Welcome to our class blog!
This publication will collect the weekly posts from students taking the graduate level data analytics methods course, Human Systems Engineering 598, at Arizona State University (ASU). These weekly posts are part of completing class requirements, along with in-class assignments and a group project that demonstrates application of course content. Students are given the freedom to choose their topic based on the assigned readings from class that week. Potential approaches of students’ posts include:
- Reflect on one main takeaway from the reading(s), and demonstrate that takeaway using a concrete example. Refer to specifics from the reading when constructing your example.
- Review a perplexing or ambiguous issue from the reading by approaching it from multiple angles, then pose a question up for discussion.
- Discuss a counterpoint or counterexample to one in the reading, and support with a credible external reference.
- Apply a takeaway from the reading to an example using R and publically available human subjects data.
The rationale for the class blog is for students to demonstrate engagement in the course content, allow flexibility in pursuing concepts from the weekly readings more deeply, and to share their learning with their peers. Another rationale is to contribute to ASU’s mission and goals, which include enhancing the university’s local impact and social embeddedness. This blog achieves this by allowing students to practice science communication while learning, and by increasing student success through personalized learning pathways.
If you would like to follow along with new posts every week, here is a schedule of the due dates: Feb 28, Mar 14, Mar 21, Mar 28, Apr 4, Apr 11.
This blog was inspired by students’ written summaries on the class readings earlier in the semester (they were worth sharing!), and by Laura McLay’s class blog on public sector operations research. The following policy verbiage is adapted from Evelyn Lamb’s math course blog.
Copyright: All authors on this publication retain copyright to their work. Please do not republish without permission.
Comment policy: Like a post? Have a correction or clarification? Please leave a response! Authors and other commenters are people too, so treat each other accordingly. Responses that are offensive, abusive, or off-topic will be removed from this publication.
Disclaimer: The majority of this publication is written by students for a class and it is intended to be interesting and informative about what we are learning. It is not a trustworthy source at the level of a textbook, peer-reviewed journal article, or encyclopedia entry. If your bridge design or surgery technique relies on the accuracy of information you find here, please verify it with a trusted source outside of this blog. Students will include links to references in and at the bottom of posts, so you can start there.
