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June 12, 2014

Free Statistical Consulting Services Offered by the Departments of Biostatistics and Statistics

U.W. Statistical Consulting Services

Graduate students and faculty in the Consulting Program of the Departments of Biostatistics and Statistics offer free statistical advice to UW faculty, staff and students.  Through 50 minute consulting appointments, the consulting program provides assistance with:

  • ·            design of studies and experiments, including preparation of grant proposals
  • ·            data visualization and presentation
  • ·            choice and application of statistical methods
  • ·            development of specialized statistical methods

Consulting appointments can be scheduled during  academic quarters, including summer quarter. To schedule an appointment, contact the departments of Biostatistics (616-6790bconslt@u.washington.edu)or Statistics (543-7273, sconslt@stat.washington.edu). Researchers may schedule appointments in either department.  See www.stat.washington.edu/consulting, where there are links to an appointment calendar and  an online  Problem Description Form  required for all new appointments.

Consultants can provide free assistance with some data analysis projects, but extensive hands-on assistance with data analysis is not available without funding. This service does not provide software training.  Fee-based collaborative consulting may be available through the Center for Biomedical Statistics(depts.washington.edu/medstat).