Students were asked to participate in both a pre and post-class survey that collected data on the effectiveness of including data exploration activities in a large enrollment undergraduate chemistry course. On the first day of the course, students received a link to participate in the "pre" class survey, which inquired about the student's demographic identity, their level of experience with data analysis and their perceptions of what is big biological data (termed "omics") and their perception to coding in python. The second "post" class survey was the exact same set of questions. Successful completion of both surveys allotted 1 extra credit point to the student's final grade. In compliance with IRB and research ethics, we provided students consent forms and informed them of how the data would be used and that they did not have to participate in the surveys.