Ryan A. Estrellado has served public schools for over seventeen years as a school psychologist and administrator. Ryan writes about working with data, education and other projects at [...]

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Joshua M. Rosenberg is an Assistant Professor of STEM Education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Follow Josh's work at [...]

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1. Introduction: Data Science in Education - You're Invited to the Party! 2. How to Use this Book 3. What Does Data Science in Education Look Like? 4. Special Considerations 5. Getting Started with R and RStudio 6. Foundational Skills 7. Walkthrough 1: The Education Data Science Pipeline with Online Science Class Data 8. Walkthrough 2: Approaching Gradebook Data from a Data Science Perspective 9. Walkthrough 3: Using School-Level Aggregate Data to Illuminate Educational Inequities 10. Walkthrough 4: Longitudinal Analysis with Federal Students with Disabilities Data 11. Walkthrough 5: Text Analysis with Social Media Data 12. Walkthrough 6: Exploring Relationships Using Social Network Analysis with Social Media Data 13. Walkthrough 7: The Role (and Usefulness) of Multilevel Models 14. Walkthrough 8: Predicting Students' Final Grades Using Machine Learning Methods with Online Course Data 15. Introducing Data Science Tools to Your Education Job 16. Teaching Data Science 17. Learning More 18. Additional Resources 19. Conclusion: Where to Next?