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# Capstone Project

Capstone-related lectures and projects will:

* Engage students in important discourse surrounding data management and research ethics
* Challenge students to turn conceptual research questions into testable hypotheses and to determine the appropriate analytic testing methods
* Provide students with the opportunity to shadow Biostatistics faculty mentors in the Center for Biostatistics consultation service

Additionally, students will learn how to create appropriate study design-related and methodological solutions to cutting edge, real-world research questions. Students will conduct advanced preliminary analyses under the guidance and supervision of their mentors. At the end of the Spring II term students will communicate their findings to an institution-wide audience at an MS in Biostatistics Capstone Symposium.

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