Students may struggle to grasp abstract definitions of data related terms, but concrete examples help them connect with the material. These examples should be instantly accessible and interesting to students from any discipline, regardless of their familiarity with data.
Data in the news
See how this dataset on the impact of race on police behavior informs the analysis in this article from The Washington Post (Menifield 2018). doi:10.4231/R70G3HCR
Social media data
This visualization of a social media network demonstrates how data can help us see familiar concepts in a whole new way (Gleich 2006). doi:10.4231/D39P2W550
Collisions
This video data below of trucks hitting a bridge overpass is sure to get everyone's attention (Connor 2014). doi:10.4231/R7PC308C. Please note that this video contains no audio.
