Eric Slud                                    Spring 2017


GUIDELINES ON THE STAT 730 PROJECT PAPER
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(1) The final project will be due Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 6pm.

(2) The project will consist of a 10-15 page paper on a Time Series 
topic, with up to 5 pages of computer output and exhibits in 
the case of a data-analysis.

(3) Whether the paper is expository or data-analytic, you will be 
required to connect the material to a theoretically justified 
methodology as described in some book-chapter(s) or paper(s). You must 
present the assumptions underlying the method clearly, with scholarly 
references to your source material as appropriate.

(4) You should check with me by May 1 to confirm that your choice of 
paper topic is suitable, in the sense that there is source material 
accessible to your level of mathematical and statistical understanding. 
In case the goal of your paper is to explore or analyze a dataset, it is 
your responsibility to make sure that the assumptions underlying the 
method(s) that you want to use are suitable for the dataset.

(5) The criteria for grading the paper will be: clarity of presentation 
and thoroughness in connecting the material, 
data-analyutic or expository, to the time series topics covered 
in the course. A polished paper with little connection to the course 
material will not receive a high grade.