Teaching
Data storytelling and applied research methods for professionals
Philosophy
The six concepts I return to most often:
Construct validity Sampling and bias Multidimensional measurement Uncertainty communication Visualization design Narrative framing
Teaching materials
The Hip-Hop Periodic Table — Data Storytelling Module
A complete 90-minute session built around a dataset of 139 hip-hop artists scored across five lyricism dimensions. Designed for professional and executive audiences. Includes an interactive Quarto dashboard, data dictionary, source bibliography, and facilitator guide.
Concepts covered: All six above.
Deliverables available:
- Interactive dashboard — live Quarto site
- Data dictionary (Word) — variable definitions, rubrics, source bibliography
- Excel workbook — full dataset with scoring rubric and era analysis sheets
I open this module by asking stakeholders to rate their favorite rapper on lyricism — 1 to 10, right now, no thinking. After they do, I ask what they just measured. That question takes 45 minutes to properly answer, and by the end the room is arguing about construct validity using their own data elements.