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Abstract:
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This presentation discusses a course comprised entirely of guided interdisciplinary projects. Each project starts with a multiday lab module that introduces a relatively advanced undergraduate statistical technique that is becoming commonly used in other disciplines. Following the introductory lab, students experience the role of a research scientist with step-by-step instructions that guide them through reading and evaluating primary literature in multiple disciplines, preparing a proposal for analysis, planning and carrying out experiments, and presenting the results. To introduce students early in their college careers to the broad applicability and exciting career opportunities is statistics, a high-school AP statistics course is the only pre-requisite for this course.
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