In-class Activities Activities in class cover a broad spectrum. Emphasis is placed on class participation. Considerable time is spent on data analysis, discussing several examples. A small number of lectures cover specific statistical topics. Some time is spent discussing report writing, oral communication, consulting session management, and consulting philosophy.
Some use is made of videotapes.
There are occasional guest lectures on diverse topics. The latter part of the semester is devoted to the discussion of student consulting projects. There are two major data analysis problems for which written reports are required. For each, the client comes in to be interviewed in class, and each student analyzes the data and writes a report. In addition there are a number of short written reports and in-class discussion assignments on a variety of topics.