Statistics 998

Statistical Consulting

Fall 2012 Schedule

Date	Topic	Handouts	Items Due
Sept. 4	Intro Material Begin Mixed Model Example	Class Description Guide to Data Analysis Report Evaluation Report Outline Corn Yield Background Corn Yield Data Diagnostic Assignment	None
Sept. 6	Mixed Models	Diesel Problem Handout Diesel Data	Graph of corn yield data
Sept. 11	Discussion of diesel assignment	Paper copies of diesel reports Assignment and table for diesel reports	Responses to (a), (b), and (c) of first diesel assignment
Sept. 13	Discussion of diesel assignment reports	Honeybee Assignment Honeybee Data	Diagnostic reports Written response to (d) for the diesel assignment
Sept. 18	Discussion of honeybee study	Major Project 1 Background Marmoset data (Excel file)	Honeybee assignment
Sept. 20	Discussion of diagnostic assignment		10 or more questions for marmoset scientist
Sept. 25	First visit by client	Marmoset assignment Marmoset slides (Power Point)
Sept. 27	Discussion of diagnostic assignment continued		Paragraph summarizing first visit by marmoset scientist.
Oct. 2	Second visit by client	Ethics assignment
Oct. 4	Ethics discussion		Ethics assignment (one page write-up).
Oct. 9	Copepod Exercise	Copepod data Copepod assignment	Marmoset major assignment.
Oct. 11	Karl Broman visit	Interferon data (Excel spreadsheet) Interferon assignment Broman assignment	Copepod group assignment.
Oct. 16	Discussion of Marmoset Analyses/Interferon group work		Broman assignment.
Oct. 18	Interferon Group Presentations and Discussion	Major Project 2 background Major Project 2 (Veal) data (Excel spreadsheet), updated October 29	Interferon assignment.
Oct. 23	Dave Demets visit
Oct. 25	First visit from Second Client	Slides
Oct. 30
Nov. 1	Second visit from Second Client
Nov. 6	Kevin Buhr visit
Nov. 8	Rick Chappell visit
Nov. 13	Tluczek visit
Nov. 15
Nov. 20
Nov. 22	Thanksgiving - NO CLASS
Nov. 27
Nov. 29	MASTERS EXAM - NO CLASS
Dec. 4
Dec. 6
Dec. 11
Dec. 13