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Stat 153 / Stat 248: Introduction to Time Series

UC Berkeley, Spring 2026

Course Description

An introduction to time series analysis in the time domain and spectral domain. Topics will include: estimation of trends and seasonal effects, autoregressive moving average models, forecasting, indicators, harmonic analysis, spectra. This course uses Python as its primary computing language.

Instructor and GSIs

Liberty Hamilton (Instructor)

liberty.hamilton@berkeley.edu

Office Hours (Evans 351):

  • Tuesday 9:30–10:30am

Nicholas Liskij (GSI)

nliskij@berkeley.edu

Office Hours:

  • Thursday 10:30-2:30pm, Evans 428

Yichen Pan (GSI)

yichenpan@berkeley.edu

Office Hours:

  • Monday 12-4pm, Evans 428

Important Info

Syllabus

Basic information about the course can be found in the syllabus (pdf).

Schedule

Week 2
Jan 27Lecture 3Measures of dependence
Lecture Notes 3Lecture 3 notes
Jan 29Lecture 4Measures of dependence (part 2)
Lecture Notes 4Lecture 4 notes
Jan 30Lab 2Lab 2
Lab Solutions 2Lab 2 Solutions
Week 3
Feb 3Lecture 5Simple linear regression (part 1)
Lecture Notes 5Lecture 5 notes
Lecture Notebook 5Lecture 5 Jupyter notebook
Feb 5Lecture 6Simple linear regression (part 2)
Lecture Notes 6Lecture 6 notes
Feb 6Lab 3Lab 3
Lab Solutions 3Lab 3 Solutions
Week 4
Feb 10Lecture 7Multiple linear regression
Lecture Notes 7Lecture 7 notes
Lecture Notebook 7Lecture 7 and 8 notebook - tapping
Feb 12Lecture 8Multiple linear regression part 2
Lecture Notebook 8 (same as 7!)Lecture 7 and 8 notebook - tapping
Feb 13Lab 4Lab 4
Lab Solutions 4Lab 4 Solutions
Week 5
Feb 17Lecture 9Nonlinear regression
Lecture Notes 9Lecture 9 notes
Feb 19Lecture Class Canceled
Feb 20Lab 5Lab 5
Lab Solutions 5Lab 5 Solutions
Week 6
Feb 24Lecture 10Cross-validation and regularization
Lecture Notes 10Lecture 10 notes
Feb 26Lecture Notes 11Lecture 11 notes
Feb 27Lab 6Lab 6
Lab Solutions 6Lab 6 Solutions
Week 7
Mar 3Lecture 12Power Spectral Analysis
Lecture Notes 12Lecture 12 notes
Lecture Notebook 12Lecture 12 notebook
Mar 5Lecture 13Power Spectral Analysis 2
Lecture Notes 13Lecture 13 notes
Mar 6Lab 7Lab 7
Lab Solutions 7Lab 7 Solutions
Week 8
Mar 9Lecture 14Power Spectral Analysis and Time Frequency Analysis
Lecture Notes 14Lecture 14 notes
Lecture Notebook 14Lecture 14 notebook
Mar 11Lecture Notebook 15Lecture 15 notebook
Mar 12Lab 8Exam Review
Week 9
Mar 17Exam 1Midterm Exam
Mar 19Lecture 16AR Models
Lecture Notes 16Lecture 16 Notes
Lecture Notebook 16Lecture 16 Notebook
Week 10
Mar 31Lecture 17MA and ARMA Models
Lecture Notes 17Lecture 17 Notes
Apr 2Lecture 18ARIMA Models
Lecture Notes 18Lecture 18 Notes
Lecture Notebook 18Lecture 18 Notebook
Apr 3Lab 9Lab 9