Exams and Projects

Final Project Details

Due to the current circumstances, there will not be a separate project and a final examination. Instead, there will be one final project (open notes, take home). I will provide the questions/data set at the appropriate time — you do not need to find your own data or write a project proposal. Your final report and corresponding R code will be due on April 28, 2020. 

Midterm

Date: March 03, 2020 (Tuesday)
Materials covered: the multivariate part
Formula sheet: two sides of a letter/A4 paper
Extra office hours: March 02 (Monday) 10am – 12pm; 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Practice: Problem set   (Solution)

(2020 Exam solutions)

Final Exam

Date: April 28, 2020 (Thursday)
Materials covered: TBA
Formula sheet: two sides of a letter/A4 paper
Extra office hours: TBA

Final Project

Project Team: 2 — 3 members

Project Proposal: Your project proposal should have the following components.

  • Title: project title, team members, at least three relevant key words.
  • Introduction: Describe the data/problem. Why is this problem important? Clearly describe the scientific questions you are planning to answer.
  • Methods: Briefly describe how the data were collected, design and data structure. Then point out which methods you intend to use (and why) to answer the scientific questions you pointed out in Introduction. The methods should be relevant to this course.
  • Expected outcome: Describe what you hope to find by performing this project in the context of your problem. You do not need to provide exact values.

Proposal page limit: 2

Proposal Due Date: Apr 02, 2020 (Contact me if you need more time, but no later than Apr 9)

 

Final Project Report: Use the template to write your final project report. Detailed instructions are provided in the template.

Final Report Due date: April 23, 2020