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School:
Duke (Fuqua)
Name of course:
Introduction to Statistical Consulting
Course ID:
STA 470S duke
Description of course:
Immerses students into real world consulting, exposing them to all aspects of research including data collection, modeling, and evaluating results.
Through campus-wide consulting program, students work with researchers from various disciplines providing recommendations for statistical methodologies appropriate for their research.
Projects examined through lens of research ethics underlying data collection, model assumptions, analysis, reproducibility, and reporting of results.
Case studies such as the recent Potti case highlight what can go wrong in interdisciplinary research when researchers are not vigilant of the highest ethical standards.
Prerequisite: Statistical Science 360L or 601.
Website:
https://stat.duke.edu/courses/introduction-statistical-consulting
