Teaching Reproducibility, Scientific Writing, and Dissemination by "Publishing" a Classroom Journals for Student Projects

Oregon Convention Center 

Many statistical classes include projects with scientific write-ups to evaluate different educational topics (e.g., simulation studies, applied data analyses, etc.). In many cases these projects may only be seen by the instructor for grading and are not shared with the class, however this serves as an opportunity to incorporate projects into a disseminated scientific journal "published" for the class. Students are provided guidance that mimics the scientific publication process of publishing a paper in a peer-reviewed journal with an emphasis on reproducibility and learning about the dissemination process. The end product is a collection of all completed projects that students can review to see the breadth and depth of topics covered by their peers while practicing their scientific writing skills. In this presentation we provide examples of how to set up classroom journals and highlight different elements that can be incorporated depending on the level of the class.