Letters to the Editor: I helped write UCLA's high school data science course. This is what our critics miss
Los Angeles Times - 2024-04-23T10:00:56.877Z

To the editor: As a co-author of the UCLA high school data science course maligned by UC Davis professor Norman Matloff in his Times op-ed article, I agree with him that data science is a field in which even professionals make serious errors. That's why data science education must begin early and not be treated as a mathematical afterthought. Mathematics is only one component of data science. Almost three decades of research have shown that students can and should learn important statistical... Read this story