STAT 159/259: Collaborative and Reproducible Statistical Data Science

UC Berkeley, STAT 159/259, Fall 2026

No matching items
Announcements 📣

First day of class Wed, Aug-26th (10-11AM)

See reminders in bCourses

Schedule 📅

Tentative calendar subject to change.

Week 1

Aug 26 Lecture Welcome to Stat 159
Aug 28 Lecture Naming Files

Week 2

Aug 31 Lecture File Paths & Unix Terminal
Sep 01 Lab Shell Commands
Sep 02 Lecture Project Organization
Reading Ten Simple Rules for RCR (due 9/09)
Sep 04 Lecture Intro to Git (part I)
Homework HW1 TBA (due 9/18)

Week 3

Sep 07 No-Class Academic Holiday (no class)
Sep 08 Lab Getting Started with Git
Sep 09 Lecture Intro to Git (part II)
Reading Guide for Reproducible Research (due 9/16)
Sep 11 Lecture Discussion Reading 1

Week 4

Sep 14 Lecture Git Branching
Sep 15 Lab Getting started with Git branches
Sep 16 Lecture Case Study: Global Temperature
Reading 7 Easy Steps to Open Science (due 9/23)
Sep 18 Lecture Discussion Reading 2
Homework Project 1 TBA (due 10/2)

Week 5

Sep 21 Lecture Git Remotes
Sep 22 Lab Github and remote repos
Sep 23 Lecture Undoing changes in Git
Reading Data Science at the Singularity (due 9/30)
Sep 25 Lecture Discussion Reading 3

Week 6

Sep 28 Lecture Intro to Make (part 1)
Sep 29 Lab Getting started with Make
Sep 30 Lecture Intro to Make (part 2)
Reading The Reinhart-Rogoff Fiasco (due 10/07)
Oct 02 Lecture Discussion Reading 4
Homework HW2 TBA (due 10/16)

Week 7

Oct 05 Lecture Variables in Make
Oct 06 Lab More automation with Make
Oct 07 Lecture More Make (part 2)
Reading The Duke Trials Retraction (due 10/14)
Oct 09 Lecture Discussion Reading 5

Week 8

Oct 12 Lecture Git Collaborative workflows
Oct 13 Lab Working in groups in Github
Oct 14 Lecture Handling and Sharing Data
Oct 16 Lecture Discussion Reading 6
Homework Project 2 TBA (due 10/30)

Week 9

Oct 19 Lecture Writing Clear Code
Oct 20 Lab Hands on sharing and managing data
Oct 21 Lecture Packaging Code (I)
Reading Share Your Code (due 10/28)
Oct 23 Lecture Packaging Code (II)

Week 10

Oct 26 Lecture Packaging Code (III)
Oct 27 Lab Documenting your code
Oct 28 Lecture Environment Mgmt
Reading RR Legal Framework (due 11/04)
Oct 30 Lecture Discussion Reading 7
Homework HW-3 TBA (due 11/13)

Week 11

Nov 02 Lecture Environment Management (part 1)
Nov 03 Lab Managing environments
Nov 04 Lecture Licenses
Reading Rules for Better Figures (due 11/11)
Nov 06 Lecture Discussion Reading 8

Week 12

Nov 09 Lecture Images, Figures and Graphics
Nov 10 Lab Handling images and figures
Nov 11 No-Class Academic holiday (no class)
Reading Research Compendium (due 11/18)
Nov 13 Lecture Discussion Reading 9
Homework Project 3 TBA (due 12/07)

Week 13

Nov 16 Lecture Research Compendium
Nov 17 Lab TBA
Nov 18 Lecture Discussion Reading 10
Nov 20 Lecture Publishing & Communication I

Week 14

Nov 23 Lecture Publishing & Communication II
Nov 24 Lab Final project status
Nov 25 No-Class Thanksgiving break
Nov 27 No-Class Thanksgiving break

Week 15

Nov 30 Lecture TBA
Dec 01 Lab Wrap-Up Final Project
Dec 02 Lecture TBA
Dec 04 Lecture Closing Talk

Week 16

Dec 07 Overview RRR Week

Week 17

Dec 14 Final Final Project
No matching items