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Capstone in Statistics I & II

STAT 5010W and 5020W
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The University of Georgia
The University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia, United States
Lynne Seymour
Associate Professor
(1)
3
Timeline
  • October 24, 2022
    Experience start
  • December 15, 2022
    First Incomplete Draft
  • May 10, 2023
    Experience end
Experience
4/6 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Data analysis Data modelling
Skills
data analysis research
Student goals and capabilities

This is a year-long writing-intensive course in Statistics taken by all graduating senior Statistics majors at UGA.

In the Fall, students see topics that they don't always see in their regular coursework. In the middle of the semester, clients come to class and present their questions and data; then groups of 2-3 students are assigned a client with whom they will work for the remainder of the academic year. At the end of Fall, the "final report" is a first incomplete draft (introduction and preliminary exploratory data analysis) of their final Capstone report.

In the Spring, students work in earnest on these projects. There is a strict schedule of drafts and oral progress reports each month. Students are expected to maintain contact with their clients as they complete their analysis. At the end of the semester, they produce a written report for the client (the final Capstone report), a poster presented at a departmental poster session, and a final presentation.

Students

Students
Undergraduate
Any level
47 Students
Project
100 hours per Student
Students self-assign
Teams of 3
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Students will produce a written report of their analysis and results.

Students will produce a poster giving their analysis and results, and present it at a departmental poster session.

Students will give a 15-minute presentation of their analysis and results.

Project timeline
  • October 24, 2022
    Experience start
  • December 15, 2022
    First Incomplete Draft
  • May 10, 2023
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Project examples that students can complete may include, but are not limited to:

  • Studying whether virtual reality parameters can uniquely identify a user.
  • Evaluating the community impact grant application process for the United Way of Northeast Georgia.
  • Assessing data collected on work orders for the local public housing authority.
  • Investigating usage of mental health services provided by a local nonprofit organization.
  • Using images to determine anthocyanin and chlorophyll content of lettuce leaves.
  • Rapidly identifying bad sections of drone images of agricultural fields.
  • Studying effectiveness of writing-intensive pedagogy in intro Biology courses.
  • Studying movement of bull elephants around a town in Zimbabwe.
  • Determining the effects of a tracking program on customer municipal water usage.
  • Investigating cheap alternatives for measuring wine grape berry temperature.
  • Studying infiltration and inflow in the city sewer system.
  • Analyzing the effectiveness of fungicides on peach scab.
  • Determining the attitude change of community citizens after 2 hurricanes pass through within a year.
  • Analyzing the effectiveness of treatment of powdery mildew on wine grapes.
  • Determining whether drone imagery can be used to study soil surface roughness.
  • Using citizen science apps to investigate biodiversity and monitor species in a conservatory in Costa Rica.
  • Predicting post-harvest shelf life of blueberries.
  • Identifying elephants using their footprints.
  • Studying tropical forest restoration in a conservatory in Costa Rica.

Additional company criteria

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