Teaching

Decision Making with Data

We designed this course to give students a chance to use statistics in real-world settings. Each week, we give them a case study asking an open-ended question within a particular industry. Using real-world data and the statistical tools they learned in core courses, they work in teams to design an answer and present it to a potential client. In addition to reviewing key theoretical concepts such as OLS regression, we teach students practical skills such as statistical programming and data visualization.

Together with my advisor, Peter Schott, I have developed this course over the past three years, creating a new case study each year, lectures on statistical programming in R, and a practical guide to data analysis and visualization.

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