"J. Williams" wrote:
> An oral qualifying examination would certainly test the students'
> abilities to perform under stress. How about giving them the data
> sets beforehand and enable them to prepare for any and all queries
> from the student's doctoral committee members and/or other designat
On Thu, 19 Jul 2001 13:45:35 GMT, Jerry Dallal
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Some graduate programs in the (social) sciences require their
>students to take a minor in statistics or biostatistics. One
>purpose of such a minor is to give students the ability to analyze
>some of their own data, but
the extent to which the "minor" is prescribed, then such an exam should not
be that difficult to create ... but, to the extent to which a minor can be
any number of combinations of courses ... in stat OR biostat ... with NO
fixed core ... then, i think it becomes more impossible ...
now, for s
Some graduate programs in the (social) sciences require their
students to take a minor in statistics or biostatistics. One
purpose of such a minor is to give students the ability to analyze
some of their own data, but at what level of understanding? Are
such students expected to be able to synth
