HiIamJeff/ADS_Teaching

Teaching repo for Applied Data Science @ Columbia, a project-based course for data science skills (statistical thinking, machine learning, data engineering, team work, presentation, endurance of frustration, etc).

Stat GU4243/GR5243 Applied Data Science

Spring 2020 - Teaching Materials (Syllabus)

Shortcuts: Project 1 | Project 2 | Project 3 | Project 4

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Project cycle 1: (Individual) R notebook for exploratory data analysis

(starter codes)

Week 1 (Jan 22)

• Introduction to ADS
• Project 1 description
• Tutorial 1 R Notebook + Example: Repo | Knitted HTML R Notebook | Presentation
• A tutorial on GitHub

Week 2 (Jan 29)

• An example R notebook on presidential speeches (HTML)
  • zipped folder
  • known running issues & solutions, prepared by Yang Yang @jokerkeny
• Overview of starter codes
• Interactive Word Cloud
• Data Story Examples: Example 1 (repo), Example 2.
• Discussion and Q&A