Day 28 Semester Project
Semester projects may deal with any topic that interests you [the student], as long as it is approved by the instructor.
Broadly, projects are expected to (i) identify a research problem, (ii) develop an appropriate workflow that is appropriate for solving that problem, and (iii) create a report and reproducible tutorial.
28.1 Learning objectives
- Be able to identify an experiment design that is appropriate for answering a given research question and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of that design for answering the question.
- Be able to write the materials and methods section of a paper/thesis, including the statistical model that corresponds the experiment design.
28.2 Partial deadlines
28.2.1 Project proposal - Due Friday September 24 at 11:59pm CT
Write a page-long project proposal that states your research problem and the objective of your project. An example of an appropriate project proposal can be found here.
28.2.2 Written report for peer review - Due Friday November 28 at 11:59pm CT for peer review
Only e-mails between you.
28.2.4 Oral presentation - Somewhere between December 3 - December 12
Prepare a 15 minute presentation of the core aspects of your project. Presentations should include at least:
- Motivation,
- Methods, including a clear and complete description of the statistical model and code,
- Discussion of strengths and weaknesses.
28.2.5 Written report - Due Friday December 19 at 11:59pm CT for peer review
Submit a manuscript including:
- Introduction (background & justification of the problem)
- Methods, including:
- A complete ANOVA table describing the degrees of freedom associated to mean comparisons,
- A clear and complete description of the statistical model,
- R code to implement that model,
- Results
- Discussion including strengths and weaknesses of the design/analysis,
- Conclusions.