Deliver A Curriculum With Appropriate Discipline Specific Skill Sets
The curriculum will provide students with opportunities to develop the skills typically required of professionals in the area of study.
Objective
Foundation Areas In Probability And Statistics
Students will have a working knowledge of the foundational topics including regression analysis, design of experiments, multivariate analysis, and mathematical statistics (Bayesian analysis, biostatistics, quality control, nonparametric statistics, sampling theory, Time Series Analysis, and statistical computing).
Indicator
Comprehensive Oral Examination
A comprehensive oral examination, given by a committee of three faculty members, will be administered to candidates for the degree of M.S. in Statistics which will examine the candidate's knowledge of the primary areas of concentration within the program, as well as the candidates own communication abilities. The committee will then judge the candidates' knowledge of the material according to a previously agreed upon rubric with three levels of comparison: High Pass, Pass, and Fail.
Criterion
Mulitvariate Analysis
All candidates will receive a mark of either "High Pass" or "Pass" for the Multivariate Analysis component of the comprehensive oral exam. The rubric used is the same one shown in the "Mathematical Statistics" criterion.
Finding
Multivariate Results
Out of the seven students 3-high passes and 4-passes.
Criterion
Regression Analysis
All candidates will receive a mark of either "High Pass" or "Pass" for the Regression Analysis component of the comprehensive oral exam. The rubric used is the same one shown in the "Mathematical Statistics" criterion.
Finding
Regression Results
Three high passes and four passes
Criterion
Mathematical Statistics
All candidates will receive a mark of either "High Pass" or "Pass" for the Mathematical Statistics component of the comprehensive oral exam.
Finding
MATHSTAT Results
Three high passes and four passes
Criterion
Design Of Experiments
All candidates will receive a mark of either "High Pass" or "Pass" for the Design of Experiments component of the comprehensive oral exam. The rubric used is the same one shown in the "Mathematical Statistics" criterion.
Finding
Results
All seven students successfully completed the oral comprehensive exams. However, we saw one student was a bit stressed out due to the busyness at the end of the last semester. Statistics faculty plans to monitor closely these kind of students and advise them with time management early in the last semester.
Finding
Successfully Completed
All seven students successfully completed the oral comprehensive the oral comprehensive exams. However, we saw one student was a bit stressed out due to the busyness at the end of the last semester. Statistics faculty plans to monitor closely these kind of students and advise them with time management early in the last semester.
Finding
DOX Results
Two high passes and five passes
Action
Monitoring Students Success After Graduation
We monitor students success after graduation to see if changes should be made to produce better quality graduates.
Goal
Deliver A Curriculum That Emphasizes Communication Skills
The curriculum will provide students with opportunities to develop the appropriate speaking and writing skills to function as a professional in the area.
Objective
Communicating Mathematical Ideas - Oral
Students will be able to prepare and deliver oral presentations of mathematical material based on a statistics practicum. Students will devlop the ability to critique problems, and provide their own solutions based on statistical analysis.
Indicator
Statistics Practicum
A statistics practicum, under the guidance of one of the faculty members, and assessed by a committee of four faculty members, will be administered to candidates for the degree of M.S. in Statistics which will examine the candidate's knowledge of the primary areas of concentration within the program, as well as the candidates own communicative abilities. The committee will then judge the candidates' ability to effectively communicate mathematical ideas according to a previously agreed upon rubric with three levels of comparison: High Pass, Pass, and Fail.
Criterion
Practicum Assessment
All candidates will receive a letter grade by the members of the examining committee during the practicum assessment according to the attached rubric.
Finding
Practicum Results
All seven students successfully complteted the practicum intime.
Goal
Consistent Cohort Of Graduate Students Each Year
A cohort of ten supported graduate students each year allows us to maintain a healthy program with consistent class sizes and class schedules.
Objective
Support Ten New Students Each Year
We will support ten new graduate students each year, as many as twenty in the two years of our program. Support should be such that fulltime students are supported by at least $10,000 more than the cost of tuition
and fees.
Action
Communicate With University Administrators
We will request additional TA positions from Dean of Graduate Studies
Goal
Improve Instruction By TAs
We will improve our instructional support for TA instruction in our elementary Statistics courses.
Objective
Encourage And Train Teaching Assistants For Teaching
Will encourage and assign teaching assistants in elementary statistics courses as instructors.
Indicator
Evaluation TA
Teaching evaluations and classroom visits by faculty
Action
Offer Teaching Duties
Offer teaching duties for students with 18 hours of grad courses