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Course Notes for Data Science (MA346)

Purpose

These course notes are for Bentley University’s Data Science course (MA346) that will be taught by Nathan Carter in Summer 2021.

The course has two prerequisites, one on business statistics (GB213 at Bentley) and one on Python programming (CS230 at Bentley).

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Schedule

The complete schedule for the course, with all topics, assignments, and due dates, so that students know what’s due when, and what we’ll be covering on any given day.

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1. Introduction to Data Science