This paper is from Session 9C: The emerging concepts of “data science” and “big data” for educational purposes

which comes under Topic 9: Technology in statistics education

Exploring “white flight” via open data and big data

Presenter

• James Ridgway (University of Durham, United Kingdom)

Co-authors

• James Nicholson (University of Durham, United Kingdom)
• Sean McCusker (University of Durham, United Kingdom)

Abstract

Open Data and Big Data have important implications for statistics education (and beyond). We sketch some properties of each, and provide examples of the use of social media (an aspect of Big Data) in understanding some of the uses of statistics in argumentation about social change, and the use of Open Data in exploring complex social phenomena. We explore some implications for statistics education and for statistics educators.