Principles of Data Science
DSC 10, Fall 2026 at UC San Diego
Janine Tiefenbruck
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Lecture(s): (001) MWF 10-10:50AM, (003) MWF 11-11:50AM in WLH 2005
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Attend Discussion 3 on Monday or Tuesday, and submit your groupwork to Gradescope by end of day Tuesday. It is ok to attend at a different time from your enrolled time.
Week 0 – Welcome to DSC 10!
- Fri Sep 25
- Keywords: data science, course structure, policies, syllabus, Little Women demo
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EXTRA Knowledge Assessment for Research Study (+1% Extra Credit)
Week 1 – Python Basics
- Mon Sep 28
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LEC 2 Expressions and Data Types
Keywords: Jupyter notebooks, expressions, variables, assignment, functions, int, float -
DISC 1 Getting Started with Jupyter Notebooks
- Tue Sep 29
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DISC 1 Getting Started with Jupyter Notebooks
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SUR Welcome Survey
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SYL Syllabus Check
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GROUP Groupwork from Discussion 1
- Wed Sep 30
- Keywords: string methods, mean, median, lists, arrays, array arithmetic
- Thu Oct 1
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LAB 0 Expressions and Data Types
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PRE Pretest
- Fri Oct 2
- Keywords: array methods, np.arange, .read_csv, .get, .assign, .sort_values, .iloc, .loc, index
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POD Pod Meeting
Week 2 – DataFrames and Visualization
- Mon Oct 5
- Keywords: .set_index, Booleans, querying, .shape, &, |, .take, .groupby, aggregation
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DISC 2 Arrays and DataFrames
- Tue Oct 6
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DISC 2 Arrays and DataFrames
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LAB 1 Arrays and DataFrames
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GROUP Groupwork from Discussion 2
- Wed Oct 7
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LEC 6 Grouping and Data Visualization
Keywords: .groupby, numerical vs. categorical, scatter plot, line plot, bar chart - Thu Oct 8
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HW 1 Basic Python, Arrays, and DataFrames
- Fri Oct 9
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LEC 7 Distributions and Histograms
Keywords: distributions, density histograms, binning, total area, overlaid plots -
QUIZ 1 Quiz 1 covers Lectures 1-5
Week 3 – Functions and Control Flow
- Mon Oct 12
- Keywords: functions, arguments, print vs. return, .apply, .reset_index
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DISC 3 Querying, Grouping, and Plotting
- Tue Oct 13
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DISC 3 Querying, Grouping, and Plotting
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LAB 2 Data Visualizations and Functions
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GROUP Groupwork from Discussion 3
- Wed Oct 14
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LEC 9 Grouping on Multiple Columns, Merging
Keywords: .groupby([col_1, col_2, …]), subgroups, MultiIndex, .merge, number of rows - Thu Oct 15
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HW 2 DataFrames, Data Visualization, and Functions
- Fri Oct 16
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LEC 10 Conditional Statements and Iteration
Keywords: in, not, and, or, if, else, elif, for-loops, np.append, accumulator pattern -
QUIZ 2 Quiz 2 covers Lectures 6-9
Week 4 – Probability and Simulation
- Mon Oct 19
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LEC 11 Probability
Keywords: event, conditional prob., multiplication and addition rules, independence -
DISC 4 Functions, DataFrames, and Control Flow
- Tue Oct 20
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DISC 4 Functions, DataFrames, and Control Flow
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LAB 3 DataFrames, Control Flow, and Probability
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GROUP Groupwork from Discussion 4
- Wed Oct 21
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LEC 12 Simulation
Keywords: np.random.choice, replacement, np.count_nonzero, coin flipping, Monty Hall - Thu Oct 22
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HW 3 DataFrames, Control Flow, and Probability
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SUR Mid-Quarter Survey
- Fri Oct 23
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LEC 13 Distributions and Sampling
Keywords: probability vs. empirical distribution, SRS, .sample, parameter, statistic -
POD Pod Meeting
Week 5 – Midterm Exam
- Mon Oct 26
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EXAM Midterm Exam covers Lectures 1-12
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DISC 5 Midterm Solutions
- Tue Oct 27
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DISC 5 Midterm Solutions
- Wed Oct 28
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LEC 14 Bootstrapping and Confidence Intervals
