Spring 2027

Ethics for Data Scientists

Educates data scientists working with biomedical data on ethical and regulatory issues arising in research and professional interactions.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Mark Craven3.7/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.60 GPA, 71.4% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify ethical issues and recognize challenges to integrity that arise during the course of planning and conducting research or reporting research results.

  • Formulate a justified response to an ethical issue or integrity challenge, using ethical decision-making approaches and concepts.

  • Identify where to find professional resources that provide guidance for resolving ethical and research integrity issues.

  • Conduct improved discussions about ethical issues.

Source: UW Guide

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Raw average: 4.00/5 from 3 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MARK CRAVEN is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.60 GPA, 71.4% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Ethical and regulatory issues in research
  • Research integrity challenges
  • Discussions about ethical issues

Skills

  • Ethical decision-making
  • Identifying ethical issues and integrity challenges
  • Locating professional resources for ethical guidance

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BMI 738 · Spring 2027

Ethics for Data Scientists

Recorded 2026-10-29
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-29

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