Autumn 2025
Meeting:
F 3:30pm - 4:20pm
SLN:
11702
Section Type:
Quiz
Instructor:
Course Comments:
NOT AVAILABLE FOR REGISTRATION
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.
Credits:
Status:
Active
Last updated:
February 1, 2026 - 4:22 am