To enhance the quality of research carried out at Northern Arizona University. To provide statistical advice and research assistance to academic staff and graduate students. To enhance the statistical knowledge of research groups. To enrich the education and training of statisticians through their involvement in statistical consulting. To serve as a clearinghouse matching clients with statistics faculty who have the expertise to solve the client's research problem.
Initial contact is usually by email to make an appointment.
Early contact is encouraged. If you need large numbers of tables, graphs, or p-values, our role is to show you how to produce them, not to produce them for you. Statistical Software Expertise Staff of the SCL are available to answer questions concerning statistical packages. The number of such packages and variety of platforms is such that we cannot possibly be experts on everything. Even so, staff will endeavor to work with clients concerning questions they may have about a particular program they are using.