The goal of this homework is to create a short (1/2 page or so) analysis plan for this project. Another page may be used to map out Tables and Figures. The idea is that you have had a chance to align the type of data you have received with the question as proposed by the investigator. In homework 1, you had a chance to clarify your understanding of the question of interest, get feedback from the investigators and your classmates, and check out what data are availble for analysis.
What descriptive statistics will you create? Think about a Table 1 from a paper.
What basic/crude analyses will you do first?
What is the more formal analysis you plan to do (and why)?
What Tables do you plan to make for results (table shells) and potential figures?
Make sure your analysis plan is in the Project0/Docs folder in your class repository.
Bring a copy of your plan to class to discuss and turn in for feedback.
This part is 1/5th of the module total (1/5th of 15%). The following metric will be used to assess your progress on doing analysis for Project 0.
(0 points) No credit: Didn’t do the assigment.
(1 points) Created a plan but it is generic–I cannot tell that it maps with this project.
(2 points) Somewhere in between.
(3 points) Created a comprehensive plan from descriptives to final analysis. Discusses some alternative strategies if things don’t go as planned. Describes the Table shells for the final report and potential graphs you will create.