STAT568 STATISTICAL CONSULTING
| Course Code: | 2460568 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 7.0 |
| Department: | Statistics |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. ÖZLEM İLK DAĞ |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The objective of this course is to have students gain the experience in applying statistical methods to ongoing research. It aims to develop statistical thinking, communicating statistical ideas in the real world orally and in writing. The students will be expected to put theory into practice, while experiencing a variety of fields where statistics is useful. Team work will be required. By the end of this course, students are expected to be ready to interact with scientists and clients in other fields.
Course Content
Key aspects of statistical consulting and data analysis activities. Formulation of statistical problems from client information. Analysis of complex data sets. Case studies. Writing and presenting reports.
Course Learning Outcomes
Student, who pass the course satisfactorily will be able to:
- formulate statistical problems from nonstatistical ones,
- solve real life problems in teams and individiually,
- learn how to verbally and nonverbally communicate better with statisticians and nonstatisticians,
- learn more about themselves and other personality types.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Ability for converting theoretical, methodological, and computational statistical knowledge into analytical solutions in researches requiring statistical analyses. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Ability for specifiying problems in real life situations bearing uncertainty, forming hypotheses, modeling, application, and interpreting the results. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Ability for using current technology, computer softwares for statistical applications, computer programming for specific problems when necessary, writing computer codes for speeding up statistical calculations, organizing and cleaning databases, and preparing them for statistical analyses, and data mining. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Ability for taking part in intra/inter disciplinary team work, efficient use of time, taking responsibility as a team leader, and entrepreneurship. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Ability for taking responsibility in solitary work and producing creative solutions. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Ability for keeping up-to-date with current advancements in statistical sciences, doing research, being open-minded, and adopting critical thinking. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Ability for effective communication both in Turkish and English in specification of statistical problems, analyes, and interpretation of findings. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Ability for using the knowledge in the field of expertise for the welfare of the society. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Ability for suggesting the researchers in a comprehensible way the appropriate statistical methods for problems in fields that use statistics such as economics, finance, industrial engineering, genetics, and medicine and apply if needed. | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Ability for catalyzing discussions and presentations, public speaking, making presentations, communicating topics of expertise to the audiance in a comprehensible way. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution