Statistics - Profess, Ethic Ldrshp Stat Sci

Catalog description

This web-based course addresses issues in professionalism, leadership and ethics that re specific to students training to become statisticians, biostatisticians, and data scientists. Topics include use of sound statistical methodology, common treats to valid inference, effective communication and collaboration with content-area experts, maintaining transparency and independence, reproducible research, the publishing process (including authorship guidelines, plagiarism, peer review, intellectual property, etc.), conflict of interest, data security, and properties of effective leaders, among others. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.