Complete List of Research Output

This page serves as a complete list of all papers and presentations related to the development of the SOMAS/SOMADS instruments. Upcoming presentations are listed on the News & Updates page. Further resources of interest (e.g., code and data) will be made available on our GitHub page.

Journal Articles

  • Whitaker, D., Unfried, A., & Bond, M.E. (2022). Challenges associated with measuring attitudes using the SATS family of instruments. Statistics Education Research Journal, 21(1), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.52041/serj.v21i1.88

Conference Papers

  • Kerby-Helm, A., Posner, M. A., Unfried, A., Whitaker, D., Bond, M. E., & Batakci, L. (2024). A Family of Instruments to Measure Data Science Attitudes. Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2, 1702–1703. Portland, OR. https://doi.org/10.1145/3626253.3635525
  • Posner, M. A., Kerby-Helm, A., Unfried, A., Whitaker, D., Bond, M. E., & Batakci, L. (2024). A Cross-disciplinary Review of Introductory Undergraduate Data Science Course Content. Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2, 1937. Portland, OR. https://doi.org/10.1145/3626253.3635352
  • Whitaker, D., Unfried, A., Batakci, L., Bolon, W., Bond, M.E., Kerby-Helm, A., & Posner, M.A. (2023). MASDERing Attitude Research in Statistics and Data Science Education: Instruments for Measuring Students, Instructors, and the Learning Environment. In E.M. Jones (Ed.), Fostering Learning of Statistics and Data Science: Proceedings of the Satellite conference of the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OWIly9K_MmdiI8bjulyaW8BIcDTczcVl/view
  • Whitaker, D., Unfried, A., Batakci, L., Bolon, W., Bond, M.E., Kerby-Helm, A., & Posner, M.A. (2022). A New Survey of Student Attitudes toward Statistics: The S-SOMAS. In S.A. Peters, L. Zapata-Cardona, F. Bonafini, & A. Fan (Eds.), Bridging the Gap: Empowering & Educating Today’s Learners in Statistics. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS11 2022), Rosario, Argentina. Voorburg, The Netherlands: International Statistical Institute. https://doi.org/10.52041/iase.icots11.T14D1
  • Unfried, A., Whitaker, D., Batakci, L., Bolon, W., Bond, M.E., Kerby-Helm, A., & Posner, M.A. (2022). The Big Picture: A Family of Instruments for Understanding University-Level Statistics and Data Science Attitudes. In S.A. Peters, L. Zapata-Cardona, F. Bonafini, & A. Fan (Eds.), Bridging the Gap: Empowering & Educating Today’s Learners in Statistics. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS11 2022), Rosario, Argentina. Voorburg, The Netherlands: International Statistical Institute. https://doi.org/10.52041/iase.icots11.T8A1
  • Kerby-Helm, A., Posner, M.A., Unfried, A., Whitaker, D., Bond, M.E., Batakci, L., & Bolon, W. (2022). S-SOMADS: A Family of Instruments to Measure Data Science Attitudes. In S.A. Peters, L. Zapata-Cardona, F. Bonafini, & A. Fan (Eds.), Bridging the Gap: Empowering & Educating Today’s Learners in Statistics. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS11 2022), Rosario, Argentina. Voorburg, The Netherlands: International Statistical Institute. https://doi.org/10.52041/iase.icots11.T8A2
  • Bond, M.E., Batakci, L., Bolon, W., Kerby-Helm, A., Whitaker, D., Unfried, A., & Posner, M.A. (2022). A model for the classroom environment. In S.A. Peters, L. Zapata-Cardona, F. Bonafini, & A. Fan (Eds.), Bridging the Gap: Empowering & Educating Today’s Learners in Statistics. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS11 2022), Rosario, Argentina. Voorburg, The Netherlands: International Statistical Institute. https://doi.org/10.52041/iase.icots11.T8A3
  • Unfried, A., Kerby, A., & Coffin, S. (2018). Developing a Student Survey of Motivational Attitudes Toward Statistics. 2018 JSM Proceedings. 2018 Joint Statistical Meetings, Vancouver, BC. https://sdsattitudes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/0248e-unfried-et-al_2018_developing-a-student-survey-of-motivational-attitudes-toward-statistics.pdf
  • Whitaker, D., Unfried, A., & Batakci, L. (2018). A framework and survey for measuring students’ motivational attitudes toward statistics. In M. A. Sorto, A. White, & L. Guyot (Eds.), Looking back, looking forward. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS10, July, 2018). Voorburg, The Netherlands: International Statistical Institute. http://iase-web.org/icots/10/proceedings/pdfs/ICOTS10_C200.pdf
  • Batakci, L., Bolon, W., & Bond, M. E. (2018). A framework and survey for measuring instructors’ motivational attitudes toward statistics. In M. A. Sorto, A. White, & L. Guyot (Eds.), Looking back, looking forward. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS10, July, 2018). Voorburg, The Netherlands: International Statistical Institute. http://iase-web.org/icots/10/proceedings/pdfs/ICOTS10_4J3.pdf

Book Chapters

  • Whitaker, D., Unfried, A., & Bond, M. (2019). Design and validation arguments for the Student Survey of Motivational Attitudes toward Statistics (S-SOMAS) instrument. In J. Bostic, E. Krupa, & J. Shih (Eds.), Assessment in mathematics education contexts: Theoretical frameworks and new directions (1st ed., pp. 120–146). New York, NY: Routledge.

Presentations

  • 2024
    • Bond, M.E., Batakci, L., Unfried, A., Posner, M.A., Whitaker, D., & Kerby-Helm, A. (2024, June). Moving Forward to Using the MASDER Team’s Instruments. Poster presented at the 2024 Electronic Conference on Teaching Statistics (eCOTS), Virtual. https://www.causeweb.org/cause/ecots/ecots24/program/posters/42
    • Posner, M. A., Kerby-Helm, A., Unfried, A., Whitaker, D., Bond, M. E., & Batakci, L. (2024, March). A Cross-disciplinary Review of Introductory Undergraduate Data Science Course Content. Lightning Talk presented at the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), Portland, OR.
    • Kerby-Helm, A., Posner, M. A., Unfried, A., Whitaker, D., Bond, M. E., & Batakci, L. (2024, March). A Family of Instruments to Measure Data Science Attitudes. Poster presented at the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), Portland, OR.
  • 2023
    • Kerby-Helm, A., Posner, M.A., Bond, M., Unfried, A., Whitaker, D., & Batakci, L. (2023, November). What Skills Are Taught in an Introductory Data Science Course? Presented at American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges Annual Conference (AMATYC), Omaha, NE.
    • Kerby-Helm, A., Bond, M., Posner, M.A., Unfried, A., Whitaker, D., & Batakci, L. (2023, November). New Instruments for Measuring Statistics and Data Science Attitudes. Presented at American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges Annual Conference (AMATYC), Omaha, NE.
    • Posner, M.A., Kerby-Helm, A., Unfried, A., Whitaker, D., & Batakci, L. (2023, August). Measuring Student Attitudes Toward Statistics using S-SOMAS: National Data and Individualized Report. Presented at the 2023 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), Toronto, ON.
    • Whitaker, D., Unfried, A., Batakci, L., Bolon, W., Bond, M.E., Kerby-Helm, A., & Posner, M.A. (2023, July). MASDERing Attitude Research in Statistics and Data Science Education: Instruments for Measuring Students, Instructors, and the Learning Environment. Presented at the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE) 2023 Satellite Conference, Toronto, ON/Virtual Hybrid.
    • Unfried, A., Bond, M.E., Batakci, L., Kerby-Helm, A., Posner, M.A., & Whitaker, D. (2023, June). MASDER your educational research: how to cohesively study students, instructors, and the learning environment. Poster presented at the United States Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS) 2023, State College, PA.
    • Whitaker, D., Unfried, A., Batakci, L., Bond, M.E., Kerby-Helm, A., & Posner, M.A. (2023, May). Measuring student enjoyment and effective teaching practices: what works? Presented at the Statistics Society of Canada 2023 Annual Meeting (SSC), Ottawa, ON.
    • Leporini, C., Unfried, A., & Posner, M.A. (2023, February). Automation of Personalized Reports: Effective Communication through Data Visualization. Poster presented at the Conference on Statistical Practice (CSP), Portland, OR. [Second Prize for Student Poster Competition]
    • Leporini, C., Unfried, A., Posner, M.A., & Kerby-Helm, A. (2023, January). Automation of Reports for Instructors: Bridging the Statistical Gap. Presented at the Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM), Boston, MA. https://meetings.ams.org/math/jmm2023/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/19230
    • Iden, V.M., Unfried, A., Batakci, L., & Bond, M. (2023, January). Surveying Student Selection: A Guidebook for Representation. Presented at the Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM), Boston, MA. https://meetings.ams.org/math/jmm2023/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/21438
    • Kendall, M. & Unfried, A. (2023, January). The Elusive Random Sample: The Search for Representative US Undergraduate Statistics Students. Presented at the Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM), Boston, MA. https://meetings.ams.org/math/jmm2023/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/20527
  • 2022
    • Kerby-Helm, A. (2022, October). Motivational Attitudes in Statistics and Data Science Education. Winona State University Mathematics and Statistics Departmental Seminar, Winona, MN.
    • Whitaker, D., Unfried, A., Batakci, L., Bolon, W., Bond, M.E., Kerby-Helm, A., & Posner, M.A. (2022, September). A New Survey of Student Attitudes toward Statistics: The S-SOMAS. Paper presented at the Eleventh International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS), Rosario, Argentina/Virtual Hybrid. https://douglaswhitaker.ca/talk/a-new-survey-of-student-attitudes-toward-statistics-the-s-somas/whitaker-2022-icots-slides.pdf
    • Bond, M.E., Batakci, L., Bolon, W., Kerby-Helm, A., Whitaker, D., Unfried, A., & Posner, M.A. (2022, September). Not an Afterthought: Characteristic Questions on Surveys. Paper presented at the Eleventh International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS), Rosario, Argentina/Virtual Hybrid.
    • Kerby-Helm, A., Posner, M.A., Unfried, A., Whitaker, D., Bond, M.E., Batakci, L., & Bolon, W. (2022, September). A Family of Instruments to Measure Data Science Attitudes. Paper presented at the Eleventh International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS), Rosario, Argentina/Virtual Hybrid.
    • Unfried, A., Whitaker, D., Batakci, L., Bolon, W., Bond, M.E., Kerby-Helm, A., & Posner, M.A. (2022, September). The Big Picture: A Family of Instruments for Understanding University-Level Statistics and Data Science Attitudes. Paper presented at the Eleventh International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS), Rosario, Argentina/Virtual Hybrid.
    • Bond, M., Batakci, L., Posner, M., Whitaker, D., Kerby-Helm, A., & Unfried, A., (2022, August). What Do Instructors Think About Teaching Statistics? Presented at the 2022 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), Washington, DC.
    • Posner, M., Kerby-Helm, A., Unfried, A., Whitaker, D., Bond, M., & Batakci, L. (2022, August). I Love Data Science! Do My Students? Let’s Measure It! Presented at the 2022 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), Washington, DC.
    • Posner, M. & Kerby-Helm, A. (2022, August). They Told Me to Teach Data Science! What Should I Teach? Birds of a Feather session at the 2022 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), Virtual/Washington, DC.
    • Unfried, A., Whitaker, D., Bond, M., Batakci, L., Kerby-Helm, A., & Posner, M. (2022, August). Measuring Student Attitudes – a Modern Approach, and Why You Should Get Involved. Presented at the 2022 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), Washington, DC.
    • Posner, M.A., Kerby-Helm, A., Unfried, A., & Whitaker, D. (2022, August). Attitudes Matter! A New Instrument in Motivational Attitudes Toward Statistics / Data Science. Presented at MAA MathFest 2022, Philadelphia, PA.
    • Bond, M.E., Unfried, A., Whitaker, D., Kerby-Helm, A., Posner, M.A., Batakci, L., & Bolon, W. (2022, June). The SOMAS/DS Family of Instruments to Measure Students, Instructors and Learning Environment. Poster presented at the 2022 Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) Summit, Washington, DC.
    • Dunham, M., Unfried, A., & Whitaker, D. (2022, May). Pilot 2: Further Development and Psychometric Analysis of the Student Survey of Motivational Attitudes Towards Statistics. Poster presented at the 2022 Electronic Conference on Teaching Statistics (eCOTS), Virtual. https://causeweb.org/cause/uscots/uscots21/pilot-2-further-development-and-psychometric-analysis-student-survey-motivational
    • Unfried, A.J., Whitaker, D., Batakci, L., & Posner, M.A. (2022, April). Motivational Attitudes in Statistics and Data Science. Presentation at the 2022 Joint Mathematics Meetings, Virtual.
    • Posner, M.A. & Kerby-Helm, A. (2022, March). You Teach WHAT in Your Data Science Course?!? The 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE TS 2022), Providence, RI. https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3478432.3499176
    • Kerby-Helm, A. & Posner, M.A. (2022, March). Attitudes Matter! (So Do Instruments To Measure Them!) The 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE TS 2022), Providence, RI. https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3478432.3499237
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
    • Bond, M., Batakci, L., Bolon, W., & Whitaker, D. (2019, May). Environment matters: Institution, course and pedagogy. Poster presented at the United States Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS) 2019, State College, PA.
  • 2018
    • Unfried, A., Coffin, S., & Kerby, A. (2018, July). Student Survey of Motivational Attitudes Toward Statistics. Paper presented at the 2018 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), Vancouver, BC.
    • Whitaker, D., Unfried, A., & Batakci, L. (2018, July). A framework and survey for measuring students’ motivational attitudes toward statistics. Paper presented at the 10th International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS), Kyoto, Japan.
    • Whitaker, D. (2018, July). Validity evidence claims and plan for the SOMAS instruments. Poster presented at the 10th International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS), Kyoto, Japan.
    • Batakci, L., Bolon, W., & Bond, M. E. (2018, July). A framework and survey for measuring instructors’ motivational attitudes toward statistics. Paper presented at the 10th International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS), Kyoto, Japan.
  • 2017
    • Bond, M. & Unfried, A. (2017, May). Research On Statistics Attitudes. Workshop presented at the 2017 United States Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS), State College, PA.