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About Us

The Statistical Consulting Center offers consultation for statistical problems in the clients' research areas. This is a free service offered to Â鶹´«Ã½ faculty, staff, and students (dissertations, theses, and Capstones) by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. We do not help with homework or tutoring. We also provide services to clients from off-campus. The Statistical Consulting Center operates with graduate students enrolled in the Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s statistics MS programs supervised by statistics faculty.

Location: On-Line (link will be provided when you contact us)

Hours we are open: Spring Semester, Fridays, 2:30pm to 5:20 pm

Contact information: statisticalconsulting@american.edu

Director: Aleka Kapatou alekakapatou@american.edu, 202-885-6471

Please Note

• Availability during walk-in hours is subject to the number of clients present.
• We reserve the right to limit the amount of time dedicated to a single client.
• If your needs are outside the scope of our center, we may refer you to an outside resource.

Services

Consulting services include the following:

• Determination of sample sizes and randomization of subjects to include in an experiment or survey
• Design of a survey sampling and optimal experiments
• Choice of the proper statistical methods for studies and experiments
• Transformation and import of data into desired statistical software packages
• Interpretation of statistical analysis results
• Assessment of the power of your statistical tests (power analysis)
• Software support for major statistical software packages: R, SPSS, SAS, STATA, etc.
• Assistance with the statistics section of your manuscript before you submit to a journal