Lecture 01: Introduction to 14.310x Data Analysis for Social Scientists

MIT 14.310x Data Analysis for Social Scientists, Spring 2023
Instructors: Esther Duflo and Sara Ellison

In this first lecture, Esther Duflo introduces the course and talks about how data can be powerful, beautiful, and also deceitful.

License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA

[harisahmadkahn]

Esther won a nobel prize with her husband bannerjee. They also have a great book named "good economics for hard times"

[zelousfoxtrot]

Took this class back when it was $300 on edX- It's a great ride. Pretty well expected to know your probability, statistics basics (too fast to learn it the first time, but lectures will review it well). Lectures are great, you will come out with a much better understanding of how analysis works for sociology- especially in regards to poverty. Actually earning my degree right now in computer science, emphasis Data Analysis because of this series of classes.

[onlinedegreesandcourses]

My father-in-law, a retired sociology prof, would enjoy this video. Thanks for the talk/overview.

[pbywcws]

The 2019 Nobel Prize of Economics !
Thanks !

[LungteNangram]

My college sucks! Thanks a million MIT for these free open courses. I'm studying Economics so hoping more Econ related videos

[midnightruns]

I enjoyed the entire thing! This is a positive comment section

[rajranjanojha]

These video is very beautiful. Are these videos also for other backgrounds like(Computer science, Maths, Physics students), who wants to learn Data science?

[isabelwolf]

Great course! I urgently need this knowledge for my PhD and i am so lucky that i found this one (even for free...). Thank you so much! The only thing I am missing is the solutions for the homework. Could anyone help out here?

[saliaouattara]

" We are going to learn about finding data on the web in various ways ". Is the part available now or the following class after this one didn't take place yet ? Thanks for everything sir!

[jorgej]

I'm not quite sure that people here on YouTube, especially the younger ones, realize how lucky they are to have a Nobel laureate teaching them a class.

Usually they wouldn't be able to afford it.

[yeachanchoi]

The example she used about the pollution auditing system in India was very telling. Perhaps one reason is because the story was based on her own experience.

[christopheracob]

I like the accent and content, it embraces diversity, MIT's footprint goes global.

[johnslugger]

*This could be a short-map of all the OTHER Big bangs in an endless universe **2:58*

[soumyajitchakraborty]

Is there a playlist of all the lectures for this course? If yes, please paste the link, I could not find it.

[Whag]

Avec un accent comme ca, t'aurai pu filer ton Nobel a la France!
Merci pour ton travail ;)

[yanniskaragiannis]

It still hurts me to read or hear "the data IS very beautiful". In french this would be "les données est très belle"; in spanish, "los datos es muy bonito", in german, "die Daten ist sehr schön", in greek "Τα δεδομένα είναι πολύ όμορφo", etc. It hurts, doesn't it? I wouldn't have expected learned MIT professors to speak in that sort of idiom. Having said that, the rest of the course is obviously world-class. The explanations are chrystal-clear, the examples are well-chosen, and the pace of the lectures is exactly how it should be. Thumbs up!!!!

[h_k]

Great course, but where can I find answers for the assignments?

[ZennExile]

Orwell is screaming from the grave at this entire Course

[facitenonvictimarum]

A parallel universe with very few occupants.

[SuchanaRaniDas]

Those who want to start data analysis course is this video will be good ??