North Carolina State University
2011-2012 Graduating Senior Survey
Department of Statistics

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All graduating seniors in the Department of Statistics are being asked to complete this survey. The Department is very interested in your opinions, and believes that as a graduating senior you can provide it with useful information to help evaluate and improve its programs. We appreciate you taking the time to answer these questions.

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1. In total, about how many 5 or more page papers did you write for courses while at NC State? N=

2. And in total, about how many 5 or more page papers did you write for your statistics courses while at NC State? N=

3. If you could use any reference materials or software, indicate your level of confidence in your ability to complete each of the following tasks.	Completely confident	Somewhat confident	Not very confident	Could not do it
a. Explain the method of least squares to a non-statistician.	Completely confident	Somewhat confident	Not very confident	Could not do it
b. Merge two large data sets (1000 observations) and check for errors in the programming or in the original data.	Completely confident	Somewhat confident	Not very confident	Could not do it
c. Estimate treatment means and standard errors for a randomized complete block design.	Completely confident	Somewhat confident	Not very confident	Could not do it
d. Design a randomized complete block experiment.	Completely confident	Somewhat confident	Not very confident	Could not do it
e. Design and implement a stratified random sample.	Completely confident	Somewhat confident	Not very confident	Could not do it
f. Analyze results of a survey from a stratified random sample.	Completely confident	Somewhat confident	Not very confident	Could not do it
g. Learn about a new statistical procedure that was not covered in any of your courses.	Completely confident	Somewhat confident	Not very confident	Could not do it
h. Explain the method of maximum likelihood estimation to a non-statistician.	Completely confident	Somewhat confident	Not very confident	Could not do it

	Completely confident	Somewhat confident	Not very confident	Could not do it
i. Using computer software, create a scatter plot of one variable against another variable with informative labels on each axis, a title and an appropriate legend.	Completely confident	Somewhat confident	Not very confident	Could not do it
j. Compute predicted values and standard errors for a quadratic regression model.	Completely confident	Somewhat confident	Not very confident	Could not do it
k. Explain the concept of a standard error of a regression coefficient.	Completely confident	Somewhat confident	Not very confident	Could not do it
l. Explain the concept of a confidence interval.	Completely confident	Somewhat confident	Not very confident	Could not do it
m. Write expressions for the expectation and variance of a random variable, given its probability density function or probability mass function.	Completely confident	Somewhat confident	Not very confident	Could not do it
n. Derive the maximum likelihood estimator of p, the probability of a success, in a binomial experiment.	Completely confident	Somewhat confident	Not very confident	Could not do it
o. Write a technical report or memo to a business person (e.g., colleague, supervisor, client) presenting the results of a statistical analysis you have completed.	Completely confident	Somewhat confident	Not very confident	Could not do it
p. Prepare and deliver a short (15-30 minute) presentation of a statistical analysis you have done, including creating visual aids (e.g., slides, poster, graphics).	Completely confident	Somewhat confident	Not very confident	Could not do it
q. Conduct a multiple regression analysis and interpret the results.	Completely confident	Somewhat confident	Not very confident	Could not do it

4. Which of the following statements best describes how well you think your grades generally match your expectations?
In general my grades are worse than I expect to get
In general I get the grades I expect to get
In general my grades are better than I expect to get

5. And which of the following statements best describes how well you think your grades generally match your ability?
In general my grades underestimate my ability
In general my grades reflect my ability
In general my grades overestimate my ability

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