What interesting topic should I choose for a statistics project?
It depends on the purpose of your project. But, some general guidelines might be:
- Pick something that interests you, personally. That way you will be curious and intellectually engaged.
- That said, keep your audience in mind, and try to make sure that they will be interested as well. Almost everybody likes learning about things that they have an interest in and is relevant to their lives.
- If possible, pick something that is somewhat different, but not too different. There is research that indicates that this is the sweet spot for getting people’s interest. People like novelty within familiarity.
- Make sure that the scope of the project is reasonable for the time you have available to do the research and to present the results.
- Present your results as
simply as you can, but no simpler (I think Einstein said that first)
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Plus, you could read these books, but do your project first:
The Witches’ Stones Series
You might like the trilogy of the Witches’ Stones (they’re psychic aliens, not actual witches), which follows the interactions of a future Earth confederation, an opposing galactic power, and the Witches of Kordea. It features Sarah Mackenzie, another feisty young Earth woman (they’re the most interesting type – the novelist who wrote the books is pretty feisty, too).
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