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OCW Scholar: Introduction to Computer Science and Programming

OCW Scholar: Introduction to Computer Science and Programming

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Recitation 6: Probability and Statistics

Recitation 6: Probability and Statistics

This recitation video covers some basic probability and statistics, as well as simulation methods for estimating unknown... Read more

17 Jun 2015

53mins

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Recitation 7: Distributions, Monte Carlo, and Regressions

Recitation 7: Distributions, Monte Carlo, and Regressions

This recitation discusses different types of data distributions, Monte Carlo simulations and data curve regressions in g... Read more

17 Jun 2015

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Recitation 5: Quiz 1 Answers and Object-Oriented Programming

Recitation 5: Quiz 1 Answers and Object-Oriented Programming

This recitation goes over the answers to Quiz 1 and introduces object-oriented programming (classes) in comparison to ty... Read more

17 Jun 2015

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Recitation 3: Lists and their Elements, Sorting, and Recursion

Recitation 3: Lists and their Elements, Sorting, and Recursion

This recitation covers lists, list elements, and a discussion of sorting techniques. Introduces recursion, base cases, ... Read more

17 Jun 2015

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Recitation 4: Recursion, Pseudo code, and Debugging

Recitation 4: Recursion, Pseudo code, and Debugging

This recitation further explains recursion, pseudo code and debugging with several examples. The recitation also talks a... Read more

17 Jun 2015

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Recitation 2: Loops, Tuples, Strings, and Functions

Recitation 2: Loops, Tuples, Strings, and Functions

This recitation reviews the basics and the specifics of loops, tuples, strings, and functions in detail.

17 Jun 2015

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Recitation 1: Introduction to Coding Concepts

Recitation 1: Introduction to Coding Concepts

This recitation covers an introduction to what coding is, how the computer executes code, and to simple coding construct... Read more

17 Jun 2015

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Lecture 23: Dynamic Programming

Lecture 23: Dynamic Programming

This lecture covers dynamic programming, optimal path, overlapping subproblems, specifications, restrictions, efficiency... Read more

17 Jun 2015

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Lecture 21: Using Graphs to Model Problems, Part 1

Lecture 21: Using Graphs to Model Problems, Part 1

This lecture covers graphs and graphing techniques in Python. Includes: pseudocode, nodes, edges, adjacency matrices, a... Read more

17 Jun 2015

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Lecture 20: More Clustering

Lecture 20: More Clustering

This lecture covers clustering, include feature vectors, scaling, and k-means clustering.

17 Jun 2015

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Lecture 26: What Do Computer Scientists Do?

Lecture 26: What Do Computer Scientists Do?

In the final lecture we will discuss careers in computer science, computational thinking, abstraction, and automation.

17 Jun 2015

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Lecture 25: Queuing Network Models

Lecture 25: Queuing Network Models

This lecture covers queuing networks and simulations, Poisson distributions, wait time, queue length, server utilization... Read more

17 Jun 2015

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Lecture 24: Avoiding Statistical Fallacies

Lecture 24: Avoiding Statistical Fallacies

This lecture discusses common statistical fallacies and how to avoid them. Topics include: statistics, plotting, correl... Read more

17 Jun 2015

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Lecture 16: Using Randomness to Solve Non-random Problems

Lecture 16: Using Randomness to Solve Non-random Problems

This lecture continues discussion on analytical vs. simulation models for problem solving. Topics include Gaussian dist... Read more

17 Jun 2015

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Lecture 14: Sampling and Monte Carlo Simulation

Lecture 14: Sampling and Monte Carlo Simulation

In this lecture we continue working with simulations, covering the Monte Carlo simulation, Pascal's algorithm, inferenti... Read more

17 Jun 2015

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