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Data 140: Probability for Data Science
UC Berkeley, Fall 2026
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Calendar
Week 1
| Thu, Aug 27 |
Homework
Homework 1
Lecture 1Probability: axioms, rules, approximation |
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| Fri, Aug 28 | Mega Section 1 |
Week 2
| Mon, Aug 31 | ||
| Tue, Sep 01 |
Homework
Homework 2
Lab
Lab 1A
Lecture 2Random variables: distributions, equality, conditioning |
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| Wed, Sep 02 | Section 1 |
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| Thu, Sep 03 | Lecture 3Symmetry and collections of events |
Reading
Ch 5
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| Fri, Sep 04 | Mega Section 2 |
Week 3
| Mon, Sep 07 | Holiday
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| Tue, Sep 08 |
Homework
Homework 3
Lab
Lab 1B
Lecture 4Binomial and related counts; a Poisson limit |
Reading
Ch 6
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| Wed, Sep 09 | Section 2 |
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| Thu, Sep 10 | Lecture 5Independence and Poissonization |
Reading
Ch 7
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| Fri, Sep 11 | Mega Section 3 |
Week 4
| Mon, Sep 14 | LabLab 2
HomeworkHomework 4
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| Tue, Sep 15 | Lecture 6Expectation |
Reading
Ch 8
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| Wed, Sep 16 | Section 3 |
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| Thu, Sep 17 | Lecture 7Expectation and additivity |
Reading
Ch 8
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| Fri, Sep 18 | Mega Section 4 |
Week 5
| Mon, Sep 21 | HomeworkHomework 5
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| Tue, Sep 22 | Lecture 8Expectation by conditioning |
Reading
Ch 9
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| Wed, Sep 23 | Section 4 |
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| Thu, Sep 24 | Lecture 9Long run behavior of Markov Chains |
Reading
Ch 10
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| Fri, Sep 25 | Mega Section 5 |
Week 6
| Mon, Sep 28 | ||
| Tue, Sep 29 |
Homework
Homework 6
Lab
Lab 3
Lecture 10Balance |
Reading
Ch 11
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| Wed, Sep 30 | Section 5 |
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| Thu, Oct 01 | Lecture 11Markov Chain Monte Carlo |
Reading
Ch 11
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| Fri, Oct 02 | Mega Section 6 |
Week 7
| Mon, Oct 05 | LabLab 4
HomeworkHomework 7
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| Tue, Oct 06 | Lecture 12SD, tail bounds |
Reading
Ch 12
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| Wed, Oct 07 | Section 6 |
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| Thu, Oct 08 | Lecture 13Covariance and its uses |
Reading
Ch 13
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| Fri, Oct 09 | Mega Section 7 |
Week 8
| Mon, Oct 12 | LabLab 5A
HomeworkHomework 8
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| Tue, Oct 13 | Lecture 14Central Limit Theorem |
Reading
Ch 14
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| Wed, Oct 14 | Section 7 |
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| Thu, Oct 15 | Lecture 15Probability densities |
Reading
Ch 15
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| Fri, Oct 16 | Mega Section 8 |
Week 9
| Mon, Oct 19 | LabLab 5B
HomeworkHomework 9
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| Tue, Oct 20 | Lecture 16Transformations |
Reading
Ch 16
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| Wed, Oct 21 | Section 8 |
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| Thu, Oct 22 | Lecture 17Joint densities |
Reading
Ch 17
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| Fri, Oct 23 | Mega Section 9 |
Week 10
| Mon, Oct 26 | HomeworkHomework 10
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| Tue, Oct 27 | Lecture 18Independent normal and gamma variables |
Reading
Ch 18
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| Wed, Oct 28 | Section 9 |
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| Thu, Oct 29 | Lecture 19Introduction to moment generating functions |
Reading
Ch 19
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| Fri, Oct 30 | Mega Section 10 |
Week 11
| Mon, Nov 02 | LabLab 6A
HomeworkHomework 11
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| Tue, Nov 03 | Lecture 20Moment generating functions; Chernoff bound |
Reading
Ch 19
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| Wed, Nov 04 | Section 10 |
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| Thu, Nov 05 | Lecture 21MLE; Conditioning; MAP estimates |
Reading
Ch 20
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| Fri, Nov 06 | Mega Section 11 |
Week 12
| Mon, Nov 09 | LabLab 6B
HomeworkHomework 12
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| Tue, Nov 10 | Lecture 22The beta and the binomial |
Reading
Ch 21
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| Wed, Nov 11 | Holiday - no section |
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| Thu, Nov 12 | Lecture 23Prediction and Error |
Reading
Ch 22
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| Fri, Nov 13 | Mega Section 12 |
Week 13
| Mon, Nov 16 | LabLab 7
HomeworkHomework 13
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| Tue, Nov 17 | Lecture 24Variance by Conditioning |
Reading
Ch 22
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| Wed, Nov 18 | Section 11 |
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| Thu, Nov 19 | Lecture 25Random vectors; multivariate normal |
Reading
Ch 23
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| Fri, Nov 20 | Mega Section 13 |
Week 14
| Mon, Nov 23 | HomeworkHomework 14
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| Tue, Nov 24 | Lecture 26Correlation and simple regression |
Reading
Ch 24
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| Wed, Nov 25 | Holiday |
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| Thu, Nov 26 | Holiday |
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| Fri, Nov 27 | Holiday |
Week 15
| Mon, Nov 30 | HomeworkHomework 15
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| Tue, Dec 01 | Lecture 27Multiple regression 1 |
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| Wed, Dec 02 | Section 12 |
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| Thu, Dec 03 | Lecture 28Multiple regression 2 |
Reading
Ch 25
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| Fri, Dec 04 | Mega Section 14 |
Week 16
| Mon, Dec 07 | RRR Week
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| Tue, Dec 08 | RRR Week |
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| Wed, Dec 09 | RRR Week |
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| Thu, Dec 10 | RRR Week |
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| Fri, Dec 11 | RRR Week |
Week 17
| Mon, Dec 14 | Finals Week
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| Tue, Dec 15 |
Exam
Final Exam (8-11 AM)
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