Welcome to the Computational Freakonomics Class CoWeb!
Back story: The book Freakonomics: A rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything (http://www.freakonomics.com/) by Steven D. Levitt and Stphen J. Dubner is a NY Times Bestseller that uses economic methods for studying social questions. In the six weeks of this class, we'll:
- Read each of the six chapters
- Learn social science methods used in that chapter
- Learn computer science tools for implementing that method on live data
(Past Offering: Summer 2006 Offering of CompFreak by Richard Catrambone and Mark Guzdial)
Summer 2012
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Course Notes (as of 18 June DONE!): CompFreakBook.pdf