(<a href="schedule.html">schedule</a>)
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Assessment ideas:
<ul>
  <li>Due week 1 (or maybe week 0 before class starts):</li>
  <ul>
    <li>Research security and data management
      (maybe <a href="https://research.wisc.edu/research-security-program/">Research
	Security Program</a> and its link
      to <a href="https://www.talent.wisc.edu/Catalog/Default.aspx?CK=80774">Research
	Security Program 2025 Training</a>?
      maybe <a href="https://researchdata.wisc.edu/data-security/">Data
	Security</a>?
      or <a href="https://research.wisc.edu/data-security-management-and-retention/">Data
	Security, Management and Retention</a>?)
      <br>
      <ul>
	<li><font color='red'>Write quizzes on these topics.</font></li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li>Interest form for project selection</li>
    <li></li>
  </ul>
  <li>Due week 2: Write a 2-page plan for execution in weeks 4-8. It
    should answer these questions:
    <ul>
      <li>Describe background, motivation, context.</li>
      <li>What is the business question or goal?</li>
      <li>What is the statistical question?</li>
      <li><font color=red>Regarding sample size, <i>n</i>:
	  <ul>
	    <li>What is the minimum useful <i>n</i>?</li>
	    <li>What value is gained from increasing <i>n</i></li>
	    <li>Which <i>n</i> do you recommend? Why?</font></li>
      </ul>
      <li>What value will answering it bring to the client?</li>
      <li>Describe your data:
	<ul>
	  <li>What are the ideal data?</li>
	  <li>What data do you have?</li>
	  <li>If there is a difference, how viable will your
	    conclusion be?</li>
	</ul>
      <li><font color=red>Make synthetic data (reproducible, so
	  use <code>set.seed(0)</code> or similar) that support a
	  positive conclusion and run analysis (below); repeat with
	  data that support a negative conclusion.</font></li>
      <li>Describe results from a preliminary analysis. What are the
	limitations?</li>
      <li>How should your client assess your work?</li>
    </ul>
  </li>
  
  <li><font color='red'>Maybe a poster requirement?</font> Or is it unnecessary in light of
    presentation slides requirement?
    <ul>
      <li><font color='red'>Write or refer to poster
	  requirements</font>,
	e.g. <a href="https://ww2.amstat.org/meetings/qdet2/presentationtips.cfm">amstat.org</a>
	(or have students research poster requirements)</li>
      <li><font color='red'>Maybe a weekly status report</font>, but I
	hope for more specific and measureable assessments.</li>
      <li></li>
      <li></li>
    </ul>

    <ul>
      <li></li>
      <li></li>
    </ul>
  </li>
</ul>


<ul>
  <li>
    Week 1 (Individual): Each student builds a full analysis pipeline (Notebooks) using synthetic data to support both a positive and a negative conclusion.
  </li>
  <li>
    Week 2 (Team Synthesis): Teams meet the client, realize their assumptions were likely wrong, and collapse individual pipelines into two refined, high-promise strategies with fresh synthetic data.
  </li>
</ul>