Introduction to Data Science I

Course Code

DATA 11800 97

Cross Listed Course Code(s)

STAT 11800

Course Description

Data science provides tools for gaining insight into specific problems using data, through computation, statistics and visualization. This course introduces students to all aspects of a data analysis process: from posing questions, designing data collection strategies, management+storing and processing of data, exploratory tools to visualization, statistical inference, prediction, interpretation and communication of results. Simple techniques for data analysis are used to illustrate both effective and fallacious uses of data science tools. Although this course is designed to be at the level of mathematical sciences courses in the Core, with little background required, you will develop computational skills that will allow you to analyze data. Computation will be done using Python and Jupyter Notebook.

Instructor(s)

David Biron

¹ UChicago students can self-register.

² Visiting students and pre-college students apply through the same application.