Teaching Data Reproducibility through Service Learning

Abstract

Data reproducibility is becoming increasingly important in the social sciences, but it has yet to be incorporated into many undergraduate sociology programs. This note describes a service-learning activity that can be added to an introductory statistics course. Students partner with a nonprofit and analyze quantitative data to answer questions selected by...

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Details

Subject Area(s):

Quantitative Methodology

Resource Type(s):

Assignment

Class Level(s):

Any Level

Class Size(s):

Medium

Usage Notes

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Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

1. Increase literacy in quantitative methodology.
2. Achieve understanding in how to create reproducible data.
3. Understand the value of communication about data decisions.

Goal Assessment(s):

1. Survey
2. Use of a comparison group from another discipline