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6.0002  Intro: Comp Thinkng & Data Sci

Spring 2017

Instructors: Ana Bell, Eric Grimson, John V Guttag

TAs: Helen Abadiotakis, Orhan Tunc Celiker, Laura N Gustafson, Carlos A Henriquez, Kathleen N Johnson, Victoria C Jones, Mesert Kebed, Bethany Anne LaPenta, Kaitlin E Mahar, Aasavari S Phanse, Atikha Rizwan, Zachary M Sather, Alisha Saxena, Matthew J Tancik, Austen K Yueh

Lecture:  MW3  (26-100)        

Information: 


Required Textbook

The lectures will closely follow this textbook. MIT Press always offers MIT students a 20% discount on their MIT course books, so the book will cost $36.00, and be tax-free. Introduction to Computation and Programming Using Python, Second Edition: With Application to Understanding Data by John V. Guttag


Recitations

Recitations are on Fridays and are optional. You do not have to sign up for any and can attend whichever you'd like.

Office Hours

See this Google Calendar for office hour times and locations. We will update the locations for the TBD rooms as soon as they are permanent; in the meantime, check the Piazza forum for updates.

Announcements

Final Exam Grades

The exam grades are now up on the "Your Grades" page.

Average: 70
Median: 71
Stddev: 16
Distribution:

* We do not post final percentages or grade cutoffs.
* As is customary with the final exam, we will not be accepting re-grade requests.
* Your final letter grades have been submitted to Websis.
* Please email 6.0002-staff@mit.edu with any questions.

Announced on 26 May 2017  9:49  p.m. by Ana Bell

Final Exam Review Slides Posted

The slides from tonights review session have been posted under
Materials -> Final Exam -> Final Review Slides.

Announced on 22 May 2017  10:34  p.m. by Laura N Gustafson

!!! [important] Check for Missing Pset Scores !!!

Hi everyone,

Please check that you have all your problem set grades by going here and clicking each pset:
https://6.00.scripts.mit.edu:444/psets/grades60001.php

If you believe you are missing a grade (autograder or checkoff), fill out this form ASAP, by Sunday night at 11:59pm. Any replies after that will not be considered. Please fill in a different form for each missing pset.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdnx_KLmlAKeNNSZieNn-YFdJkCg7OsYGCObeiwR9kd4PoVsw/viewform

We will update missing scores before we assign final grades at the end of next week.

Announced on 19 May 2017  8:53  p.m. by Ana Bell

Final Exam Study Code

The study code has been posted under Stellar -> Materials -> Final Exam. A part of the exam will contain some questions questions related to this code. Trying to understand the code during the exam would not be a good idea. We suggest that you read it, run it, and try and modify it in simple ways.

Announced on 18 May 2017  11:49  a.m. by Ana Bell

Office hours this week

Since office hours have been very quiet, we are canceling all but the 7-9pm office hours for the remainder of the week, starting now.

So the schedule is:
Tuesday 7-9pm, 26-302
Wednesday 7-9pm, 34-304
Thursday 7-9pm, 26-302

Announced on 16 May 2017  7:04  p.m. by Kaitlin E Mahar

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