Data Science Overview#
What is Data Science?#
Discussion Points#
What does data science mean to you?
What do you hope to get out of this course?
“Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms”#
Why are we reading this book?#
What do you think of as an algorithm and what are some examples that come to mind?
What are some ways you trust or don’t trust algorithms?
What comes to mind with the phrase “garbage in equals garbage out”?
What are some sources of data?
What is bias?
Are you a source of data and, if so, how and to whom?
Reading Schedule#
Read the following chapters prior to the listed day (and complete the quiz in Canvas) so that you can participate in the class discussions.
Chapters |
Date |
|---|---|
Introduction, Power, Data |
Day 3 |
Justice, Medicine |
Day 5 |
Cars, Crime |
Day 7 |
Art, Conclusion |
Day 9 |