Course Homepage: Fall 2007

Usually Offered: Fall Semesters

Purpose: To give statistics undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to combine a variety of skills learned throughout the curriculum as they will be expected to do as a practicing statistician.

Current Textbook: The Practice of Statistics: Putting The Pieces Together, by John D. Spurrier, Duxbury Press, 1999.

Coverage: Students work through a variety of case studies. Most cases require students to work in teams to collect data. They then individually analyze the data and make reports. Assignments involve both written and oral reports.

The above textbook should correspond to the most recent offering of the course by the Statistics Department. Please check the current course homepage or with the instructor for the course regulations, expectations, and operating procedures.  

Contact Faculty: John D. Spurrier
(Last Updated: August 27th, 2007)