Biological Science for Social Justice: Democratizing Data Science

This deck links social justice to the democratization of data science through the lens of reproducibility in human genomic research.

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1. 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
   

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2. 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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3. Dr. Rayna Harris
   Scientist
   
   Educator
   
   Community Builder
   
   Translator
   

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4. Social justice
   Equitable distribution of
   privileges within a society
   • 

   

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5. 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.
   

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6. 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.
   

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

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8. 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
   

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9. How can we make data
   science more equitable?
   

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10. 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
    

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11. What cultural and technological
    privileges influence reproducibility?
    

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12. 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
    

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