The following assignment is to be turned in over the web at the class turn-in space,

https://catalyst.washington.edu/webtools/secure/esubmit/turnin.cgi?owner=bmck&id=106

Please submit the answers to both questions below as a single, double-spaced file, using either text, html, microsoft word or Adobe Acrobat .pdf format.  Be sure your document has your name on it, and be sure it clearly labels the answer to question one and the answer to question two.

 
1. Using the documentation for the well data distributed in class and available on the class website assignments page, write a double spaced, one-to-two-page introduction, in your own words, to the considerations that led to the collection of the data.  The last paragraph of this section should be as precise as possible a statement, in words, of the scientific questions that will be asked of the data in the analysis.  These must be based on your own best judgement of the appropriate questions to ask, and will not necessarily coincide with the questions asked in the documentation distributed in class. 

 
2. Write a one-to-two-page detailed description of the statistical techniques that will be employed to analyze the data and answer the questions set out in question 1 above.   This should begin with  a description of any plots, tables or other descriptive calculations that will be performed and an explanation of their purpose.  It should also contain a detailed description of any  statistical models that will be fit including the complete definition of any parameters in these models.  The last paragraph of this section should translate the verbal questions from question 1 to statistical questions in terms of these parameters, and explain what statistical procedures will be performed to answer these questions.