To provide statistical advice and research assistance to academic staff and 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 phone 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 SC 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. Whenever possible, we prefer to collaborate rather than to prescribe.