Statistical Consulting

Catalog description

This course will introduce students to the challenges of working with real data. Students will collaborate with faculty or other students on real research projects, and act as a the main data analyst for a real scientific project. The course will cover how to meet with clients, how to write reports, how to clean and manage data, and how to present results. Most particularly, the course will cover how best to analyze a data set based on the research questions of interest, and will teach the students the skills they need to run these analyses.