Mathematics 363

Introduction to Statistical Methods

Fall 2009

Course Project

The course will include a short project. The project will be completed in pairs.

Students can either present on a project of their own choosing.

or

Use one of the five designated projects.

• Coretention of Words and Genes on the Island of Sumba, Eastern Indonesia

Distance matrices

• Fitting Force-dependent Kinetic Models to Single-Molecule Dwell Time Records
• Modeling Populations of Flour Beetles
• Predicting Individual Bacterium Cell Growth Behavior from Population Information
• Quantifying Stimulus Frequency Otoacoustic Emissions Empirically

The first step will be to make a one-page proposal using the following guidelines. This will be due November 12^th. You will asked to have an expert consultant for the project, so arrange to have a meeting with the expert before the proposal is due.

The final project should be about 5 pages single space. 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.

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