Statistics
Help for Academic Research
Statistical Consultants Ltd can provide statistics help for academic researchers including tertiary educators and postgraduate
students
(working on theses, dissertations, PhDs / doctorates etc).
Statistical Consultants Ltd has helped a variety of academic
researchers including researchers of psychology, geography, medicine,
biology,
economics / econometrics and finance / banking.
Study
Design and Data Gathering Advice
Statistical
Consultants Ltd can provide advice on the design
of studies (which involve collecting data) such as surveys, experiments
and
observational studies.
Statistical Consultants Ltd can also provide advice about
socio-economic data collected by governments e.g. what data is
available, what
it represents, how it is modified or calculated, and what you would
have to be
careful of when making international comparisons.
Data
Preparation
Preparing data sets for statistical analysis can sometimes
be a very time consuming activity if done manually.
Statistical Consultants Ltd provides programming
services
which can greatly speed up such tasks.
See the Statistical
Programming / Data Processing Services page for more
information.
Statistical Analysis
Statistical Consultants Ltd can provide advice on a wide
range of statistical analysis techniques including:
- Hypothesis testing e.g. t-tests, chi-squared tests,
ANOVA
- Statistical
modelling e.g.
regression,
time
series models,
nonparametric and semiparametric models, Bayesian models,
classification,
regression trees (CART)
- Statistical
graphics and data visualisation
- Operations
research e.g.
linear programming and queuing
processes
- Simulations e.g.
bootstrapping,
Monte Carlo methods, cross-validation
- Multivariate analysis e.g. principal components analysis
(PCA), factor analysis, principal coordinates analysis, cluster
analysis,
discriminant analysis, multivariate hypothesis tests
- Meta-analysis
Statistical Consultants Ltd can also help researchers
implement statistical analysis techniques in a variety of
software
packages.
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