Senior Statistics majors participate in inaugural practicum course

The semester-long course allowed student teams to work with clients at Hanesbrands, Inc. and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants on data analytics projects.

Jack Hartmann, Marcel Fahrenholtz, Jacob Crouse, and Chase Moyer at AICPA

Olivia Erskine, Emily Cooper, Brendan Thiry, and Morgan Ferguson, at Hanes
Senior Statistics majors at Elon University participated in the inaugural offering of STS 460: Statistics Practicum. 

This semester-long course led by Kirsten Doehler, associate professor of statistics, allowed student teams to work with clients at Hanesbrands, Inc. and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants on data analytics projects. Student team leaders Emily Cooper and Marcel Fahrenholz were additionally mentored by Mark Weaver, assistant professor of statistics, and Laura Taylor, associate professor of statistics.

Student teams presented their reports at each of the companies in early December.  The course will run again in fall 2019.