MathFest 2023

The SIGMAA SDS-Ed held a Contributed Paper Session, My Favorite Statistics / Data Science Activity at the 2023 MathFest. Here are the slides from the presentations:

• Flipping a Penny by David Housman, Goshen College
• Transformations of Random Variables by Lindsey Fox, Eckerd College
• Reading & Critiquing Applications of Statistics in an Introductory Course by Jessie Oehrlein, Fitchburg State University
• Data Visualization Activities to Illuminate Cognitive Pitfalls and Help Students Become Better Communicators of Data by Kaitlyn Fitzgerald, Azusa Pacific University
• Introducing the Law of Large Numbers to Statistics Courses Through an Interactive Programming Activity by Patrick Stewart, Millersville University
• Using R Projects to Explore Regression by John Ross, Southwestern University
• Statistics and Data Activities with R by Leon Kaganovskiy, Touro College
• Ethics As Instruction by Jeremy Case, Taylor University
• Student Driven Data to Illustrate Statistical Concepts across the Curriculum by Ryad Ghanam, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar and Edward Boone, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Political Campaigns as a Motivation for Data Science by David Gerberry, Xavier University

The section also organized a poster session titled Moving Towards Data Science in Statistics and Sports.