Lecture 1 – Introduction, Course Overview

Presented by Fernando Pérez, Alvin Wan, and Anthony Joseph

Content by Fernando Pérez, Alvin Wan, Suraj Rampure, Allen Shen, Joseph Gonzalez, Andrew Bray, Josh Hug, and Sam Lau

Video
1.1.1
Fernando's Intro.
1.1.2
Alvin's Intro.
1.2
What is data science? An overview of the field, and issues to be aware of.
1.3
An overview of the topics covered in this course.
1.4.1
Course Logistics: Team and Online Resources.
1.4.2
Course Logistics: Content and Workflow.
1.5
An overview of the data science lifecycle and its four steps.
1.6
A demonstration of various data science tools using data from students in the Fall 2020 class.