Statistics 4893W: Senior Paper Fall 2013 Instructor: Marta Dykhuizen Shore shore007@umn.

edu Office hour: Tuesdays noon- 1pm (starting September17th) in Ford 342 Course Overview This course is a writing intensive course focused on: (1) The different types of problems a statistician might be encounter (2) Working with other statisticians to solve problems (3) Presenting the solutions. In addition, we will have guest speakers from both academia and industry. We will meet MWF from 12:20-1:10 in CivE 212. Attendance is required. The approximate course outline is as follows: Week 1 Week 2 Intro and course overview Speaker September 6th: Dr. Sanford Weisberg Data Analysis project assigned Presenting data: graphs and tables lecture B53 Computer lab Basic report formats and suggestions lecture Data analysis project due, small groups formed Grad student panel September 20th Literature Search project assigned Using www.lib.umn.edu lecture APA citation style lecture Alumni panel September 25th: with lunch! Literature search due, small group meeting Literature review project assigned Writing critically lecture Critically evaluating sampling methods lecture Speaker October 4th: Steve Eick Critically evaluating variables and analysis lecture Literature Review project due and small groups No class October 11th ****

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No class October 14th **** Data analysis projects returned Data Analysis project rewrite assigned Research Design project assigned Research design lecture Speaker October 16th Rob LeDuc Research design project due and small groups Literature Review projects returned Final paper guidelines Speaker October 25th: Rich Scamehorn Oral Presentations lecture Oral Presentations assigned and small groups Final paper proposal due Research design projects returned Oral presentations Databases Oral presentations Final paper proposal meetings Oral presentations Final paper workshop Oral presentation reviews Rough draft of final project due Data analysis project rewrite due Final project suggestions Rough draft returned Final project meetings

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FINAL PROJECT DUE Wednesday, December 18th by 10 am

Grading The class will be graded A-F, with grades dependent upon class attendance, assignment originality and completion, reviews of presentations (both yours and of others) and improvement throughout the semester.

Incomplete Incompletes will only be given to those who have a demonstrated case of extreme hardship. In particular, an I will be given if the student presents evidence from a certified professional that the student is unable to complete the course. In addition, the student must have a passing grade at the time of the incomplete request in order to receive the I. Academic Integrity The goal of this course is to create graduates who can not only perform statistical analyses, but also explain said analyses. Therefore, I expect any work submitted by a student to be the work of that student. If I have any reason to suspect that a student has not performed the analysis or written the words that he or she is submitting, I will file a claim with the Office of Student Conduct and Academic Integrity.