>> Jon Hanson: Hello I'm John Hanson.

>> Catie Hausman: Hi my
name is Katie Hausman.

>> Yusuf Neggers: Hi everyone,
my name is Yusuf Neggers.

>> Jon Hanson: Starting this fall we have
a great new initiative to improve our

already strong quantitative
analysis training.

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>> Catie Hausman: The difference between
the two is what is your end goal.

>> Yusuf Neggers: You can think of
the standard version of the sequence

being more oriented towards people
interested in analyzing and

thinking critically about
the work of others.

>> Jon Hanson: Students who are interested
in using data in their careers

in a more interpretive way.

>> Yusuf Neggers: Whereas the more
augmented sequences move to slightly

faster clip and

better place students to use these methods
themselves in their own work and research.

>> Jon Hanson: If your aspirations
are to be a person who produces

data analysis during your lifetime
than the augmented sequence for you.

>> Catie Hausman: Is the difference
between these two classes

about loving math or being good at math?

>> Catie Hausman: Not at all!

>> Jon Hanson: It's really
about your career goals and

how you see using data in the workplace.

>> Catie Hausman: Both
classes are rigorous and

both classes will provide support tools
if you've been out of math for a while.

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>> Yusuf Neggers: So I and the other
professors are going to be excited to have

you in our courses regardless
of which version you choose.

>> Catie Hausman: Welcome to the Ford
School I look forward to meeting you and

seeing you for Statistics and also for

some of the other awesome
classes that I teach.

>> Jon Hanson: We have such a great
group of incoming master students and

I just can't wait to get you all here
on campus and start learning stats.

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