Developing data science skills: Primary students wrangling with data

Data science as a field of study in the primary years is nascent in nature and ill-defined. Examples of 
how it differs from, and complements statistics education are needed to facilitate the delivery of 
suitable learning activities that support young students to develop the skills needed to become young 
statisticians capable of managing multivariate data sets. This paper reports on exploratory research 
with primary students that explores the potential for statistical inquiries with a civic statistics focus 
to support the development of data science skills, specifically, how to wrangle data.