BTRY 7950

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BTRY 7950
Statistical Consulting

Course information provided by the 2018-2019 Catalog.

By interacting with consultants from the Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit (CSCU) and their clients, students will learn to provide statistical consulting to researchers from a variety of disciplines. Students will gain experience in choosing and implementing appropriate statistical procedures as well as communicating effectively to understand the client's problem and to explain methodology and results to non-statisticians.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: STSCI 7170 and BTRY 7180. Co-meets with BTRY 4950.

Outcomes

  • Integrate the statistical knowledge gained in courses and apply them to "real life" problems.
  • 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.
  • Research the application of statistical methodologies that are useful to clients and explain them to an audience of non-statisticians.

When Offered Fall.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BTRY 4950

  • 2 Credits Graded

  •  4532 BTRY 7950   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: A one year sequence of statistics courses which covers probability, linear and generalized linear models, multilevel/mixed models and some multivariate methods. For example, STSCI 7170 and BTRY 7180.