Course Assignments
Assignments are available for all classes
Important to note for assignments: * Use AI but do not submit something that was created by AI. AI is your assistant. * One of the goals of the course is to practice this.
Assignment 1: Reproduce an FT graph
Look at this graph from Financial Times. Your task is to recreate this figure using real-world data.
Assignment 2: Creating a readme doc
In this assignment, you will create a readme document by asking for AI assistance.
Assignment 3: Create a report
Continue with the research question you had chosen in class. Use AI iteratively to help you create a report.
Assignment 4: Extend the Austrian Hotels Dataset
Using Claude Code, create a new data table that joins to the Austrian Hotels dataset, then perform an analysis that answers an interesting question.
Assignment 5: Advanced CLI Workflows
Use Claude Code to solve an interesting problem and report on the experience.
Assignment 6: From Data to Report
Use Claude Code to download CPS earnings data, create a focused PDF report (3-5 exhibits, 600-800 words, at least one regression), and reflect on directed vs. undirected AI output.
Assignment 7: Text sentiment analysis
Student-Specific Text Sentiment Analysis – Compare manual ratings with AI-generated ratings.
Assignment 8: Text analysis: guessing gender in text
Create pipeline for guessing the speaker’s gender.
Assignment 9: TBA
TBA
Assignment 10: Design an IV
Think about an identification problem and iterate to find a good IV.