02-ethics.qmd

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title: "Data science ethics"
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This unit touches on data science ethics, specifically on issues of misrepresentation of data and results, data privacy, and algorithmic bias.
Course lectures are supplemented with "guest lectures" from domain experts.

## Slides, videos, and application exercises

::: slide-deck
**Unit 3 - Deck 1: Misrepresentation**

::: slides
[Slides](https://datasciencebox.org/course-materials/_slides/u3-d01-misrepresentation/u3-d01-misrepresentation.html#1)
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::: source
[Source](https://github.com/rstudio-education/datascience-box/tree/main/course-materials/_slides/u3-d01-misrepresentation)
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::: video
[Video](https://youtu.be/C_-rTKfswUI)
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::: guest-lecture
**Alberto Cairo - How charts lie**

::: video
[Video](https://youtu.be/Low28hx4wyk)
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::: slide-deck
**Unit 3 - Deck 2: Data privacy**

::: slides
[Slides](https://datasciencebox.org/course-materials/_slides/u3-d02-privacy/u3-d02-privacy.html#1)
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::: source
[Source](https://github.com/rstudio-education/datascience-box/tree/main/course-materials/_slides/u3-d02-privacy)
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::: video
[Video](https://youtu.be/c4fvdoNbcSw)
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::: guest-lecture
**The Guardian - Cambridge Analytica whistleblower**

::: video
[Video](https://youtu.be/FXdYSQ6nu-M)
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::: slide-deck
**Unit 3 - Deck 3: Algorithmic bias**

::: slides
[Slides](https://datasciencebox.org/course-materials/_slides/u3-d03-algorithmic-bias/u3-d03-algorithmic-bias.html#1)
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::: source
[Source](https://github.com/rstudio-education/datascience-box/tree/main/course-materials/_slides/u3-d03-algorithmic-bias)
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::: video
[Video](https://youtu.be/E2eD72pwtps)
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::: guest-lecture
**Joy Buolamwini - How I'm fighting bias in algorithms**

::: video
[Video](https://youtu.be/UG_X_7g63rY)
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::: guest-lecture
**Cathy O'Neil - Weapons of Math Destruction**

::: video
[Video](https://youtu.be/TQHs8SA1qpk)
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::: guest-lecture
**Safiya Umoja Noble - Imagining a Future Free from the Algorithms of Oppression**

::: video
[Video](https://youtu.be/tNi_U1Bb1S0)
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::: guest-lecture
**Kristian Lum - What's An Algorithm Got To Do With It**

::: video
[Video](https://youtu.be/5zxDwA99soA)
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## Labs

::: lab
**Lab 9: Conveying the right message through visualisation**

Improving data visualisations to better convey the right message

::: instructions
[Instructions](https://datasciencebox.org/course-materials/lab-instructions/lab-09/lab-09-better-viz.html)
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::: source
[Source](https://github.com/rstudio-education/datascience-box/tree/master/course-materials/lab-instructions/lab-09)
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::: starter
[Starter](https://github.com/rstudio-education/datascience-box/tree/master/course-materials/starters/lab/lab-09-better-viz)
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