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Data science transfer pathways from associate's to bachelor's programs
Benjamin S. Baumer, Nicholas J. Horton
A substantial fraction of students who complete their college education at a public university in the United States begin their journey at one of the 935 public two-year colleges.…
An educator's perspective of the tidyverse
Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel, Johanna Hardin, Benjamin S. Baumer +3
Computing makes up a large and growing component of data science and statistics courses. Many of those courses, especially when taught by faculty who are statisticians by training,…
Facilitating team-based data science: lessons learned from the DSC-WAV project
Chelsey Legacy, Andrew Zieffler, Benjamin S. Baumer +2
While coursework provides undergraduate data science students with some relevant analytic skills, many are not given the rich experiences with data and computing they need to be su…
Integrating data science ethics into an undergraduate major: A case study
Benjamin S. Baumer, Randi L. Garcia, Albert Y. Kim +2
We present a programmatic approach to incorporating ethics into an undergraduate major in statistical and data sciences. We discuss departmental-level initiatives designed to meet…
Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Programs in Data Science
Richard De Veaux, Mahesh Agarwal, Maia Averett +22
The Park City Math Institute (PCMI) 2016 Summer Undergraduate Faculty Program met for the purpose of composing guidelines for undergraduate programs in Data Science. The group cons…
Greater data science at baccalaureate institutions
Amelia McNamara, Nicholas J. Horton, Benjamin S. Baumer
Donoho's JCGS (in press) paper is a spirited call to action for statisticians, who he points out are losing ground in the field of data science by refusing to accept that data scie…
A Data Science Course for Undergraduates: Thinking with Data
Ben Baumer
Data science is an emerging interdisciplinary field that combines elements of mathematics, statistics, computer science, and knowledge in a particular application domain for the pu…
Data Science in Statistics Curricula: Preparing Students to "Think with Data"
Johanna Hardin, Roger Hoerl, Nicholas J. Horton +1
A growing number of students are completing undergraduate degrees in statistics and entering the workforce as data analysts. In these positions, they are expected to understand how…
R Markdown: Integrating A Reproducible Analysis Tool into Introductory Statistics
Ben Baumer, Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel, Andrew Bray +2
Nolan and Temple Lang argue that "the ability to express statistical computations is an essential skill." A key related capacity is the ability to conduct and present data analysis…