STAT8801, Spring 2012
Class Slides & Handouts
- Jan 18: What is Statistical Consulting? slides
- Jan 20: Happy Clients & The Ideal Consultant: slides | handout
- Jan 23: Giving Talks
- Jan 25: Writing: Organization | Changing Style
- Jan 30: Setup and Nonverbal Communication
- Mar 19: Tabular Data
- Apr 9: Ethics: Introduction
- Apr 16: Ethics: Authorship
- Apr 18: Ethics: Intellectual Property
- Apr 20: Ethics: Plagiarism and Peer Review
Case Studies
- Example: case | slides | report
- Teams (Jan 27): case | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4
- Motives (Feb 3): case | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4
- Dressings (Feb 10): case | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4
- Eagle Wing Flaps (Feb 17): case | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4
- Lead (Feb 24): case | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4
- MPCA (March 7): case | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4
- Grade Inflation (March 23): case | article | data | Group 1: Slides, Table | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4
- Grade Inflation Part Two (March 30): case | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4
- Cheating (April 13): case | analysis | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4
- Conflicts of Interest (April 27): case | Case 1: slides, report | Case 2: slides, report | Case 3: slides, report
Case Participation Sheet
Discussions
Coincidences (Feb 1):
prompt
| Stefanski
| Mosteller
Everglades (Feb 8):
prompt
| Washington Post
| PNAS
| Washington
Post direct link
False Research Results (Feb 15):
prompt
| Ioannidis 2005
| Significance 2011
Assignments