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Communities and Opportunities
How can data be used to generate public will and inform local action for community improvements?
Students will use authentic data and social mobility metrics identified by the Urban Institute to craft a “data story” advocating for change in an aspect of community life.
The class will hold a “data walk” where stakeholders engage with students’ data stories. Students will share their process, analysis and interpretation while soliciting feedback, insights, and engagement from attendees.
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Proficiency in Grade 8 CCSS Probability and Statistics Standards
A unit within a course tied to Statistics, Data Science or Quantitative Reasoning.
Contemporary Critiques: Communities and Opportunities, Gentrification Photo Essay
Applied Statistics: The first unit in an applied statistics course. Springpoint is currently developing three additional units that will make up the remainder of the course.
The Statistics TLEs use the GAISE (Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education) framework as its primary set of statistical standards. GAISE is a nationally recognized framework developed by the American Statistical Association that organizes learning around the following four phases of the Statistical Investigation Cycle:
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To craft their data story, students will engage in a statistical inquiry cycle by formulating questions and collecting, analyzing and interpreting aligned data from the American Community Survey.