User:Boris/Cargo Cult Course Component
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A "Cargo Cult" Course component
This course component will teach students to identify and correct "Cargo Cult Science"[1], in Data Science and elsewhere.
Contents
Components
- Outcome
- Be able to identify and correct "Cargo Cult Science", in Data Science and elsewhere.
- Formative Assessment
- Review examples and identify types of Cargo Cult behaviour.
- Summative Assesment
- Review an example, analyze the problems and propose corrections.
- Learning Activities
- Listen to an introduction
- Discuss examples
- Find your own example
- Discuss, and attempt a typology of problems
- Formally review an example
- Evaluate reviews
- Propose improvements
In-class / Out-of class Activities
Class session 1
Between classes
Class session 2
Between classes
Class session 3
After classes
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