Course: Biological Science for Social Justice Topic: Open the Gates! Democratizing Data Science By: Rayna Harris @raynamharris Rebecca Calisi @BeccaCalisi With thanks to Titus Brown @ctitusbrown Greg Wilson @gvwilson Suggested reading: Reproducible Research in Computational Science by Roger D. Peng @rdpeng https://science.sciencemag.org/content/334/6060/1226 https://sci-hub.tw/https://science.sciencemag.org/content/334/6060/1226 May 2, 2019

Pre/post-class question on Canvas Your 6th cousin Arianna’s DNA was tested as part of a National Geographic funded research project to sample the genomes of 100 human populations. Later, the data generated by her DNA is used to support a scientific claim and implicate you in a crime . How would you evaluate the data and the results?

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Social justice Equitable distribution of privileges within a society • 


Democratizing Data Science Social justice Equitable distribution of privileges within a society • 
 1. Introduce a democratic system to data science. 2. Make data science accessible to everyone.

Reproducibility Democratizing Data Science Social justice Equitable distribution of privileges within a society The minimum standard for judging scientific claims when full independent replication of a study is not possible • 
 1. Introduce a democratic system to data science. 2. Make data science accessible to everyone.

What developments have lead to the rise of reproducible data science research?

Reproducibility Democratizing Data Science Social justice Equitable distribution of privileges within a society The minimum standard for judging scientific claims when full independent replication of a study is not possible • 
 1. Introduce a democratic system to data science. 2. Make data science accessible to everyone. Methodological advances Compute power Public data sets

How can we make data science more equitable?

Reproducibility Democratizing Data Science Social justice Equitable distribution of privileges within a society The minimum standard for judging scientific claims when full independent replication of a study is not possible • 
 1. Introduce a democratic system to data science. 2. Make data science accessible to everyone. Community governance Open access education Methodological advances Compute power Public data sets

What cultural and technological privileges influence reproducibility?

Reproducibility Democratizing Data Science Social justice Equitable distribution of privileges within a society The minimum standard for judging scientific claims when full independent replication of a study is not possible • 
 1. Introduce a democratic system to data science. 2. Make data science accessible to everyone. Community governance Open access education Cultural barriers Technology barriers Methodological advances Compute power Public data sets