I have assembled some of the media relating to my work on the ethical practice of statistics and/or data science, applied professional ethics, or teaching ethical reasoning/ethical practice of statistics and/or data science.
8 July 2024: review of Ethical Reasoning books
These books offer a comprehensive framework for ensuring that our work in data science is conducted with the highest ethical standards. For public health professionals, this guidance is indispensable.
Naumova, E.N. Navigating the ethical landscape: a review of Rochelle Tractenberg’s ethical reasoning and practice. J Public Health Pol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41271-024-00508-y
31 May 2023: New White Paper outlining how to draft learning outcomes integrating Ethical Reasoning into math/quantitative courses
In support of a collaborative 3-year NSF project with Mathematicians at Fitchburg State (Massachusetts) and Ferris State (Michigan) Universities, I published a new White Paper (31 May 2023) in Math ArXiv that gives, and justifies, cognitive and educational science based learning outcomes for the integration of ethical reasoning, and ethical content, into quantitative courses in higher education Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, and Computing courses or programs. Five learning outcomes are provided at each of high, medium, and low levels of cognitive complexity (based on Bloom’s taxonomy), plus additional outcomes to be used for a capstone course or project. With these learning outcomes is a template with assignment features that can be adapted repeatedly over a term. These templates/learning outcomes can be used with the new Mastery Rubric for Statistics and Data Science, the Mastery Rubric for Ethical Reasoning, the Mastery Rubric for Stewardship, and the Assessment Evaluation Rubric. [links to the MR-SDS and MR-ER are forthcoming!] This chapter will also appear (verbatim) in Doosti H, Ed. (2024). Ethics in Statistics: Opportunities and Challenges.
Q&A with Rochelle Tractenberg, AMSTAT News January 2023
The American Statistical Association’s Membership Magazine, AMSTAT News, published an interview with me 2 January 2023 where we discussed the two books, Ethical Practice of Statistics and Data Science and Ethical Reasoning for a Data-Centered World.
How to identify ethical challenges and formulate a response, September 2022
I was invited by the American Statistical Association to contribute an essay about how to identify ethical challenges and formulate a “plausible response” in the context of statistical and data science practice. The ethical reasoning steps are featured.
Implementation of Guidelines for Ethical Statistical Practice, February 2021
I was invited by the National Institute of Statistical Sciences to give a national webinar on ethical practice in statistics and data science.
Ten Simple Rules for integrating ethical reasoning into quantitative instruction, June/July 2020 (updated Dec 2022)
I was invited to write a blog post about a panel I was on at the 2020 Joint Statistical Meetings, which turned into a paper (published July 2020 and updated December 2022), “Ten Simple Rules for Integrating Ethics into Statistics and Data Science Instruction, 2E” Download the PDF of my annotated slides.
Responsible conduct of research is not limited to consent, November 2011
I have been an academic editor (shepherding manuscripts through the review process) for PLOS ONE since 2009. One such manuscript, published in 2011, led to PLOS ONE inviting me to write a companion piece (op-ed). There was an additional essay posted to the article as a “comment,” specifically about whether mandating data archives would make scientists more ethical. (No, in my opinion!)
