Data 89: Mathematical and Graphical Foundations of Probability

UC Berkeley, Fall 2026

Week 8 Announcement

Oct 18 · 1 min read

No synchronous lecture on Thursday. Look out for more info on Ed.

HW 7 due Monday 10/19 at 5pm.

Mid-semester feedback form coming soon on Ed & included on HW7. We appreciate your feedback! <3

Quiz 3 retake happening right now.

Midterm 1 scores released.

Staff OH is Monday 10/19 11-12pm in Gateway B1040.

Calendar

Week 1

Thu, Aug 27

Lecture 1Probability Essentials: Sets, Logic, and Algebra

Week 2

Mon, Aug 31	Homework 1Probability Essentials
Tue, Sep 01	Lecture 2Probability Essentials: 'Or' and 'Not'
Wed, Sep 02	Discussion 1Unions, intersections, and Complements
Thu, Sep 03	Lecture 3Probability Essentials: 'If' and 'And'

Week 3

Mon, Sep 07	Homework 2Distributions and Models
Tue, Sep 08	Lecture 4Probability Models: Discrete Random Variables QuizQuiz 1 (9/8 - 9/10)
Wed, Sep 09	Discussion 2Bayes Rule and Discrete Distributions
Thu, Sep 10	Lecture 5Probability Models: Continuous Random Variables

Week 4

Mon, Sep 14	Homework 3Function Visualization Quiz RetakeQuiz 1 Retake (9/14 - 9/15)
Tue, Sep 15	Lecture 6Visualizing Functions and Models: Global Properties
Wed, Sep 16	Discussion 3Visualizing Distributions
Thu, Sep 17	Lecture 7Visualizing Functions and Models: Local Properties

Week 5

Mon, Sep 21	Homework 4Expectations QuizQuiz 2 (9/21 - 9/23)
Tue, Sep 22	Lecture 8Distribution Attributes: Expectation as Central Tendency 1
Wed, Sep 23	Discussion 4Functions and Expectation
Thu, Sep 24	Lecture 9Distribution Attributes: Expectation as Central Tendency 2

Week 6

Mon, Sep 28	Exam Midterm 1 Homework 5Variance and SD
Tue, Sep 29	Lecture 10Distribution Attributes: Standard Deviation as Dispersion 1
Wed, Sep 30	Discussion 5Expectation and Variance
Thu, Oct 01	Lecture 11Distribution Attributes: Standard Deviation as Dispersion 2 Quiz RetakeQuiz 2 Retake (10/1 - 10/2)

Week 7

Mon, Oct 05	Homework 6Tails, Asymptotics, and Series
Tue, Oct 06	Lecture 12Distribution Attributes: Tails and Asymptotics
Wed, Oct 07	Discussion 6Asymptotics and Series QuizQuiz 3 (10/7 - 10/9)
Thu, Oct 08	Lecture 13Techniques: Sequences, Series, and Asymptotic Rates

Week 8

Mon, Oct 12	Homework 7Approximate and Limiting Chances Quiz RetakeQuiz 3 Retake (10/12 - 10/13)
Tue, Oct 13	Lecture 14Techniques: Taylor Series and Function Approximation 1
Wed, Oct 14	Discussion 7Approximate and Limiting Chances
Thu, Oct 15	Lecture 15Techniques: Taylor Series and Function Approximation 2

Week 9

Mon, Oct 19	Homework 8Integration Techniques
Tue, Oct 20	Lecture 16Techniques: Integration by Parts
Wed, Oct 21	Discussion 8Integration Techniques QuizQuiz 4 (10/21 - 10/23)
Thu, Oct 22	Lecture 17Techniques: Integration by Substitution and Change of Variables

Week 10

Mon, Oct 26	Homework 9Multiple Variables
Tue, Oct 27	Lecture 18Coordinate Systems for Multiple Variables
Wed, Oct 28	Discussion 9Working with Multiple Variables
Thu, Oct 29	Lecture 19Visualizing Functions: Multivariate Functions Quiz RetakeQuiz 4 Retake (10/29 - 10/30)

Week 11

Mon, Nov 02	Homework 10Joint Density and Gradients QuizQuiz 5 (11/2 - 11/4)
Tue, Nov 03	Lecture 20Probability Models: Joint Distributions
Wed, Nov 04	Discussion 10Joint Densities and Gradients
Thu, Nov 05	Lecture 21Techniques: Partial Derivatives and Gradients

Week 12

Mon, Nov 09	Exam Midterm 2 Homework 11Optimization and Double Integrals Quiz RetakeQuiz 5 Retake (11/9 - 11/10)
Tue, Nov 10	Lecture 22Techniques: Gradients and Optimization
Wed, Nov 11	Holiday - No Discussion
Thu, Nov 12	Lecture 23Techniques: Integrals and Sums in Multiple Dimensions 1

Week 13

Mon, Nov 16	Homework 12Iterated Expectation and Integration on Manifolds QuizQuiz 6 (11/16 - 11/18)
Tue, Nov 17	Lecture 24Techniques: Integrals and Sums in Multiple Dimensions 2
Wed, Nov 18	Discussion 11Double Integrals
Thu, Nov 19	Lecture 25Techniques: Constrained Optimization

Week 14

Mon, Nov 23	Quiz RetakeQuiz 6 Retake (11/23 - 11/24)
Tue, Nov 24	Lecture 26Techniques: Splitting Sums and Conditional Expectation
Wed, Nov 25	Holiday - No Discussion
Thu, Nov 26	Holiday - No Lecture

Week 15

Mon, Nov 30	Homework 13Association QuizQuiz 7 (11/30 - 12/2)
Tue, Dec 01	Lecture 27Techniques: Integration on Manifolds and Change of Coordinates
Wed, Dec 02	Discussion 12Iterated Expectation and Sums of Random Variables
Thu, Dec 03	Lecture 28Application: Measuring Association
Fri, Dec 04	Discussion 13 Optional: Covariance and Correlation

Week 16

Mon, Dec 07	Quiz RetakeQuiz 7 Retake (12/7 - 12/8)
Tue, Dec 08	RRR Week
Wed, Dec 09	RRR Week
Thu, Dec 10	RRR Week

Week 17

Mon, Dec 14	Finals Week
Tue, Dec 15	Finals Week
Wed, Dec 16	Finals Week
Thu, Dec 17	Finals Week