STAT8801, Spring 2011
This course follows four threads involved in statistical consulting: professional practice and ethics, communication, technical tools, and case studies.Class Slides
- Jan 21: What is Statistical Consulting?
Dealing With Clients
- Jan 31: What do clients want?
- Feb 7: Setup and Nonverbal Communication
- Feb 14: Asking Good Questions
- Feb 28: Expectations and Negotations
- Mar 7: Delivering Results and Dealing with Conflict
- Mar 21: Writing It Up
Getting a Job
- April 29/May 2: Finding a Job / Where To Work / Resumes and CVs / Interviews
- May 4: Working for You | Working for a U
Case Studies
- Jan 28: Teams
- Feb 4: Student Evaluations
- Feb 11: Combining Survey Scores
- Feb 18: Child Development | data
- Feb 25: Lead
- Mar 4: MPCA Clarity
Discussions
Jan 26: Coincidenceshandout | Stefanski | Mosteller
Feb 2: ESP
handout
| NYT article
| NYT followup
| the article on ESP
| rebuttal
Feb 9: The Truth Wears Off
From the New Yorker
| Ioannidis 2005
Assignments
- Methodology Talks, April 8 - May 6
Resources
- How to Sweave
- Sample Sweave Files: Rnw source | pdf output
- Sample Beamer Files: tex source | tex output | Sweave source | Sweave output
- Beamer User Guide. See especially the tutorial in Chapter 3.
- Beamer Homepage. Includes several nice examples