STSCI 7951

Advanced Statistical Consulting

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

This course focuses on practical data analysis involving advanced statistical methods applied to real datasets. Students will be required to attend meetings with Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit (CSCU) clients. Emphasis will be placed on report writing, communicating effectively and explaining methodology and results to non-statisticians. Project lengths will vary based on the scope of the problems and could range from several short projects to a single semester-long project. Students will be required to collaborate in teams on some projects.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: STSCI 7170, STSCI 7180, STSCI 6520 or equivalents.

Permission Note Primarily for: PhD students.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2022SP

Outcomes

• Students will be able to integrate the statistical knowledge gained in courses and apply them to "real life" problems.
• Students will be able to learn to communicate effectively with clients to gather information needed to make the link between research questions and statistical methods
• Students will be able to research the application of statistical methodologies that are useful to clients and explain them to an audience of non-statisticians.

When Offered Spring.

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