Data Science for Economists
UC Berkeley, Spring 2024
PollEV Ed Gradescope Lecture Recordings Extenuating Circumstances Anonymous Feedback
Instructor:
Eric Van Dusen
he/him
Hi - I am a lecturer in Data Science as well as a staff member helping to build out Data Science Undergraduate Studies. I am passionate about how Data Science approaches can bring innovation to teaching and learning in all disciplines. I love trail running, kayaking, camping and exploring.
Lecture: Tuesday’s and Thursday’s, 2:00 - 3:30 PM, Lewis 100
Office Hours: see Calendar and Ed
Welcome to Week 15 of Econ 148!
- The schedule and dates listed below are tentative and may be subject to change.
- All announcements will be made via Ed.
- The Syllabus contains a detailed explanation of how each course component will work this semester
- If you plan to add late, make sure you contact the staff first to see if you can make up the missed assignments before officially adding the class.
Schedule
Week 1
- January 16
- Lab 0 Prerequisites (optional; no due date)
- January 18
- Lecture 2Slides, Lecture Notebook
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Lab 1Pandas (due 1/26)
Week 2
- January 23
- Lecture 3Slides, Lecture Notebook
- Discussion 1 Slides
- Lab 2Data Cleaning and APIs (due 2/02)
- January 25
- Lecture 4Slides, Lecture Notebook, Jim Church Slides, WRDS Notebook
Week 3
- January 30
- Lecture 5Slides, Lecture Notebook,EIA API Notebook
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Discussion 2 Slides
- February 1
- Lecture 6Slides, Lecture Notebook,Phillips3D
- Lab 3Wrangling Survey Data (due 2/09)
- Project 1Regional GDP (due 2/23)
Week 4
- February 6
- Lecture 7Slides
- Discussion 3 Slides
- February 8
- Lecture 8Slides,Lecture NB
- Lab 4SQL (due 2/16)
Week 5
- February 13
- Lecture 9Slides,Lecture NB
- Discussion 4 Slides
- February 15
- Lecture 10Slides,Lecture NB,StarWars2
- Lab 5Visualization I (due 2/23)
Week 6
- February 20
- Lecture 11Slides,Lecture NB,LogLog NB,Finance NB
- Discussion 5 Slides
- February 22
- Lecture 12Slides,County RGDP NB, WaterGuard Graph NB
- Lab 6Geospatial Visualizations (due 3/01)
- Project 2Mariel Boatlift (due 3/15)
Week 7
- February 27
- Lecture 13 Slides, Plotly-Proj1
- Discussion 6 Slides
- February 29
- Lecture 14Slides
- Lab 7The Impact of Minimum Wage on Employment (due 3/08)
Week 8
- March 5
- Lecture 15 Slides, LectureNB
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Discussion 7 Slides
- March 7
- Lecture 16 Slides, LectureNB-RRreproduction
- Lab 8Survival Analysis (due 3/15)
Week 9
- March 12
- Lecture 17Slides, LifelinesRegimes, LifelinesTermination
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Discussion 8 Slides
- March 14
- Lecture 18Slides, Card Slides
Week 10
- March 19
- Lecture 19Slides, TimeSeriesNB
- March 21
- Midterm
Week 11
- March 26
- Spring Break
- March 28
- Spring Break
Week 12
- April 2
- Lecture 20Slides, TimePandas, Prophet1, Prophet2, Prophet3
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Discussion 9 Slides
- Lab 9Time Series (due 4/5)
- April 4
- Lecture 21 Slides, Prophet4
- Project 3Reproduction (due 4/26; checkpoints on 4/12 and 4/21)
Week 13
- April 9
- Lecture 22 Slides, ClassifierDemo
- April 11
- Lecture 23 Slides
Week 14
- April 16
- Lecture 24 Slides, AdultUCI-CM, FairML-Folktables
- April 18
- Lecture 25 Slides, Vibecession
Week 15
- April 23
- Lecture 26 Slides, Evaluations, SHAP Demo, Palmaka Slides, Palmaka-Demo,
- April 25
- Lecture 27 Slides,