CSE 163

Humanistic Computing

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Announcements

• Homework 4: Networks due July 31st (next Friday) at 11:59pm!
• Programming Practice 4 due Thursday July 23rd at 11:59pm!
• EDA Assignment releases later today; due in 2 weeks, August 2nd at 11:59!
• Resubmissions for Homework 2 now open!
• Resubmission Cycle 2 (7/17 - 7/24) closes on Friday at 11:59 PM
• MUST submit corresponding Google Form for resubmission to be graded!
• See pinned Ed announcement for more details
• Arpan will have office hours online today at 5pm!

Recall from lecture 3.3

• Think of how your analysis might be used or interpreted.

• Consider biases in your data and analysis – even the ones that might come from you!

• Consider the impacts, ethics, and consequences of your analysis

• Data science tells a story – who is our “main character” and what do we want to focus on or highlight?

Humanistic Computing

• Data as representation, not reality

• Complementary skills over competing ones

• Interpretation over prediction

• Ask questions, be aware of the context, and consider the consequences

• Documentation provides context
• File headers
• Doc-strings
• Type annotations
• In-line comments
• Separate documents

Objectivity…doesn’t really exist

• Analysis creates interpretation rather than certainty

• Be mindful of what you can and cannot claim based on the results

• What questions were answered and what questions were generated?

• These additional questions can be used for future projects

Getting Answers

What questions might this plot answer?

Getting Answers

What questions might we have after viewing this plot?