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...Download this resource to see full details. Download this resource to see full details.
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):
- Increase literacy in quantitative methodology.
- Achieve understanding in how to create reproducible data.
- Understand the value of communication about data decisions.
Goal Assessment(s):
- Survey
- Use of a comparison group from another discipline
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