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\end{itemize}  \end{quote}  Data analysis and numerical computation are now ubiquitous in astronomy; astronomy (and in STEM careers);  undergraduate curricula have been slower to train students in a systematic fashion in these skills. At Michigan State University, astronomy students are required to complete a senior thesis. As noted in the accreditation report, \begin{quote}  During the past decade, we have found that many of our students  begin their senior thesis project without the statistical,