Consulting Workshop

Catalog description

Skills required of practicing statistical consultants, including exposure to statistical applications. Students participate as consultants in the department's drop-in consulting service, analyze client data, and prepare formal written reports. Seminar provides supervised experience in short term consulting. May be repeated for credit. Enrollment open to PhD and master's students in Statistics, Data Science, and other quantitative disciplines, who have completed graduate coursework in statistics or applied data analysis. Examples of qualifying classes are STATS 203, STATS 209, STATS 263, or Stats 305A (or classes with equivalent content). Students can contact the instructor to confirm their qualifications.