STATISTICS 590
Statistical Consulting
Instructor: Nairanjana Dasgupta
Office: Neill 403
e-mail: dasgupta@wsu.edu
Office Hours: W 1-2, 3-4, Th 2-3 or by appointment.
Text:
All reading material will be photocopied and distributed in class.
Course Objectives:
To develop your understanding of the role of a statistical consultant
and to give you experience in performing statistical consulting.
Assigned reading from statistical and social sciences literature will
present a perspective from which to veiw the art of statistical
consulting.
The Course will focus on teaching you skills about:
1. Interactions and theory of interactions
2. What skills you need for CONSULTING and COLLBORATION
3. Body Language
4. Summarizing Data
5. Presentation skills (written and oral)
Evaluation
Your grade will be based on class attendance, class participation,
participation in the four consulting sessions and a limited number of
short written reports. You will be asked to prepare both written and
oral presentations of an independent project. There will be no written
examinations.
Grading: Pass/Fail only
Based on: Consulting problem analysis 25 points each (4 over the
semester)
Description of the consulting problem of interest: 50 points (1)
Discussion in class: 10 points each (approximately 10)
Final Oral Presentation: 100 points (1)
Student Learning Outcomes:
Student Learning Outcomes for this
course:
At the end of this course, students
should be able to:
Skills required for consulting and
collaboration
Diagnostics in models: Assumptions
and how we check them
Body Language and Theory of
Interactions
Be able to independently analyze
data and synthesize results and
present your work verbally and as a
written report
Course Topics/Dates
The following
topic(s)/dates(s) will
address this outcome:
This will be covered in
Week 1-4
Will be covered in Week 4-5
Weeks 6-9
From week 1 to week 14
this will be the underlying
deliverable of this class
Evaluation of Outcome:
This outcome will be evaluated
primarily by:
Oral and written questions will be
given to you
Oral and written questions will be
given to you
Oral and written questions will be
given to you
Independent project
Attendance Policy: I require attendance for my classes and if you have an excused reason why you
missed class you are responsible for making up the work.
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