HONS: Applied Statistics
Spring 2021
I was really nervous to take this class because I have never been good in math, especially with a professor that I knew was typically a very hard grader. Before I signed up for the class, I went to the professor to ask him about the setup for the honors portion of the class and found that it has never been an honors section before. It was his first time teaching a purely honors class, and he was very excited to work with one of his local friends on a project to analyze his sheep populations. I knew after speaking with him I would enjoy the class especially since I would be surrounded by peers that had the equal drive to do as good academically as myself.
The class started and it was fast-paced, he was a good teacher but the tests were hard. I struggled with the majority of the time we were learning to code in the program R but we were only tested on the calculator math during the tests. The homework took hours to do. Finally, I formed a Groupme with all of the people in the class. This was great because it helped us all understand the core information better. From there we all started doing better on the tests and I made some really good friends, Helena and Virginia. I still talk to them even a year later. We all formed groups and formulated the best route to obtaining data and evaluating data based on the local sheep farm. While this topic was depressing we still were able to find purpose and initiative to help inform a local farmer, Sekou. He was so kind and he even came to watch our final presentations. I have attached my group presentation which outlines our plans.
Click here for my final presentation artifact.
Artifact details: Name; Davice Jones, Isabel Burgos, and Helena Loucas, Date; (5/15/2022), and Title; Genetic Diversity in Sheep to Increase Overall Yield.