Mathematics 363
Introduction to
Statistical Methods
Fall 2013
Course Syllabus
The
course will include a short project. The project will be completed in pairs.
The
project will have three due dates
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November 12 –
Prepare a 1-page proposal. This page will have the title
of the project and the participants. It consists of a description of the
project and the nature of the data. In addition, the proposal will include an
expert who will help with the project. This expert can be either the course
instructor or assistant.
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December 4 –
Submit a 3-page preliminary report.
This report will have a more complete background to the project, a presentation
on relevant summaries of the data, and some inferential question –
estimates or hypotheses – that will be included in the final report.
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December 14
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– Submit a
5-page final report. The final
report will do necessary editing to the preliminary report, add the analysis of
the inferential questions and prepare a discussion of summary. You can keep to
a simple outline – Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, and
Discussion.
Writing Lab Reports
from Stat Labs: Mathematical Statistics Through Applications by Terrence
Speed and Deborah Nolan is a good guide.