Stat 349 - Technical Communication

• Textbook: Open Technical Communication

Backwards Design

At the end of this course, students should know how to:

• Write a statistical analysis business report
  • with a summary page for a manager
  • Inverted design - conclusions first, then results, then methodology details in an appendix
  • Appropriate graphics
  • Using a given template
  • Create/record/give a presentation on the report's topic
  • Document a data set and analysis using GitHub
• Write a user guide based off of a scientific article
  • Task analysis
  • Needs analysis
  • Appropriate graphics
• Write a CV/cover letter

Components

• Introduction
• Problem Statement
• Literature Review
• Data description/documentation
• Methods description
• Results
• Conclusion
• References/citations
• Executive Summary/Abstract
• Graphics
• Template use -- quarto/LaTeX
• Presentations

Component	Statistical Report	Task/User Guide	CV/Cover Letter
Making an argument	xx	x	xx
Introduction	xx	xx	x
Problem Statement	xx	x	x
Literature Review	x	xx
Data description	x	x
Methods description	x	xx
Results	xx	x
Conclusion	xx	x	x
References	xx	xx
Abstract/Exec Summary	xx	x
Graphics	xx	xxx
Template use	xx	xx	xx
Presentation	xx

Timeline

See schedule.xlsx

Course site information

• Configured in _quarto.yml
• Week by week files built automatically (code in code/gen-week-files-from-course-schedule.R, data in course-schedule.xlsx)
• Syllabus uses course-schedule.xlsx for topics, with due dates and semester dates specified in sheets in the spreadsheet.

Credits/Attribution

Course logo/background/image sources:

Pete O'Shea. https://www.flickr.com/photos/59668110@N04/5600161625{.uri}

Colourbox. https://www.colourbox.com/vector/charts-graphs-arrows-monochrome-hand-drawn-infographic-elements-business-economic-and-financial-templates-vector-illustration-vector-38684313 (inspiration)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP6qS5d3Ly4