STSCI 4950 - Statistical Consulting

(crosslisted) BTRY 4950

Fall. 2 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: BTRY 3010, BTRY 3020, BTRY 3080 and BTRY 4090 or equivalent. Co-meets with BTRY 7950.

F. Vermeylen.

This course will give students the opportunity to apply the statistical knowledge gained in their courses to “real-life” problems. Students will be integrated in the Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit (CSCU) and be exposed to various areas in which statistical methods are applied. Students will gain experience in choosing appropriate statistical procedures and their implementations in various statistical software packages. They will also learn how to communicate effectively to understand the client’s problem and to explain methods and results to results to non-statisticians.

Outcome 1: Integrate the statistical knowledge gained in courses and apply them to “real-life” problems.

Outcome 2: Learn to communicate effectively with clients to gather the information needed to make the link between the research questions to be addressed and the statistical methods.

Outcome 3: Research the application of statistical methodologies that are useful to clients and explain them to an audience of non-statisticians.