Autumn 2025
Meeting:
MW 1:30pm - 2:50pm
SLN:
11700
Section Type:
Lecture
Joint Sections:
INFO 270 A
Instructor:
Catalog Description:
Our world is rife with misinformation. This is a course about "calling b***s*** on" - spotting, dissecting, and publicly refuting - false claims and inferences based on quantitative, statistical, and computational analysis of data. Spotting misinformation; causal fallacies; statistical traps; data visualization; big data; interpreting scientific claims; fake news and social media; refutation techniques. Prior math/stat background unnecessary. Course overlaps with: INFO 270.
GE Requirements Met:
Social Sciences (SSc)
Credits:
4.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
January 31, 2026 - 4:55 am