Class 3

Elisabeth Gawthrop

Today

Break

Break

New late policy: I am going to adjust that policy to allow for ONE 24-hr extension with full credit to be used during the semester. Once that is used up, you can turn assignments in within 24 hours for half-credit, and/or you can make up the lost points with the other methods provided. Please let me know if you would like to use your free extension when you turn it in.
Slight adjustments to topics on syllabus

What political leaning does Broussard claim to be the dominant one in tech culture? (1 pt)

A: Progressivism
B: Socialism
C: Libertarianism
D: Centrist
What historic event does Broussard use to illustrate machine learning? (1 pt)
Did the robot car that won the race use general or narrow AI? (1 pt)
What is an algorithm?

A: A computer instructing itself on how to feed information to humans
B: General AI
C: A series of steps or procedures that a computer is instructed to follow

Which can be used to add or modify a column in a dataframe in R? (Include all that apply) (2 pts)

A: mutate()
B: add_column()
C: $
D: #
Which function is a way to select only some data within a dataframe? (1 pt)

A: select_value()
B: filter()
C: get_data()
What do you think about the role journalists can play in our increasingly tech-reliant and focused world? Did this week’s reading change how you feel about that either way? (3 pts)

How much does the data drive the story?
What is the original source (or sources) of data used in the article?
Do you think the group that produced the original data is trustworthy? Biased? Other thoughts?
Did the journalist do the analysis themselves or are they relying on analysis by other groups?
Is the person or group that analyzed the data trustworthy? Biased?
Is the methodology of the analysis available?

How much does the data drive the story?
What is the original source (or sources) of data used in the article?
Do you think the group that produced the original data is trustworthy? Biased? Other thoughts?
Did the journalist do the analysis themselves or are they relying on analysis by other groups?
Is the person or group that analyzed the data trustworthy? Biased?
Is the methodology of the analysis available?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2024/spring-earlier-arrival-plants-map/

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/chart-us-clean-energy-investment-is-soaring-thanks-to-climate-law

Most papers will follow something like this format:

Typical order for reading: Abstract, introduction if new to topic, results/discussion, methods, anything else

Check in with your group

We’ll start going through Notebook 03 together

Reading to be announced - will send an email via Canvas
Coding notebook: Due Feb 3 @ 5PM (on Canvas)
Story-based checkpoint:
- In your Masterfile, fill in the research reports section (due at beginning of week 4 class). Research reports can be peer-reviewed science papers, or white papers, or something in between. Not all reports are created equally. This tip sheet provides a good overview of what to be aware of about different kinds of research papers.
- You can also add more clips as they are helpful to you, but I won’t assess your grade based off of those. If you make any substantive edits to previous sections, please let me know so I can review.