Keywords: inference, bootstrapping, resample, np.percentile, confidence interval - Thu Oct 29
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PROJ Midterm Project
- Fri Oct 30
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LEC 15 Confidence Intervals, Center, and Spread
Keywords: interpreting CIs, robust vs. sensitive, center, standard deviation -
POD Pod Meeting
Week 6 – Confidence Intervals and the Normal Distribution
- Mon Nov 2
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LEC 16 Standardization and the Normal Distribution
Keywords: Chebyshev, standard units, normal distribution, CDF, inflection points -
DISC 6 Sampling, Bootstrapping, and Confidence Intervals
- Tue Nov 3
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DISC 6 Sampling, Bootstrapping, and Confidence Intervals
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LAB 4 Simulation, Sampling, and Bootstrapping
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GROUP Groupwork from Discussion 6
- Wed Nov 4
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LEC 17 The Central Limit Theorem
Keywords: distribution of the sample mean, square root law, CLT-based CIs - Thu Nov 5
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HW 4 Simulation, Sampling, and Bootstrapping
- Fri Nov 6
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LEC 18 Choosing Sample Sizes, Statistical Models
Keywords: standard deviation of 0s and 1s, np.random.multinomial, Robert Swain jury -
QUIZ 3 Quiz 3 covers Lectures 13-16
Week 7 – Central Limit Theorem
- Mon Nov 9
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LEC 19 Hypothesis Testing
Keywords: null and alternative hypotheses, test statistic, fair or unfair coin -
DISC 7 Standardization and the Normal Distribution
- Tue Nov 10
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DISC 7 Standardization and the Normal Distribution
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LAB 5 Variability and the Normal Distribution
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GROUP Groupwork from Discussion 7
- Wed Nov 11
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No Lecture (Veteran’s Day 🇺🇸)
- Thu Nov 12
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HW 5 The Normal Distribution and the Central Limit Theorem
- Fri Nov 13
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LEC 20 Hypothesis Testing and Total Variation Distance
Keywords: fair or unfair coin, p-value, midterm exam scores, Alameda County jury, TVD -
POD Pod Meeting
Week 8 – Hypothesis and Permutation Testing
- Mon Nov 16
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LEC 21 TVD, Hypothesis Testing, and Permutation Testing
Keywords: confidence intervals for hypothesis testing, body temperature, smoking/babies -
DISC 8 The Central Limit Theorem and Hypothesis Testing
- Tue Nov 17
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DISC 8 The Central Limit Theorem and Hypothesis Testing
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LAB 6 Hypothesis Testing
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GROUP Groupwork from Discussion 8
- Wed Nov 18
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LEC 22 Permutation Testing
Keywords: smoking/babies, np.random.permutation, shuffling, Deflategate - Thu Nov 19
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HW 6 Hypothesis Testing and Permutation Testing
- Fri Nov 20
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LEC 23 Correlation
Keywords: association, correlation coefficient (r), predicting heights, regression line (su) -
QUIZ 4 Quiz 4 covers Lectures 17-21
Week 9 – Prediction
- Mon Nov 23
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LEC 24 Regression and Least Squares
Keywords: regression line in original units, outliers, errors, RMSE, best fit, least squares -
DISC 9 TVD and Permutation Testing
- Tue Nov 24
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DISC 9 TVD and Permutation Testing
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GROUP Groupwork from Discussion 9
- Wed Nov 25
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No Lecture
- Fri Nov 27
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No Lecture (Thanksgiving 🦃)
Week 10 – Review
- Mon Nov 30
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LEC 25 Residuals and Inference
Keywords: residuals, residual plots, patterns, datasaurus dozen, prediction intervals -
DISC 10 Regression
- Tue Dec 1
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DISC 10 Regression
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LAB 7 Regression
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GROUP Groupwork from Discussion 10
- Wed Dec 2
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REV Review
- Thu Dec 3
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PROJ Final Project
- Fri Dec 4
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REV Review, Conclusion, Career Services
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EXTRA Knowledge Assessment for Research Study (+1% Extra Credit)
- Sat Dec 5
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EXAM Final Exam
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SUR SETs and End-of-Quarter Survey (due 8AM)