STAT8801, Spring 2009
This course follows four threads involved in statistical consulting: professional practice and ethics, communication, technical tools, and case studies.Class Slides
- What is Statistical Consulting? (Jan. 23)
- Communication Tips (Jan. 26)
- Writing Talks and Using Beamer (Jan. 28)
- Improving Tables (Feb. 2)
- Improving Graphs and Plots (Feb. 9)
- Ethics (Feb. 23)
- Research Ethics (Mar. 2 & 9)
- Statistical Ethics (Mar. 23)
- What clients want (Mar. 30)
- Asking Good Questions (Apr. 6)
- Meetings and Negotiations (Apr. 15)
- Writing It Up (Apr. 20)
- Working (Apr. 27)
- Self-Employed (Apr. 29)
Case Studies
- Assigning Teams (for Jan. 30) handout
- Dressings Experiment (for Feb. 6) handout
- Intervals (for Feb. 13) handout | data | comment slides
- Combining Motives (for Feb. 20) handout
- Cheating (for Feb. 27) handout | analysis
- Ethics (for Mar. 6) handout
- Superfund Sites (for Mar. 27) handout
- Lead (for Apr. 3) handout
Discussions
Cannabis and Cancer (for Feb. 4):handout | article | editorial | NZ report
Why Most Published Research Findings Are False (for Feb. 11):
handout
| article
| discussion (p. 1192-4)
| response
Metaanalysis of Antidepressant Benefits (for Feb. 18):
handout
| article
Coincidences (for Feb.25):
handout coming
| Mosteller
| Stefanski
"First in Man" Studies (for Mar. 4):
Skim this: NZ study | and read
this: New Yorker
Statistics and the Law (for Mar. 11): Gastwirth
Assignments
Methodology Talks (Apr. 17, Apr. 24, May 1) | handout
Resources
- Sample Beamer Files: mystuff.tex | mystuff.pdf | mystuff1.Rnw | mystuff1.pdf
- Beamer User Guide. See especially the tutorial in Chapter 3.
- Beamer Homepage. Includes several nice examples
- Beamer on CTAN. All the files, in the unlikely case you need to install it yourself.
- The R Graph Gallery
- R code from Feb. 23
- Slides about Research Skills
- How to do Statistical Research, by Terry Speed. IMS Bulletin 34-1, p.6
- How to Get Your First Research Grant, by B.E. Trumbo, Statistical Science (1989)