Autumn 2021 STAT 34900

Course: STAT 34900

Title: Data Analysis Project

Instructor(s): Mary Sara McPeek

Teaching Assistant(s): 

Class Schedule: Sec 1: MW 1:30 PM-2:50 PM in Jones 226

Textbook(s): TBA

Description: The first part of this class will focus on general principles of data analysis and how to report the results of an analysis, including taking account of the context of the data, making informative and clear visual displays, developing relevant statistical models and describing them clearly, and carrying out diagnostic procedures to assess the appropriateness of adopted models. The second half of the class will focus on data analysis projects. Students working on a data analysis project in another context (e.g., for an MS paper or for consulting) may, with proper permission, use that project for this course as well.