Mathematics 363
Introduction to Statistical Methods
Spring 2014
Course Project
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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April 15 –
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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April 29 –
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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May13 –
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. Be sure to have an appendix that has the R code or
other computer procedures you use in your report.
Writing Lab Reports
from Stat Labs: Mathematical Statistics Through Applications by Terrence
Speed and Deborah Nolan is a good guide.