36-726 Statistical Practice 2018

Course Information

• Instructors:
  Howard Seltman, hseltman@stat.cmu.edu, Baker Hall 232H
  Susan Buchman, sbuchman@andrew.cmu.edu
• Meeting times: M/W 3:30-4:50 in Wean Hall WEH 5409
• syllabus (pdf)

Course Content

• Jan 14-25 Client Presentations

  You will each give your elevator pitch before two of the presentations. Consult Canvas for the schedule.

• Jan 28: StartingTheProjects.pdf + Susan on Data Security
• Jan 30: Juliann Reineke on Effective PowerPoint Presentations
• Feb 4: Susan on Consulting Experiences
• Feb 4,6,11: First project presentations
• Feb 13: Extra office hours
• Feb 20: Susan on Missing Data
• Feb 22 Susan on Text Processing
• Feb 25,27 + Mar 4,6: Second project presentations
• Mar 11,13: Spring break
• Mar 18-22: OverviewOfBayesianStatistics.pdf
  BayesExamples.pdf
  gettingStartedWithStan.R   8chools.stan   rats.txt   rats.stan
  flip2NormSim.R   flip2NormRun.R   flip2Norm.stan   flip2NormImpute.stan   flip2NormImputeOrd.stan
• Mar 27-Apr 8: Third project presentations
• Apr 17: Susan on Analytics in AWS
• Apr 20-May 9: Final client presentations