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In their role interpreting data across disciplines, statisticians must
be excellent communicators who are comfortable interacting with a
wide range of statistical consumers. Hahn and Hoerl (1998) suggest
that technical training is a necessary but not sufficient condition
for effective statistical work. In an era in which statistical
software has allowed the widespread misapplication of sophisticated
analyses, statisticians must be able to communicate with both
technical and non-technical audiences.
The BYU general education requirements include a first-year writing course and an advanced writing course. In addition to these typical composition courses, we designed a one-credit course (with one hour of lab each week) to enhance the communications ability of our students. Students demonstrate effective use of graphics, tables, and equations. Learning Outcomes:Students who receive a passing grade in this course will be able to:
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Winter 2013 Second Block
Syllabus With Tentative Schedule
Principles of Writing About Statistical Facts (28 Feb 2013):Lecture NotesHomework Assignment Principles of Writing About Statistical Inference (5 March 2013):Lecture NotesHomework Assignment Ethical Presentation of Statistical Results (7 March 2013):Before coming to class readhttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/08/health/research/08genes.html or, if that's too many words for you, watch http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7398476n Lecture Notes The link to the NY Times article that motivates the Ethics of Data Presentation in-class assignment is http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/business/09law.html Another interesting NY Times article about the pressures administrators feel about the data in college rankings is http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/education/gaming-the-college-rankings.html LaTeX (12 March 2013):Lecture NotesHomework Assignment The link to the LaTeX manual is http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/lshort/english/lshort.pdf Effective Tables: Contents and Layout (14 March 2013):Lecture NotesCommute Report Tables Effective Graphics (19 March 2013):R code for Commute Experiment DataDocumenting Code (26 March 2013):Lecture NotesSAS Example R Example Homework Assignment Technical Reports for a Non-Technical Audience (9 April 2013):Homework Assignment and RubricTechnical Reports for a Technical Audience (16 April 2013):Lecture NotesHomework Assignment and Rubric |
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