Ideas for consulting class Not enough sample surveys, leading to a case study. Power analysis Assign an 'issue' of an applied journal. Pick one article with substantial stats, and summarize/criticize. Assign a case to all three groups. Have THREE summaries: (1) for general public/CEO; (2) for scientist/engineer; (3) for professional statistician. www.stats.org www.malcomgladwell.com Intention to treat analysis missing data analysis Guinea-Pigging, Carl Elliott The New Yorker, Jan 7, 2008 Read and evaluate a review article (e.g., the oral appliance review in Sleep) Talks by students on things they don't know: intent to treat imputation factor analysis cluster sampling hlm's structural equation models measures of agreement Different instructions for the same data analysis CONSULTING PROJECTS Shalom Stone, test cheating. Tim Trudell Chiche Lin Bland-Altman plot, Hawkins, Stat in Medicine, 21, 1913-1935. ECMO (Ware 1989, Stat Sci), JRSSA paper by Cox, Bailey and others on recent deaths in phase II trial, http://www.rss.org.uk/main.asp?page=2816 List of discussion papers. 1. ECMO (Ware 1989, Stat Sci) 2. First-in-man studies, http://www.rss.org.uk/main.asp?page=2816 3. Guinea-pigging, GUINEA-PIGGING. 4.