Four Sites That I Recommend to My Analytics Students

Two years into my professor career, my students have given me no shortage of feedback. To be sure, I listen carefully to in-person comments. I read my formal evaluations and faithfully update my online student evals. I have and always will ignore Rate My Professor page.

Many of my analytics students seem surprised throughout the semester that I'm a stickler for clear writing. Yes, I require that my students' 30-page individual research projects are professionally written, grammatically correct, and data-driven. To emphasize the latter point, in the first class I quote the infamous Jim Barksdale adage: “If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine."

A common and expected student refrain to my admittedly writing high bar is "But I'm not an English major." Students who ignore my rubrics and admonitions find that their grades suffer if they do any of the following: