Using IDAS in an Intro Stats Course

Brandon LeBeau

2022-12-15

Intro Stats Assumptions

All Math

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All hand calculations

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Not Reality

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What I want

Data based, Applied

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Include code

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Difficulties

Differing levels of computer literacy

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Unfamiliar with code

https://phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1688

Enter IDAS

What is it?

  • Cloud or server based computational environment for statistics/data science
  • Interact with computational environment in a browser
  • Embeds code with text
  • Jupyter Lab / Notebooks
    • Can run different kernels: R, Python, Julia
  • RStudio Server
    • Full R IDE

Benefits - No Setup

Benefits - Interesting Data

Benefits - Getting back to applied stats

https://xkcd.com/1478

Short Demo if time

Thank you