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Strategies to help you more effectively teach y...

Jesse Maegan
February 10, 2018

Strategies to help you more effectively teach yourself data science (with R)

Slides for Data Science Dallas IDEAS conference

Jesse Maegan

February 10, 2018
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  1. Mind the gap: strategies to help you more effectively teach

    yourself data science (with R) Jesse Mostipak @kierisi Director, Data Systems & Analysis Teaching Trust
  2. What are the current major routes to becoming a data

    scientist? @kierisi I WANT TO BE a data scientist! I AM a data scientist!
  3. Map your learning route @kierisi 1.  THINK: brainstorm what you

    know and what you want to know when instructed, we’ll: 2.  PAIR: compare and contrast lists with your neighbor(s) when instructed, we’ll: 3.  SHARE: we will share findings with the larger group
  4. We know what we know We know what we want

    to know How are we going to get from what we know to what we want to know? @kierisi
  5. Where to find the R community: @kierisi 1. TWITTER: #rstats hashtag

    2. www.community.rstudio.com 3. R for Data Science online learning community: https://tinyurl.com/r4ds-olc