2 Cause and Effect Homework 1Causality and Expressions (due June 26)	Reading 2
Wed, Jun 24	Lecture 3 Python Discussion 2[No section] Intro to Tables & Causation Lab 2Table Operations (due June 26)	Reading 3
Thu, Jun 25	Lecture 4 Data Types	Reading 4, 5
Fri, Jun 26	Lecture 5 Tables Homework 2Arrays and Tables (due June 30)	Reading 6.1, 6.2

Week 2

Mon, Jun 29	Lecture 6 Data Visualizations Discussion 3Visualizations, Data Types, Extending Tables Lab 3Data Types and Arrays (due July 1) Project 1Project 1 Released	Reading 7, 7.1
Tue, Jun 30	Lecture 7 Histograms Homework 3Table Manipulation and Visualization (due July 3)	Reading 7.2, 7.3
Wed, Jul 01	Lecture 8 Functions Discussion 4More Visualizations, Intro to Functions Lab 4Functions and Visualizations (due July 3)	Reading 8, 8.1
Thu, Jul 02	Lecture 9 Case Study: Census Homework 4Functions, Tables, and Groups (due July 7)	Reading 6.3, 6.4
Fri, Jul 03	Holiday: No Lecture

Week 3

Mon, Jul 06	Lecture 10 Groups, Pivots, and Joins Discussion 5Table Methods, Conditionals & Iteration Project 1Project 1 Checkpoint Due	Reading 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
Tue, Jul 07	Lecture 11 Conditionals and Iteration Homework 5Chance, Empirical Probability Distribution (due July 10)	Reading 9, 9.1, 9.2
Wed, Jul 08	Lecture 12 Probability and Simulation Discussion 6Chance & Models Lab 5Simulations (due July 10)	Reading 9.3, 9.4, 9.5
Thu, Jul 09	Lecture 13 Sampling and Empirical Distributions	Reading 10, 10.1
Fri, Jul 10	Lecture 14 & 15 Hypothesis Testing Homework 6Assessing Models and Testing Hypotheses (due July 14)	Reading 10.2, 10.3, 10.4

Week 4

Mon, Jul 13	Lecture 16 Decisions and Uncertainty Discussion 7Midterm Review Lab 6Examining the Therapeutic Touch (due July 15) Project 1Project 1 Due	Reading 11.3, 11.4
Tue, Jul 14	Lecture 17 A/B Testing	Reading 11.4, 12.1
Wed, Jul 15	Lecture 18 Causality Discussion 8[No Section] More Midterm Review	Reading 12.2, 12.3
Thu, Jul 16	Lecture 19 Midterm Review
Fri, Jul 17	Exam Midterm Exam, 11am-1pm

Week 5

Mon, Jul 20	Lecture 20 Confidence Intervals Discussion 9The Bootstrap Lab 7Great British Bakeoff—A/B Testing (due July 22)	Reading 13, 13.1, 13.2
Tue, Jul 21	Lecture 21 Interpreting Confidence Homework 7Confidence Intervals (due July 24)	Reading 13.3, 13.4
Wed, Jul 22	Lecture 22 Mean and Standard Deviation Discussion 10The Central Limit Theorem Lab 8Normal Distribution and Variability of Sample Means (due July 24)	Reading 14, 14.1, 14.2
Thu, Jul 23	Lecture 23 The Normal Distribution	Reading 14.3, 14.4
Fri, Jul 24	Lecture 24 & 25 Variance of Sample Means and Election Case Study Homework 8Sample Sizes and Confidence Intervals (due July 28)	Reading 14.5

Week 6

Mon, Jul 27	Lecture 26 Correlation Discussion 11More CLT & Correlation Lab 9Regression (due July 29)	Reading 15.1
Tue, Jul 28	Lecture 27 Linear Regression Homework 9Linear Regression (due July 31)	Reading 15.2
Wed, Jul 29	Lecture 28 Least Squares Discussion 12Regression Lab 10Climate Part 1 (due July 31)	Reading 15.3, 15.4
Thu, Jul 30	Lecture 29 Residuals and Diagnostics	Reading 15.5
Fri, Jul 31	Lecture 30 Regression Inference Homework 10Regression Inference (due August 4)	Reading 16

Week 7

Mon, Aug 03	Lecture 31 Classification Discussion 13Residuals Lab 11Climate Part 2 (due August 5) Project 2Project 2 Released (due August 12)	Reading 17.1, 17.2
Tue, Aug 04	Lecture 32 Implementing Classifiers Homework 11Classification (due August 7)	Reading 17.3, 17.4
Wed, Aug 05	Lecture 33 Evaluating Classifiers Discussion 14Intervals for Predictions & kNN Classification Lab 12Conditional Probability (due August 7)	Reading 17.5
Thu, Aug 06	Lecture 34 Bayes' Classification
Fri, Aug 07	Lecture 35 Multiple Linear Regression Homework 12Extra Credit (due August 11) Project 2Project 2 Checkpoint Due

Week 8

Mon, Aug 10	Lecture 36 Exploration Review Discussion 15Bayes & More Classification
Tue, Aug 11	Lecture 37 Inference Review
Wed, Aug 12	Lecture 38 Prediction Review Project 2Project 2 Due
Thu, Aug 13
Fri, Aug 14	Exam Final Exam, 11am-2pm