ST 811 Navigating the PhD program and beyond: perspectives, skills, and strategies

Lecture slides and resources

• Link: lecture slides.


• The story of sci-hub Radiolab episode: The Library of Alexandria.


• Role of simulation studies in statistics
  Link: Morris (2018).


• Effective writing in statistics
  Link: Marron (1999).

Assignments

• Homework 1: Identify one of the six "types of statistics research" that is of interest to you, and find one manuscript that fits within the type you idenified. In a .tex file, write a few sentences to justify your classification of the paper you found, and include a citation to the paper using a .bib file. Email me the compiled .pdf file from your .tex file.
  Due: beginning of class on 2 September 2026