Robin Donatello

Associate Professor of Statistics and Data Science

California State University, Chico

About me

When I’m not on campus, typically i’m growing 🥕🌾🍅🍆🍏 for my family, out adventuring with my 🐶🧔🐩 , or getting some 🎮🎲📚 time in.

Campus life consists of:

Training the next generation of Scientists how to harness the power of Statistics and Data in a responsible and ethical manner.
Supporting students in their academic adventures through intensive advising and research.
Leading the Data Science Initative (DSI) to develop Data Science capacity on our campus.
Providing analytical support and statitistical consulting for many projects on and off campus.

I am currently on Sabbatical until Fall 2021. 💚

Interests

Racial Equity in STEM
Data Science
Student Success
Data Editing and Imputation
Gardening for food
Pitbulls and puppies
Being outdoors

Education

Dr. P.H. in Biostatistics, 2013

Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles
MS in Biostatistics, 2007

Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles
BS in Mathematics, Option in Statistics, 2005

California State University, Chico
BS in General Biology, Minor in Chemistry, 2005

California State University, Chico

Teaching

I teach the following courses at Chico State.

MATH 105: Introduction to Statistics
MATH 130: Introduction to R
MATH 315: Applied Statistical Methods I
MATH 385: Introduction to Data Science
MATH 456: Applied Statistical Methods II
MATH 485: Advanced Data Science
MATH 615: Statistical Methods for Graduate Research
MATH 685: Data Science for Graduate Research (Pilot)

Course Materials

Last updated June, 2020

Projects

Adolescent and School Health

Los-Angeles based research group implementing school-based teen pregnancy prevention programs

Center for Healthy Communities

Working to help hungry students get the nutritious food they need to stay healthy and succeed.

Institutional Learning through Empirical Assessment and Researching iNterventions

The iLEARN project will initiate a systematic, institutional approach to assessing the impact of programs on student success.

PMA6

This is the sixth edition of a popular textbook on multivariate analysis.

Deep Learning

Using Convolutional Neural Networks as a method of automatic data entry of PDF paper surveys

Community Coding

Drop-in open work environment for anyone working on anything coding or data related. Students, staff, faculty, and the public are welcome. Summer hours now posted.

Talks

Promote Yourself: Make Your Own Professional Website Without Knowing HTML.

Data analysts tend to write a lot of reports, describing their analyses and results, for their collaborators or to document their work …

Jan 8, 2020 San Diego, CA

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The Current State of Data Science at Chico State

Prof. Donatello will talk about the current state of Data Science at Chico State, including a description a few Data Science courses, …

Mar 3, 2018 American River College, Sacramento, CA

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Examining the Effect of a Pedagogical Change in a High Failure Rate College Science Course in the Face of a Shifting Demographic Student Body

This project enhances a current current Sustaining Success project designed to improve student performance in Chemistry 111 (increased …

Jul 29, 2017 — Aug 3, 2017

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Publications

Sherry Fox, Gema A. Knipe, Robin A. Donatello (2020). Deliberate practice in simulation - Evaluation of repetitive code training on nursing students' BLS team skills. Clinical Simulation in Nursing.

Abdelmonem A. Afifi, Susanne J. May, Robin A. Donatello, Virginia A. Clark (2019). Practical Multivariate Statistics 6th ed.. ISBN: 9781138702226.

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Nissen, J., Donatello, RA., Van Dusen, B. (2019). Missing data and bias in physics education research; A case for using multiple imputation. Physical Review Physics Education Research.

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