A Chance for Good | Stats + Stories Episode 207

There's a lot of conversation happening about the ethical uses of data and statistics how much weight should we put on numbers at all? How thoroughly should we investigate the methodologies used to create them? And who has access to the data? A special issue of chance focuses on statistics and data science for good and that is the topic of this episode of Stats and Stories with guests Caitlin Augustin and Matt Brems. Caitlin Augustin (@augustincaitlin) is a Senior Director at Datakind and is responsible for delivering DataKind's core offerings, ensuring that high-quality, impactful data science interventions are created in partnership with social sector leaders. Prior to DataKind, Caitlin worked as a research scientist at a digital education company and as an engineering professor at NYU. A lifelong volunteer, she's engaged with Central Florida's nonprofit community and the organizer of the Orlando Lady Developers Meetup.  Matt Brems is Managing Partner + Principal Data Scientist at BetaVector, a data science consultancy. His full-time professional data work spans computer vision, finance, education, consumer-packaged goods, and politics and he earned General Assembly's 2019 "Distinguished Faculty Member of the Year" award. Matt is passionate about mentoring folks in data and tech careers and volunteers for Statistics Without Borders as well as currently serves on their Executive Committee as the Marketing & Communications Director.