The Covid epidemic has provided an excellent example of the need to call on a wide variety of statistical tools to address a global problem, and can give students insights into some of the dimensions of data science. Here, we describe some of the characteristics of data that students encounter as citizens. We set out some teaching ideas, which focus on a few familiar core ideas—such as exponential growth, estimation, interpreting graphs, measurement, and sampling—set in the authentic context of containing a pandemic. In the final section, we sketch some more ideas on activities to develop student skills essential for civic engagement in a data-rich world.

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Covid 和数据科学：了解 R0 可以改变您的生活


新冠疫情提供了一个很好的例子，说明需要调用各种统计工具来解决全球问题，并且可以让学生深入了解数据科学的某些维度。在这里，我们描述了学生作为公民遇到的数据的一些特征。我们提出了一些教学理念，重点关注一些熟悉的核心理念，例如指数增长、估计、解释图表、测量和抽样，这些都是在遏制大流行的真实背景下进行的。在最后一节中，我们概述了一些关于培养学生技能的活动想法，这些技能对于数据丰富的世界中的公民参与至关重要。