Week 1 Discussion

This is the discussion forum for Week 1 of the Data & Computing Fundamentals.

You are required to make at least two intelligent posts to this forum before the class meets. Some appropriate topics for posts:

Questions you have about the readings of the sort you would like brought up in class.
Responses to other participant’s questions.
Comments about connections or contradictions among different topics in the course.
Reports from the news or your main field of interest about data-oriented work. (Criterion: You should provide a link to the raw data file, or something similar. If nothing is available, move on.)

Please note that there are also discussion forums on each reading. Use those to comment or correct or suggest changes for that reading. These reading-specific corrections or comments are optional, and don’t count toward the two posts you should make on this page. Of course, you are welcome to turn your comment on a reading page into a discussion or comment on this page.

Each week has a different discussion forum. Here are the links:

Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7,

Please use the comment system to make suggestions, point out errors, or to discuss the topic.