Assignments Due

Week 4 checkpoints should be submitted by Monday, 01/29/2018 at 11:59 PM PST.

Perform

No checkpoint due this week :)

Compose

Individual 1: Big Idea 1 (75%)

How should you develop and explain a data science idea? It is as simple, and as difficult, as writing it down. Give your idea a beginning, a middle, and an end. Introduce a problem and whose problem it is. Propose a solution. Describe the difference it makes. A beginning, a middle, and an end. A problem, a solution, and a difference. It’s a structure that is easy to learn but hard to master. So sit down and write, and try to pour your creativity into that simple mold.

Continue working on your portfolio submission even as you wait for the comments of peer reviewers.

  • Triage what you already have written; what’s the strongest part of it, and the weakest? Assess the balance; how close are you to a 1:2:1 ratio of beginning:middle:end? Aim to correct any glaring imbalances.
  • While you conduct your peer review, notice what you consider to be strong and weak in others’ work. Are you making similar successes or mistakes?
  • Begin to gather “priors” or references to use in your work. Many things can be relevant and helpful, so search in informal (e.g. Google search) and formal (library.berkeley.edu) repositories. Discover one helpful reference relevant to your idea and include it as a citation in your portfolio. Note that discovering one helpful article will require you to read several unhelpful ones.
How to submit

Make at least one more commit to your portfolio this week. Include a bibtex reference as an inline citation. Follow the Zotero tutorial to learn how. Please keep in mind that at this point we are still getting our source code into good shape and developing resources (like a bibliography) to use to build a website to showcase our ideas. You won’t yet actualy see the fruits of your labor (an actual, pretty, formatted bibliography) until next week when you finish your source and build your website.


[xkcd: Optimization](https://xkcd.com/1691/)

Figure 13: xkcd: Optimization

Review

Participation 1: Peer Review 1 (33%, 3 points)

Workshop in small groups by reading and reviewing the work of a close circle of peers. Using the collaboration functions available through GitHub.com, provide feedback about what they should keep, cut, rearrange, or add to strengthen the composition.

This week’s assignment is to workshop in small groups, which means to read and provide feedback to a small circle of peers. We’ll use the collaboration functions available through GitHub.com to provide feedback. You have three sets of tasks, or four if you’re behind!

How to submit
As an owner
  1. As an owner on your portfolio repository (github.com/w201rdada/portfolio-myusername) you each need to add each member of your peer-review circle as read-only collaborators for your own portfolio repo.
    • Don’t accidentally give them write permission or they will be able to push directly to your repo.
    • Read permissions allow them to create issues, which is how they will provide feedback.
    • To learn who is in your circle look for your section update on Slack.
    • Repos to which you have been added as a collaborator should appear on our organization page, https://github.com/w201rdada/ (if not, you should share each other’s repo urls).
  2. After adding collaborators, make a milestone called something like “Idea 1 Deadline: (02/05/2018)”. Issues can be organized under milestones, which gives you a way to filter the feedback submitted by your circle.
As a collaborator
  1. Once the other members of your circle have added you as a collaborator, you each must for each member of your circle:
    1. Read the 01.Rmd draft.
    2. Open an issue, in which you offer your helpful advice. At least include the following:
      • In one or two sentences, tell the owner what you think is the gist of their idea.
      • What should definitely be kept because it’s great, what could be cut that isn’t so important, what could be rearranged to flow better, and what could be added to strengthen the argument.
      • Offer any other comments or suggestions. If you liked their work, let them know!
  2. If you haven’t pushed to your repo with your first portfolio design, you’d better put something together quick or it will be awkward :|3

readings (links) & lectures ～ assignments due

  1. Jk, but try to get back on track as soon as possible.↩