Here are the notes Prof. Widom used on the first day of class: DayOne.pdf.

Here is a set of light readings, articles, videos and other pages covering the topics we discussed in class #1.

• Facebook data-driven advertising video
• The parable of the beer and diapers
• Correlation vs. causation
  • Correlation does not imply causation
  • Correlation and causality (Khan Academy video)
  • Correlation or Causation?
  • Spurious correlations
  • Comic relief: 1, 2
• False hope
• How Google tracks traffic