Math Camp 2018

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Professor Sera Linardi of the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) is running a two-day math camp to teach very introductory math concepts to incoming grad students. The afternoon of the second day will feature a competition (the Amazing Analytics Race), sponsored this year by the WPRDC, in which participants pair up to apply their freshly honed data-analysis skills to the problem of saving the city of Pittsburgh from a zombie uprising. 
Did you forget how to take a derivative? Not sure how to calculate a probability? If so, you are invited to join us to learn math concepts and stave off zombies. 
Overview:
On Day 1 (Wed. 8/22 9:30am-4:00pm), interactive lecture and exercises. You will brush up on math concepts that you may have forgotten, or simply never learned, like how to take a derivative or calculate a z-score. You'll also learn the basic functions of STATA, the statistical software used in GSPIA's Quantitative Methods courses. 
On Day 2 (Thurs. 8/23 1pm-5pm)), application of lecture materials. You and your assigned partner will use what you learned during Day 1 to compete in the 2018 Amazing Analytics Race, sponsored this year by the Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center. During the event, you'll receive a WPRDC dataset and must race to answer a series of clues to stop a zombie takeover of Pittsburgh. Your math-camp instructor and TAs will be available as lifelines in times of trouble. 
Spaces are limited to the first 12 sign-ups. 
Cost: Free!
What to bring: You and your laptop. More information will be given to registered participants about what they need to complete prior to the workshop.

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