Motivational Attitudes and
Statistics / Data Science
Education Research
The MASDER team develops validated, theory-based instruments that help educators and researchers measure student motivation, instructor perspectives, and learning environments in undergraduate statistics and data science. We also study the current landscape of undergraduate statistics and data science education in the United States.
6 Validated instruments
15,000+ Participants
50+ Institutions
Survey Instruments
MASDER maintains 6 validated instruments for use in undergraduate statistics and data science education. Learn more about the tools available to collect data on students, instructors, and the classroom learning environment.
Administer Surveys
Our surveys can be administered directly from the MASDER website. Generate survey links for your courses and take surveys yourself.
- Organize and manage all survey instances in one place
- Access automated course-level reports
- Download data for each survey instance
- Contribute to a growing national database of attitudes
Undergraduate Data Science Landscape
Undergraduate Data Science Landscape
- Explore recommendations on undergraduate Data Science program topics
- See results from our survey on topics taught in Intro to DS
Data Products (coming soon)
- National database on undergraduate Statistics and Data Science programs
- MASDER R and Python packages for accessing deidentified survey data
- National reports on student attitudes across the US