5/11/07 4:56pm

Brian -- Please see answers inserted below.  Thanks.  - Jack


Investigator Name: Jack Mostow
Team Members:      Elise Olson, April Galyardt, Nathaniel Anozie
Project Title:     Project LISTEN: Evaluation of an Automated Reading Tutor
                   in Pittsburgh Public Schools

INTERACTION WITH TEAM

* Was the frequency of meetings with the Stat Practice team about
  right?  YES NO
 
  [Jack Mostow] Yes.

  [Jack Mostow] There was a sparse period earlier this spring when I
  communicated by email instead (mostly with April).  Not necessarily
  a bad thing, since email gives an opportunity to respond more
  thoughtfully.

* Did the team make a genuine effort to understand your problem from
  your point of view, and translate it into statistical tasks? YES NO

  [Jack Mostow] Yes.

  [Jack Mostow] I especially appreciated the willingness to try
  different modeling approaches.

* Was the team able to translate the results of their statistical work
  into terms that are/were helpful to you? YES NO

  [Jack Mostow] Yes.

  [Jack Mostow] The results were disappointing in terms of the
  experimental outcome but informative, especially the power analysis.

* Did the team keep you informed of its progress? YES NO

  [Jack Mostow] Yes.

* Did the students accept your suggestions gracefully? YES NO

  [Jack Mostow] Very!

DOCUMENT

* Do you have an acceptable final paper from your team? YES NO

  [Jack Mostow] Yes.

* Does the document achieve your goals? YES NO

  [Jack Mostow] Yes.

* Are you satisfied with the document? YES NO

  [Jack Mostow] Yes.

FINAL PRESENTATION

* Was the team able to highlight the most important aspects of their
  work with you? YES NO

  [Jack Mostow] Yes.

OVERALL 

* Would you comment on strengths or weaknesses you perceived in any
  member of the team you worked with?

  [Jack Mostow] From the meetings and email I saw, April did the most
  work, but I don't know the division of labor behind the scenes.

* Would you comment on any aspect of the design of the Statistical
  Practice course that you would like to see changed?

  [Jack Mostow] I would if I could think of any.

Thanks again.  Your willingness to participate and give advice is
invaluable for our current and future students.  I appreciate all the
help you have given us.

 * [Jack Mostow] There you go, thanking me again -- just as the
   students did.  But it's they and you who were doing me a service
   by doing the project!  So thank *you*.

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