Complexity of variables
Explore datasets containing various types of data and understand how each type serves different analytical purposes.
K–2 Competencies
Use datasets that include only numerical or only categorical variables.
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Data Science Starter Kit Module 2: Getting Data Ready - Creation and Curation
Welcome to the hands-on world of data collection and organization! This module focuses on where data comes from and how to make it useful for investigation.🔗
Creation and Curation isn’t about turning your students into professional researchers. It’s about helping them understand that data doesn’t just appear—it’s collected by people making decisions about what to measure and how. Whether students are conducting their own surveys or using existing datasets, they need to understand how data gets from the messy real world into organized, analyzable formats.
3–5 Competencies
Use datasets that include only variables necessary to answer the stated question.
Use datasets with both numerical and categorical variables.
Classroom resources
Data Science Starter Kit Module 2: Getting Data Ready - Creation and Curation
Welcome to the hands-on world of data collection and organization! This module focuses on where data comes from and how to make it useful for investigation.🔗
Creation and Curation isn’t about turning your students into professional researchers. It’s about helping them understand that data doesn’t just appear—it’s collected by people making decisions about what to measure and how. Whether students are conducting their own surveys or using existing datasets, they need to understand how data gets from the messy real world into organized, analyzable formats.
6–8 Competencies
Work with datasets that include rates and derived variables that combine multiple measurements.
Work with datasets that have multiple variables that can suggest or answer different questions.
Work with datasets that show natural variation and understand why values differ.
Classroom resources
Data Science Starter Kit Module 2: Getting Data Ready - Creation and Curation
Welcome to the hands-on world of data collection and organization! This module focuses on where data comes from and how to make it useful for investigation.🔗
Creation and Curation isn’t about turning your students into professional researchers. It’s about helping them understand that data doesn’t just appear—it’s collected by people making decisions about what to measure and how. Whether students are conducting their own surveys or using existing datasets, they need to understand how data gets from the messy real world into organized, analyzable formats.
9–10 Competencies
Work with datasets that include time-series data at different intervals to detect various patterns.
Understand and work with different observation structures beyond individual units.
Work with merged datasets that align different time scales and observation structures.
Classroom resources
Data Science Starter Kit Module 2: Getting Data Ready - Creation and Curation
Welcome to the hands-on world of data collection and organization! This module focuses on where data comes from and how to make it useful for investigation.🔗
Creation and Curation isn’t about turning your students into professional researchers. It’s about helping them understand that data doesn’t just appear—it’s collected by people making decisions about what to measure and how. Whether students are conducting their own surveys or using existing datasets, they need to understand how data gets from the messy real world into organized, analyzable formats.
11–12 Competencies
Create and use expected value models to support data-based decision making.
Work with multiple datasets that combine multiple types of data and combine and transform the different types.
Work with complex derived variables and understand their calculation methods.
Classroom resources
Data Science Starter Kit Module 2: Getting Data Ready - Creation and Curation
Welcome to the hands-on world of data collection and organization! This module focuses on where data comes from and how to make it useful for investigation.🔗
Creation and Curation isn’t about turning your students into professional researchers. It’s about helping them understand that data doesn’t just appear—it’s collected by people making decisions about what to measure and how. Whether students are conducting their own surveys or using existing datasets, they need to understand how data gets from the messy real world into organized, analyzable formats.
Advanced Competencies
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