STAT8801, Spring 2017
The goal of this course is to train students to
collaborate effectively and responsibly with non-statisticians
to answer their subject matter questions.
Jan 18: Introduction
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Jan 23: The Writing Process/first Case Study
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Jan 25: Case Background/Writing
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Jan 30: Another Case Study
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Feb 1: Planning and Writing About Analyses
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Feb 6: Dr. Derr Part One/POWER
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Feb 8: Dr. Derr Part Two/Collaboration Plan
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Feb 13: Another Case Study / Editing
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Feb 15: Exploring the Data
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Feb 20: Roleplaying Assignment Introduction
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Feb 22: Graphics: Cleveland, Tufte, Wainer
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Feb 27: Plagiarism
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Mar 1: Intellectual Property, Authorship, and Conflicts of Interest
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Mar 6: Code and Data Management
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Mar 8: Review of Role-playing cases
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Mar 20: Quiz Followup
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Mar 22: Writing an Analysis Report
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Mar 27: Reporting Results: Effect Sizes
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Mar 29: Reporting Results: Tables and Proportions
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Apr 3: Explaining Statistical Ideas to Non-statisticians (ADEPT)
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| Analogy Article
Apr 5: Dr. Derr Part Three: Explaining Results/Disaster!
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Apr 10: Presentations
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Apr 12: General and Research Ethics
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Apr 17: Human/Animal Research, Openness vs. Confidentiality
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Apr 19: Statistics and the Reproducibility Crisis
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Apr 24: Field Trip to the Data Science MS Poster Fair
Apr 26: Making Ethical Decisions
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May 1: Making Ethical Decisions Part Two
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May 3: Last Day!
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