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 Exam 2014-2015
All the students passed the exam at their first attempt.
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 2014-2015
All the students except one students passed the exam at their first attempt.
This student successfully completed exam at his second attempt.
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
Mathematical Statistics 2014-2015
All the students except one students passed the exam at their first attempt.
This student successfully completed exam at his second attempt.
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
Design Of Experiments 2014-2015
All the students passed the exam at their first attempt.
Action
Foundation Areas In Prob And Stat 2014-2015
We are going to encourage the students start getting ready for the oral exam early enough so that they won’t be stressed out with work load at the end of the program. As faculty, we are going to remind them frequently.
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 2014-2015
All the students successfully finished their practicum and received letter grades A. They also presented their work at a regional conference. One student received the award for the best project in his category.
Action
Communication 2014-2015
Encourage the current students present their work at conferences. Utilize the writing center more so that students can improve their writing skills.
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
Support Students 2014-2015
We asked more TA positions and increase of the stipend but was not successful due to budget restrictions in the university. Situation is getting worse due to the increase of tuition.
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