Students in the MS in Statistics program must write a Master's Report to complete their degrees. The Master's report is normally written during the last semester in the degree program.
 

Arranging a report supervisor, reader, and topic

• The student is responsible for finding a report supervisor and reader.
• The supervisor must be a member of the Statistics Graduate Studies Committee.
• Occasionally, there will be two Co-supervisors rather than a supervisor and reader; one of these may be outside the Statistics GSC. This option may require special approval of the Graduate School. It is the student's responsibility to obtain such approval.
• Occasionally a committee will consist of three members rather than two.
• The student should make arrangements for the report the semester before their last semester. The first step is to consult the list of Graduate Studies Committee (GSC) Members for information on members' interests. Then the student needs to contact appropriate members of the GSC to arrange a supervisor, a topic, and a second reader.

Procedures and Deadlines

• The student must register for the Report Course MST 398R during the last semester of the degree
• The report supervisor must sign the consent form (available from the Graduate Coordinator, Ben Garcia, in RLM 8-100) and the signed consent form must be turned in to the Graduate Coordinator before the student may register for the report course.
• A Master's Degree Candidate Form must be turned in to the Graduate School early in the semester in which the student plans to graduatae.
• The student must submit the Report to the Graduate School following procedures set by the Graduate School. 
• For deadlines and forms, see http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/pdn/.
• For guidelines on writing, I suggest you consult the  the American Statistical Association Style Guide, at http://www.amstat.org/publications/style-guide.html. Other web-sources on writing included Statistical Methods in Psychology Journals: Guidelines and Explanations and the links from http://www.bio.ri.ccf.org/ASA_TSHS/html/science_writing.html.