DATA 101

Here are the links to the Jupyter notebooks we looked at in class today:

• the crazy barbecue program
• the broken Beyonce example” (and the fixed version)

When you click on these, you should see a read-only copy of the notebook on your screen. In order to make and save changes to your own personal copy, be sure to choose “File > Save a copy in Drive” first.

Olivia and Kenzie are two smart & powerful lab aides who can help you in your understanding of programming this semester! Don’t hesitate to give them a visit! Here are their weekly hours:

If you’ve received an accommodation letter from the ODR, and sent it along to me, thank you very much. Let me be specific about how I will handle all of these:

1. I fully intend to comply with all your accommodations, but I may need to be periodically reminded on a case by case basis. If I do end up needing reminding at any time, please don’t interpret that as “Stephen doesn’t care about me or my accommodation.” Instead, interpret it as “Stephen has a lot of things he’s trying to carry in his mind right now, and it’s hard for him to memorize everybody’s accommodation needs at all times.” Please do just gently remind me, and I’m happy to accommodate.
2. For accommodation needs like “the ability to record the lecture,” that power is officially granted to everybody. Heck, you can even stick the recording on Youtube if you want.
3. For accommodation needs like “a distraction-free environment for quizzes,” please tell me at the beginning of our first quiz that you need this, and I will relocate you to another room for the quiz.
4. For accommodation needs like “extra time on quizzes,” I’ll also have you in the distraction-free room, and give you 1.5x or double time or whatever your accommodation awards. Do be aware that this will mean missing some class time (since class on Fridays will begin immediately after the regular quiz time, so if you’re still working on it you’ll miss those minutes of lecture). Usually, that time will probably be spent going over the questions on the quiz, so you shouldn’t miss much, if any, new material.
5. For accommodation needs like “access to a laptop to take notes,” please let me know this in class today so I can relocate you to the back of the classroom (where others won’t be distracted by your screen).
6. For anything else you think I need to know about, just come ask me: email, after class, and office hours are all good.

You can get one extra credit point, which can be applied to any quiz, by sending Stephen a clear head-shot picture of yourself! Just email it to me (stephen _AT_ umw _DOT_ edu) with the picture attached, and with subject line “DATA 101 extra credit head-shot” by next Friday.

If you haven’t already done so, get on Colab and give it a spin!

Greetings, Earthlings, and welcome to the fall 2025 episode of DATA 101 with Stephen! We’re gonna have a lotta mind-blowing fun this fall, so stay tuned!