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Is 554 the right course? |
 | | STAT 554 is a bit unusual in that it is a graduate level course in applied statistics that doesn't assume that you've necessarily had a statistics class before, while at the same time presenting students with material that goes far beyond the level that is typically covered in undergraduate statistics classes. |
| | While it is true that STAT 554 doesn't cover some of the advanced methods that some researchers need to use, it is also true that a course in applied statistics which attempts to cover too much rarely covers everything well. |
| | I believe I'm accurate in claiming that STAT 510, which is typically offered in the spring, falls in between STAT 250 and STAT 554 in terms of difficulty and sophistication, but that STAT 510 is closer to STAT 250 than it is to STAT 554. |
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