Statistical Consulting
What We Do
Statistical consulting is free to all members of the UMD research community (undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff), in all departments and disciplines. Research is increasingly data-driven, and we are available to answer your statistics and analysis questions through email or an in-person consultation. We currently specialize in SAS and SPSS but can provide limited programming support using Stata and R. We may also refer you to a software specialist as needed. Our mission statement contains information on the overarching goals of our services.
Questions and Appointments
Email [email protected]u to describe your statistical questions and schedule an appointment with our graduate assistant. Please include your name, department, the nature of your research, and what questions you have. Include your availability (2-3 days) if you want to schedule an in-person consultation from 9-5pm at McKeldin Library. We will respond within two business days.
Examples of services we provide:
- Survey design
- Survey sampling method
- Questionnaire design
- Finding and using data sources
- Assistance importing and merging data
- Explaining common statistical methodology
- Data manipulation and analysis techniques
- Basic interpretation of results
Examples of services we do not provide:
- Collecting, preparing, or writing up data for researcher
- Explaining highly technical or advanced statistical questions
- Tutoring for statistical homework (math tutoring resources)
Resources
We will update the links below on a regular basis. Feel free to email us with additions.
- Data sources for social scientists via Cornell University
- TERPware free software for the UMD community
- Installation help through the Division of Information Technology
- Online tutorials for R and SPSS (login here, UMD access required)
- For-credit courses in statistics
- "Pop Statistics" reading list via Goodreads
- SAS programming support
- Stata for beginners
