dataists » The Data Science Venn Diagram - 0 views
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Sam Donovan on 05 Feb 12This blog entry describes the skill set of a data scientist with a venn diagram.
Too Big to Know: David Weinberger explains how knowledge works in the Internet age - Bo... - 0 views
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This is a review of David Weinberger's new book, Too Big to Know by Cory Doctorow. The book deals with the changing nature of knowledge in the emerging information environment.
Welcome | Teaching with Data (QSSDL) - 0 views
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This is a collection of resources focused on infusing quantitative literacy into the social science curriculum.
Google Public Data Explorer - 0 views
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Collections of public data sets and tools for exploring them. You can learn more in the blog post announcing Public Data Explorer.
Data scientists or data composers? Four steps to a symphony of data « Dataspora - 0 views
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Develops the analogy of a data scientist to a composer.
Home | Data Basin - 0 views
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"Data Basin is a free, online system that connects users with spatial datasets, tools, and expertise. Individuals and organization can explore and download a vast library of datasets, upload their own data, create and publish analysis, utilize working groups, and produce customized maps that can be easily shared."
SearchReSearch: What does it mean to be literate? - 0 views
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This captures parts of what I mean when I use the term scientific data literacy.
Bill Finzer: The Data Science Education Dilemma - YouTube - 0 views
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A nice introduction to data deluge, data science, and data literacy in education.
Cliff Konold: Data Visualization: Learning to See the Invisible - YouTube - 0 views
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Great discussion of some of the ways that Cliff's research engages students in thinking about error, variation, repeated measures, and the relationships between models and data.
The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete - 0 views
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This essay by Chris Anderson at Wired is a couple of years old - but it just shows he was ahead of the game.
Rapid Visual Inventory & Comparison of Complex 3D Structures - YouTube - 0 views
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This is an interesting look at how representations can influence perception. The claim is that by making it easy to move from a structurally accurate model to an intermediate level of abstraction viewers can more easily make quantitative comparisons.
Scale of the Universe 2 - 0 views
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Part of data literacy my involve dealing with very large (and very small) number. This intriguing animation deals with the largest and the smallest objects known to humans.
- Citizen Science Central - 0 views
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This looks like a great opportunity to engage with like minded folks about citizen science projects.
As genomics data approaches exascale, cloud could save the day - Cloud Computing News - 0 views
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This article has descriptions of estimated changes in the expense and speed for genomic sequencing and interpretation.
PCAST Remedy for Undergraduate Science Is a Tall Order - ScienceInsider - 0 views
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President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) recommends changing the culture of undergraduate science education.
Report of a Workshop of Pedagogical Aspects of Computational Thinking - 0 views
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I think that this has some deep parallels to scientific data literacy. The focus on pedagogy is very interesting.
dataists » A Taxonomy of Data Science - 0 views
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Are some of the skills listed here appropriate for what we expect future scientists to be able to do?
home | ELIXIR - 0 views
Data Visualization: Trudging through the Digital Road to New Scientific Discovery | Gue... - 0 views
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