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Materials for Stat 349 - Technical Communication
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Materials for Stat 349 - Technical Communication
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/unl-statistics/stat349
- Owner: unl-statistics
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2024-02-14T13:43:43.000Z (11 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-11-14T00:15:54.000Z (about 2 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-11-14T01:20:37.628Z (about 2 months ago)
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- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# Stat 349 - Technical Communication
- [Textbook](https://alg.manifoldapp.org/read/open-technical-communication/section/67ef90ba-8ca3-4e8e-abb0-0a3966cf2ac7): Open Technical Communication
# Backwards Design
At the end of this course, students should know how to:
- Write a statistical report
- with a summary page for a manager
- Inverted design - conclusions first, then results, then methodology details in an appendix
- Appropriate graphics
- Using a given template
- Create/record/give a presentation on the report's topic
- Write a scientific article
- Linear design - Introduction/lit review, data, methods, results, conclusion
- Appropriate graphics
- Document a data set and analysis using GitHub
- Write a CV/cover letter
## Components
- Introduction
- Problem Statement
- Literature Review
- Data description/documentation
- Methods description
- Results
- Conclusion
- References/citations
- Executive Summary/Abstract
- Graphics
- Template use -- quarto/LaTeX
- Presentations
| Component | Statistical Report | Scientific Article | CV/Cover Letter |
|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| Making an argument | xx | xx | xx |
| Introduction | xx | xx | x |
| Problem Statement | xx | x | x |
| Literature Review | x | xx | |
| Data description | x | xx | |
| Methods description | x | xx | |
| Results | xx | xx | |
| Conclusion | xx | xx | x |
| References | xx | xx | |
| Abstract/Exec Summary | xx | x | |
| Graphics | xx | xx | |
| Template use | xx | xx | xx |
| Presentation | xx | x | |
# Timeline
| Wk | Topic | Formative | Research Paper | Business Report |
|-------|------------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|
| 1 | Class Structure, Git review | GitHub pages setup, Find an internship/job to apply for | | |
| 2 | CV/Cover Letter | Create Resume/CV and cover letter for job | | |
| 3 | Citation manager, How to read technical papers, Summarizing papers | Annotated bibliography (2 refs) | | |
| 4 | Argumentation, Summaries, Writing a Lit Review | Highlight arguments in a paper, add 2 more papers to bibliography | | |
| 5 | Introductions and Problem Statements | Analyze paper for problem statements, critique intro/lit review in a paper | | |
| 6 | Documenting Data | Write intro/problem statement | | |
| 7 | Methods | Document dataset and conduct EDA | | |
| 8 | Results | Describe methods and conduct analysis | Assign Research Topics | |
| 9 | Graphics | Describe results and create supporting charts | | |
| 10 | Conclusions | Write conclusion for research + business | | Assign Business Topics |
| 11 | Abstracts & Exec Summaries | Write abstract and exec summary. Compare/contrast. | Research Paper Check-in | |
| 12 | Presentations & Posters | Create poster + slides | | Business Report Check-In |
| 13 | Business Reports | | Research Poster due | Business Report Peer Review |
| 14 | Presentations | | | Business Report Due |
| 15 | Research Paper | Portfolio Due | Research Paper workshop | |
| Finals | | | Research Paper Due | |
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