Project-Presentations
• Who: You.
• What: You will choose one of the two topics below and create a presentation that you will present to the class.
• How: You should present your material as slides (you can use Powerpoint, Google slides, etc.).
• Where: The presentations will take place in class on Monday, June 18. Each presentation should be about 10 minutes (including time for questions), so you should plan to speak for about 7 minutes.
• When: Your slides are due to me (email or upload to Canvas) by 8am on Monday, June 18. Our presentations will be during class on Monday, June 18.
• Groups: If you would like to make a presentation with a partner, you may, but it should be longer than a solo presentation. You will each need to speak for about 7 minutes.
• Approval of Topic: Please ask for approval of your chosen topic to be sure that it is appropriate for this assignment. Please email me a brief description of the study/statistician you wish to talk about by 12pm on Friday, June 8.
Topics
• A statistical study in your field of interest: For this topic, you are to make a presentation that discusses a statistical study in your field of interest.
You can find ideas in the news or journal articles (if you find ideas in the news, please track down the original report/publication).
You should let your own interest and research guide your decisions on what to include in your presentation, but each presentation should include the following:
- The question(s) that were investigated.
- The design of the study and sampling method(s) used to collect data.
- The summary of the data (graphical, tabular, and/or numerical summaries).
- The analysis and hypothesis tests performed.
- The conclusions and lessons drawn form the study.
• Statistical biography: For this topic you are to make a presentation celebrating the life and work of a statistician. This biographical presentation should contain a variety of biographical details.
You should let your own interest and research guide your decisions on what to include in your presentation, but each presentation should include most the following:
- Typical biographical data: date of birth, death, family tree and nationality, education, honors, employment positions, etc.
- A description of the person's upbringing.
- Some mention of what encouraged the person to become a statistician.
- A description of any obstacles this person had to overcome to become a statistician or to continue in their statistical career.
- Some description of the person's contribution to statistics.
- The impact of the person's statistical contributions or career as a statistician.
- A description of the person's human qualities, interests, hobbies, or life experiences outside of statistics.