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ERIC Number: EJ1396125
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 10
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Writing Workshops to Foster Written Communication Skills in Statistics Graduate Students
Hildreth, Laura A.; Miley, Michelle; Strickland, Erin; Swisher, Jacob
Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, v31 n2 p201-210 2023
Being able to communicate effectively is an essential skill for statisticians and data scientists. Despite this, communication skills are not frequently taught or emphasized in statistics and data science courses. In this article, we describe a series of four workshops that were developed to enhance the written communication skills of statistics graduate students. We also present results of a survey administered prior to the first workshop and after the last workshop to assess changes in attitudes towards writing and obtain student feedback to improve the workshops. Lastly, we discuss potential modifications of these workshops including ways to use these workshops or elements from them for undergraduates or in statistics and data science courses. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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