DATA 133: Introduction to Data Science I

DATA 133: Introduction to Data Science I

DATA 133: Introduction to Data Science I (fall2024)

	Section 1
Professor:	Renzhi Cao
Office:	MCLT 248
Email:	caora@plu.edu
Phone:	253-535-7409
Office hours:	Online Schedule
Pre-course Survey:	https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgfuJm2LCpG3bbf6L-w3pFykykTdhJRYTnkPxmG6jbA4XT_Q/viewform

Instructor: Renzhi Cao Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Email	Guest Lecture: TBD Professor Department of Philosophy, Religion, Social Work, Biology, Math, or School of Business Email me if you are interested

Course logs

Last day review

Final exam review.

Practice at: https://www.cs.plu.edu/~caora/ds133/finalPractice.html

Study guide: check the slide

Announcements & Reminders:

Course Evaluation
Final exam: Tuesday, December 10th, 8 a.m.- 11 p.m.

Day 21

Probability. Slides posted at resources webpage

Example code for numpy practice (It is written in Python 2, you should modify it for Python 3): ExampleNumpy.py

Announcements & Reminders:

Quiz on Thursday
Read book Chapter 6.
Practice Jupyter, and continue working on Project 2.

Day 20

Linear Algebra and Statistics. Slides posted at resources webpage

Example code for visualizing data: example_visualizing_data.py. Read file from data: data.txt
Numpy materials: Numpy.pdf

Announcements & Reminders:

Data visualization homework is due today.
Read book Chapter 4 & 5: Page 49 - 68. If you have time, please also read Chapter 6.
Practice Jupyter, and continue working on Project 2.

Day 19

Visualizing data. Slides posted at resources webpage

Go over Quiz 6
Code for visualizing data: visualizing_data.py
Jupyter Notebook file for visualizing data: visualization_Python.ipynb
Read file from data: data.txt
Submit today's exercise to Sakai

Announcements & Reminders:

No quiz this week, work on your project 2.
Read book Chapter 3: visualizing data
Practice on Jupyter and codingBat

Day 18

Getting data. Slides posted at resources webpage

Happy Halloween!
Quiz 6
Project 2 posted on Sakai

Announcements & Reminders:

Read book Chapter 9 - Getting data
Practice in-class: GettingData.pdf
Practice Jupyter

Day 16

Introduction to Python VI. Slides posted at resources webpage

Go over Quiz 5
Quiz 6 next class
Example code for TicTacToe game: TicTacToeSolution.py

Announcements & Reminders:

Submit today's in-class exercise on Sakai, and get (Extra credits) when you finish at least 10 problems in codingbat string-2 and list-2: https://codingbat.com/python/String-2 https://codingbat.com/python/List-2
Submit your code together with your in-class exercise code to Sakai
Read book Page 20 - 35
Practice Jupyter

Day 15: Oct. 24

Introduction to Python III. Slides posted at resources webpage

Quiz 5
In-class exercises: Download PythonPairPractice2.py

Announcements & Reminders:

Finish at least five problems in codingbat warmup-2: https://codingbat.com/python/Warmup-2
Submit your code together with today's in-class exercise code to Sakai
Read book Page 20 - 35
Practice Jupyter

Day 14

Introduction to Python II. Slides posted at resources webpage

Turn in in-class exercises on Sakai.

Announcements & Reminders:

Quiz 5 on next class, review everything you learned this week.
Read book Page 15 - 19
Practice tools Jupyter

Day 13

Introduction to Python I. Slides posted at resources webpage

Review mid-term exam
Practice code: Download: introduction.py

Announcements & Reminders:

Read book Page 1 - 13
Practice tool Jupyter

Day 11

Mid-term review. Slides posted at resources webpage

Announcements & Reminders:

Work on Project 1
Mid-term exam on Thursday

Day 10

R debugging. Slides posted at resources webpage

Debugging Practice (Submit on Sakai): PairDebugging.R

Announcements & Reminders:

Work on Project 1
Review day on next Tuesday, mid-term exam on next Thursday

Day 9

R application for Plotting. Slides posted at resources webpage

Practice : RPlot.html

Announcements & Reminders:

Work on Project 1
Finish the quiz 4 on Sakai before 10 pm

Day 8 (Review )

Revew Function in R posted at resources webpage

Continue working on Pair program: PairProgram7.R

Announcements & Reminders:

Read R book from Page 70 to Page 78
Quiz next Tuesday
Function Pair practice due soon. Submit your code on Sakai.
Earn extra credits by doing additional practice.

Day 7

Function in R. Slides posted at resources webpage

Take quiz #3.
Pair program: PairProgram7.R
Pair practice 6 solution: PairProgram6_solution.R

Announcements & Reminders:

Read R book from Page 70 to Page 78
Pair practice due soon. Submit your code on Sakai.
Check Project 1 posted on Sakai.

Day 6

Control structure in R. Slides posted at resources webpage

Download DATA133_example1.csv
Pair program: PairProgram6.R

Announcements & Reminders:

Read R book from Page 62 to Page 69
Pair practice due at beginning of next class. Submit your code on Sakai.
Quiz 3 on next Tuesday.

Day 4

Matrices, factor, subsetting. Slides posted at course resources page

R examples for practice: R_basics_day5.html
Pair program: PairProgram4.R

Announcements & Reminders:

Quiz 2 at beginning of next Tuesday, closed computer, closed book. 30 mins, 2 tries with average score (you do not have to try 2 times)
Read R book from Page 12 to Page 22
Pair practice due at beginning of next class. Submit your code on Sakai

Day 3

Quiz 1 posted on Sakai. R data types, vector and list. Slides posted at resources subpage

In class practice: download Inclass3.R
R examples for practice: R_basics_day3.html
Pair program: PairProgram3.R

Announcements & Reminders:

Read R book from Page 12 to Page 22
Pair practice due at beginning of next class. Submit your code on Sakai.