Week 2
Health Data & The Quantified Self
September 9-11
Health Data & The Quantified Self
September 9-11
Programming Concepts and Learning Outcomes:
Vector Indexation
Main Plots
Basic Statistics
Health Data & The Quantified Self
Topics:
Data Collection
Survey Design Principles
Due Today:
🔢 Behind the Number Presentation (BMI)
Link to folder: "Behind The Number Presentation"
📚“Raw data” introduction Reading Due
Link: "Raw Data"
📚"Calling Bullshit" Preface and Chap 3 Reading Due
Link: "Calling Bullshit" (Link to pdf in case e-copy is in use)
Health Data & The Quantified Self
Topics:
Sampling & Other Biases
The Quantified Self
Due Today:
🔢10,000 steps Presentation
🔔Next Week:
Intelligence Quotient (IQ) Presentation
Link to folder: "Behind The Number Presentations"
Datafication Reading due
Dear Data postcard (1)
SAT Scores Presentation
Problem Set 1 Due
TUESDAY SEP 16
THURSDAY SEP 18
📚To read before next Tuesday:
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Kenneth Cukier (pictured at right). "Datafication." In Big Data (Mariner Books, 2013), pp. 73-97.
Link: "Datafication"
Link: "Quick reading guide"