Index of Assignments

Preparation

Reflection	Math Self-Assessment	Assigned:	Feb 10, 2025
We check in on our comfort with mathematical techniques that we'll use later in the course.
Learning Objectives: Math

Blog Posts

Blog Post	Classifying Palmer Penguins	Assigned:	Feb 12, 2025
In this blog post, you'll work through a complete example of the standard machine learning workflow. Your primary goal is to determine the smallest number of measurements necessary to confidently determine the species of a penguin.
Learning Objectives: Experimentation \| Navigation
Blog Post	Design and Impact of Automated Decision Systems	Assigned:	Feb 19, 2025
In this blog post, you will further study optimal decision-making in the context of the the credit-risk prediction problem. Your aim is to (a)determine a score function and threshold that maximize profit for the bank under more realistic assumptions and (b) assess which populations of prospective borrowers are most impacted by your proposed policy.
Learning Objectives: Theory \| Social Responsibility \| Navigation
Blog Post	Auditing Bias	Assigned:	Feb 26, 2025
In this blog post, you'll create a machine learning model that predicts an individual characteristic like employment status or income on the basis of other demographic characteristics. You'll then perform a fairness audit in order to assess whether or not your algorithm displays bias with respect demographic characteristics like race or sex, and discuss your findings.
Learning Objectives: Social Responsibility \| Navigation \| Experimentation
Blog Post	Replication Study: Dissecting racial bias in an algorithm used to manage the health of populations	Assigned:	Feb 26, 2025
In this post, you will read a famous scholarly paper on racial bias in a healthcare recommender system; replicate its primary findings; and discuss your results
Learning Objectives: Social Responsibility \| Navigation
Blog Post	Limits of the Quantitative Approach to Bias and Fairness	Assigned:	Mar 5, 2025
This blog post is actually an essay -- no math or coding is involved. In this blog post, you'll discuss the limits of the quantitative approach to bias and fairness in allocative decision-making.
Learning Objectives: Social Responsibility
Blog Post	Implementing the Perceptron Algorithm	Assigned:	Mar 10, 2025
In this blog post, you'll implement the perceptron algorithm using numerical programming and demonstrate its use on synthetic data sets.
Learning Objectives: Implementation \| Navigation \| Experimentation

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