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End of course logistics

Plans for the end of the course under the strike conditions

Data 100/Data 200, Fall 2022 @ UC Berkeley

Will Fithian and Fernando Pérez

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The current situation, Dec 1 2022

  • The strike is not over.
  • It is impossible to finish the course “the normal way” without staff.
  • We’ve developed a contingency plan.
  • If the strike ends very soon, we will add “layers” to these plans, such as
    • More office hours
    • Review sessions
    • Some grading
  • This means these plans are firm as of now, but subject to change.

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Final exam plans

  • 100% online exam, will be done as a Gradescope Quiz.
  • All questions will be auto-graded (multiple choice, true/false, etc).
  • Scope:
    • Up to and including Environmental DS, excluding Causal Inference.
    • This means lectures 1-23, minus lecture 19.
    • PCA material is only from lecture: nothing from Lab 12 nor HW 9.
  • Time and length of the exam:
    • All students will start at the normal time, Tuesday December 13, 3pm.
    • Non-DSP students have 1 hour to complete it.
    • DSP students have their respective time extensions (1 ½ or 2h)
    • Exam will be over by 5pm for everyone.
  • We will use the lecture zoom link to answer questions/broadcast info.
    • You will be able to ask questions on the Q&A.
  • Academic integrity norms still apply
    • Exam will be “open notes”: you can consult your own notes + slides/textbook.
    • You can NOT ask questions of anyone but the instructors on the Q&A, you can NOT interact with anyone online during the exam.

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Grading Scheme - category weights remain the same

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Category

Data 100

Data 200

Details

Homeworks

25%

25%

No drop. HW9 Removed

Projects

15%

15%

No drop. 2a/2b grade: max(hw1, …, hw8, p1a, p1b)

Labs

10%

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Drop 2 lowest scores. Labs 12, 13, 14, 15 removed

Discussion

5%

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Drop 3 lowest scores. Discussion 12, 13, 14 removed

Quick Checks

5%

5%

Drop 3 lowest scores. QC 13 removed

Midterm Exam

15%

15%

Final Exam

25%

25%

Graduate Final Project

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15%

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Graduate Project

  • Deadline: December 9
  • Grading:
    • Turn in a reasonably complete project - and will get full credit.
    • If it's extremely incomplete you get 50% credit.
    • Otherwise zero.
  • Peer review
    • Will be optional and not part of the grade.
    • Purely for your benefit of getting feedback and seeing the work of others.
    • We'll offer a form to match interested students for peer-review on Dec 3.

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Other issues

  • We will Release HW solutions on Ed.
  • There will be no extra credit assignments.

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