STAT 672 Journal Article Assignment
Due by midnight Wed. December 8 (or earlier!)
To demonstrate the importance of nonparametric statistics concepts in the literature,
you may choose a journal article of interest to you
and write a report.
This is an individual assignment.
The link to Guidelines for the Written Report gives details.
(Here is link to Professor Kafadar's complete guidelines )
From the above Guideliness your report should include:
- Abstract or Summary
- Introduction
- Methodology
- Results
- Conclusions, etc.
- Bibliolography (if needed)
The report should be 3-5 pages, 12 point font, one inch margins, and
single-spaced.
The 3-5 pages does not include figures, tables, nor bibliography.
Are you having difficulty finding an article?
Here is the web page for browsing JSTOR
Here is a list of current and
previous class articles
Guidelines for 5 minute presentation: (on M or W, December 6 or 8)
No slides are allowed. (You can use the white board, if really necessary!)
- Introduction (statement of problem)
- Background (sources of data, etc.)
- Approaches to problem
- Results (key points you want them to remember)
- Conclusions/summary, further work