Each student will produce and report on a thoughtful and thorough analysis of a dataset. You should start with a research question that relates to your interests. You then should obtain a data set, analyze it (with full consideration of issues including checking your assumptions, model selection, parameter estimation, and prediction), and report on your findings.
You’ll deliver a final presentation and produce a final report, each of which should include an Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion. Your attention to detail should be at the level expected for a conference presentation or a paper you would submit for publication (even if the question and depth of introduction and discussion are not). When thinking about your project, remember our class themes: moving from a question to a model or models, and moving from a model or model(s) to inference. I want to clearly see your thought process.
There will be 3 components to your project: a project plan, a presentation, and a final report. All three of these elements will contribute a total of 30% toward your final grade.
Write a 1-page description of your project idea that includes
Things to consider:
Each student will be expected to present their project to the class. The instructor will randomly assign each student to a time slot for their presentation, either during class on June 1, June 3, or June 5, or during lab on June 5. You will have 10 minutes for your presentation, and there will be 2 minutes for questions. I will be quite strict with time. Unfortunately, we will not be able to gather together to watch everyone’s presentations, so you will have to take turns presenting remotely via Zoom. Students will have an opportunity for a “dry run” if you would like.
Your presentation should include
Please use the R Markdown report template files for your final report, which will facilitate proper formatting of text, equations, code, figures, references, etc. At a minimum, you will need these two files:
report_template.Rmd
report_title_page_template.tex
You will also need these two files:
jpe.csl
example_refs.bib
if you want to use BibTeX as reference manager for your report. All of these files will need to be located in the same folder or directory. See the report template for instructions.
Please bear in mind that your report should detail a fully reproducible workflow of your analysis. As such, please provide a copy of any necessary data file(s). However, I’ll only consult this as a last resort if there seems to be an error or I can’t seem to work out what you did. Otherwise, all of the relevant information should be contained within your written report. Your report is restricted to 2000 words (exclusive of code chunks and figure/table captions) plus no more than 2 tables and 2 figures, although you should not feel obligated to hit that limit.
Here is the schedule for presentations. Days and times were randomly assigned.
| Date & time | Last name |
|---|---|
| 1 June @ 10:30 | Duvall |
| 1 June @ 10:45 | Aeluro |
| 1 June @ 11:00 | Kwarta |
| 1 June @ 11:15 | Olsen |
| 3 June @ 10:30 | Bates |
| 3 June @ 10:45 | Johnson |
| 3 June @ 11:00 | Keller |
| 3 June @ 11:15 | Henry |
| 5 June @ 10:30 | Radcliffe |
| 5 June @ 10:45 | Zahn |
| 5 June @ 11:00 | Lindsay |
| 5 June @ 11:15 | Arnold |
| 5 June @ 11:30 | Dohrn |
| 5 June @ 11:45 | Privitera-Johnson |
| 5 June @ 12:00 | [ Break ] |
| 5 June @ 12:15 | McMonagle |
| 5 June @ 12:30 | Rathor |
| 5 June @ 12:45 | Lee |
| 5 June @ 13:00 | Mistry |
| 5 June @ 13:15 | Tournay |