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STAT8801, Spring 2013

Jan 23: Introduction and Example Consultation | handout
Jan 25: Case Study: Power for Horse Insulin | handout
Jan 28: Discussion: Happy Clients and the Ideal Consultant | handout | Boen/Zahn
Jan 30: Article Discussion: Coincidences | prompt | Stefanski | Mosteller
Feb 1: Case Study: Eagle wing flaps | handout
Feb 4: Videos: Setting up a consultation and non-verbal communication | handout
Feb 6: Article Discussion: Wrong/False Research | prompt | It's Wrong | Research Findings False
Feb 8: Case Study: Baking Bread | handout
Feb 11: Videos: Asking Good Questions | handout
Feb 13: Videos: What questions to ask? | handout
Feb 15: Guest: Prof. Galin Jones | handout
Feb 18: Videos: Setting Expectations | handout
Feb 20: Guest: Chandra Erdman, Census Bureau | handout | flyer
Feb 22: Case Study: MPCA water quality | handout
Feb 25: Videos: Presenting Information | handout
Feb 27: Guest: Nathan Hubbell and Katy Micek, Travelers Insurance | handout
Mar 1: Videos: Dealing with Conflict | handout
Mar 4: Discussion: Tabular Display of Data | handout
Mar 6: Article Discussion: Tables into Graphs | handout | article
Mar 8: Case Study: Horse Breeds | handout

Case Study Introductions and Spring Break
Case Study Expectations

Mar 25: Discussion: Cleveland and Tufte | handout
Mar 27: Article Discussion: Data Visualization and Statistical Graphics | handout | article | excerpt
Mar 29: Computing in SAS and SPSS | handout | handout from Apr 17
Apr 1: Discussion: Writing and Giving Talks | handout | slides | slides | slides
Apr 3: Guest: Prof. Doug Hawkins | handout
Apr 5: Ethics: General Ethics | handout
Apr 8: Plagiarism
Apr 10: Authorship and Intellectual Property | handout
Apr 12: Conflicts of Interest (no class) | handout
Apr 17: Statistical Ethics | handout | also more computing info
Apr 19: Research Ethics | Link to University Resources

Saturday, April 20: A Short Course on Statistical Consulting, by Lawrence Thibodeau, PhD | flyer

Apr 22: Elevator Speech | handout
Apr 24: Working, Part One | slides | slides | handout
Apr 26: Working, Part Two | handout

Apr 29: Group Sigma | report | slides
May 1: Group Beta | report | slides
May 3:Group Mu | report | slides
May 6: Group Alpha | report | slides
May 8: Group Gamma | report | slides

May 10: Last Day | handout | evaluation